Library of Law JBB
Opening hours
The Library of Law (JBB) is the University of Bern’s special library in the field of law. It is located in the basement of the main building of the University of Bern and is open to the public. It is a non-lending library.
Service
Infrastructure
- 380 study places
- Six study rooms for four to six persons each
- Wireless LAN (network of the University of Bern)
- Jura-Pool with furniture for meetings and Computer workplaces for students of the University of Bern
- 2 query stations
- 300 lockers for students of the University of Bern
- Printing/scanning/photocopying facilities (four Uniprint devices)
- 1 book scanner
Services
- Information
- Lending/return of courier books
- Inscriptions
- Research consultation
- Consultation hours for literature research
- Acquisition suggestion
- Borrowing (exceptions Library of Law)
- Introductory sessions to the library
Job advertisements
Further information
Collection
The Library of Law (JBB) is a non-lending library.
The focus of the Library of Law’s collection is set on Swiss and in particular Bernese legal literature.
The legal literature of Germany, Austria and the Principality of Liechtenstein is also given special consideration when acquiring new items.
Basic legal works from the other countries of the European Union as well as the US are also part of the collection.
The Library of Law purchases literature on legal history and legal philosophy under the auspices of the Friedrich-Emil-Welti Foundation.
The Law Library is linked to various university libraries in Bern, Basel, St. Gallen, Lucerne and Zurich via courier service.
Further information
Contacts
Library administration
- Name / Titel
- Bernhard Dengg
- Funktion
- Head of the law and economics department and coordinator print media acquisitions, subject librarian law
- bernhard.dengg@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 87 91
- Phone2
- +41 31 684 82 67
- Name / Titel
- Agathe Künzi
- Funktion
- Head of operations management library of law
- agathe.kuenzi@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 31 67
- Phone2
- +41 31 684 82 67
Subject librarians
- Name / Titel
- Bernhard Dengg
- Funktion
- Head of the law and economics department and coordinator print media acquisitions, subject librarian law
- bernhard.dengg@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 87 91
- Phone2
- +41 31 684 82 67
- Name / Titel
- Uwe von Ramin
- Funktion
- Subject librarian law
- uwe.vonramin@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 47 37
Contacts Law Library
- Name / Titel
- Sandra May
- Funktion
- Customer service, journals, EDP
- sandra.may@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 31 50
- Name / Titel
- Jelena Perrin
- Funktion
- Vocational trainers, cataloging, acquisition, customer service, EDP
- jelena.perrin@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 38 63
- Name / Titel
- Claudine Jordan
- Funktion
- Accounting, cataloging, customer service
- claudine.jordan@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 82 73
- Name / Titel
- Nadine Scheidegger
- Funktion
- Bookbinding
- nadine.scheidegger@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 87 95
In training
- Name / Titel
- Anna Josi
- Funktion
- In training at the Library of Law, Division of Law and Economics of Bern University Library
- anna.josi@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 82 73