South Tyrol Lending Service
But you can´t find what you are looking for in your local library?
The South Tyrol lending service is the solution! On request, books, DVDs and audio books from the holdings of the Dr. Friedrich Teßmann and Claudia Augusta German and Italian provincial libraries and the Municipal Library Cesare Battisti in Bolzano can be delivered free of charge to one of the following 16 libraries:
Brixen, Bruneck, Eppan, Lana, Leifers (Don Bosco Library), Mals, Meran, Neumarkt (Library in the Ballhaus and Endidae Library), Salurn, Sand in Taufers, Sankt Ulrich, Schlanders, Stern, Sterzing and Toblach.
You can collect and return the items you have ordered at these libraries. Lending is governed by the South Tyrolean lending regulations.
This is how it works:
- Search for the item you want in the online catalogues of the Provincial Libraries or Bolzano Municipal Library:
a. https://tessmann.myargo.bz
b. https://claudiaugusta.provinz.bz.it/
c. https://bcb.gemeinde.bozen.it - Order the item through one of the 16 lending libraries.
- Collect the items you have ordered from your library and return them there.
- Items are delivered once a week.
Additional Service
Provincial Library Dr. Friedrich Teßmann
Readers registered with the Provincial Library can place their order themselves through the catalogue online and decide which library to have it delivered to. The item can be collected and returned there.
The following chart shows the days on which items can be collected from libraries and the order deadlines for receiving items with the next delivery:
| Library / Collection point | Pick-up day at the library | Order deadline for the next delivery |
| Brixen | Friday | Tuesday |
| Bruneck | Tuesday | Thursday of the previous week |
| Eppan | Saturday | Tuesday |
| Lana | Saturday | Tuesday |
| Leifers | Saturday | Tuesday |
| Mals | Wednesday | Thursday of the previous week |
| Meran (municipal library) | Wednesday | Thursday of the previous week |
| Neumarkt (library in the Ballhaus) | Saturday | Tuesday |
| Neumarkt (Bibliothek Endidae) | Saturday | Tuesday |
| Salurn | Tuesday | Tuesday of the previous week |
| Sand in Taufers | Tuesday | Thursday of the previous week |
| Sankt Ulrich | Friday | Tuesday |
| Schlanders | Wednesday | Thursday of the previous week |
| Stern (Endidae library) | Tuesday | Thursday of the previous week |
| Sterzing | Friday | Tuesday |
| Toblach | Tuesday | Thursday of the previous week |
If you wish to return your books through one of the libraries listed above, please make sure that the loan period has not expired.
****************************************************************
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS 2024/25: DELIVERY SERVICE OMITTED
The delivery service will be omitted from Monday, 23rd December 2024 and will be resumed from Wednesday, 8th January 2025.
For the libraries in Bruneck, Stern (Sas dla Crusc), Sand in Taufers, and Toblach, the following applies:
Media requested within Thursday, 12th December 2024, will be available in the library selected as pickup location from Tuesday, 17th December 2024.
Requests that occur later will be available in the selected library from Tuesday, 14th January 2025.
For the libraries in Mals, Meran, and Schlanders, the following applies:
Media requested within Thursday, 12th December 2024, will be available in the library selected as pickup location from Wednesday, 18th December 2024.
Requests that occur later will be available in the selected library from Wednesday, 8th January 2025.
For the libraries in Brixen, St. Ulrich, and Sterzing the following applies:
Media requested within Tuesday, 17th December 2024, will be available in the library selected as pickup location from Friday, 20th December 2024.
Requests that occur later will be available in the selected library from Friday, 10th January 2025.
For the libraries in Eppan, Lana, Leifers, Neumarkt (Bibliothek am Ballhaus and Bibliothek Endidae), and Salurn, the following applies:
Media requested within Tuesday, 17th December 2024, will be available in the library selected as pickup location from Saturday, 21st December 2024.
Requests that occur later will be available in the selected library from Saturday, 11th January 2025.
We wish all readers a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!