About the ESO Libraries

Addresses

Garching:
ESO Library
European Southern Observatory
Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2
85748 Garching near Munich
Germany

E-Mail: esolib [at] eso.org
Tel: +49-89-320 06-280
Fax: +49-89-320 23 62

Santiago:
ESO Library
European Southern Observatory
P.O. Box 19001
Santiago 19
Chile

E-Mail: mgomez [at] eso.org
(contact for all Chilean ESO libraries)
Tel: +56-2-463 3153 (3183)
Tel. directly from La Silla: 3153 or 3183
Fax: +56-2-4633001

Staff
Uta Grothkopf and Christopher Erdmann (Garching)
Maria Eugenia Gomez Lindgren (Chile)
Opening Hours
The libraries are open 24 hours per day. Librarians are available between 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Holdings
Books: approx. 15,000 items
Optical Library G. Franke: 320 items
ESO Historical Archive: 170 items
A collection from Prof. Oort
Current Journal Subscriptions: approx. 150 titles
The Library Catalog contains records of all library items and provides access to electronic publications. Most important electronic journals can also be accessed from the e-journals page.
Paper preprints are kept for one year. If you have difficulties to locate them, please let us know.
Loan Policies
Library items can be checked out at the public terminals in the libraries. If you don't have a user account yet or need help, please send us a note or stop by the library office. The typical loan period is one month; exceptions are possible. In case an item is requested by somebody else, we will contact the current user. Library staff must have access to borrowed items at any time.
Journals (bound and unbound) cannot be borrowed. If you need any volumes or issues urgently, please contact the librarians

New Acquisitions will be announced in a seperate list. Please let us know if you wish to receive the monthly list by e-mail. At any time and for all kinds of requests, you are invited to stop by the library office, phone the librarians (phone numbers as indicated above) or use the library's web form.

If you prefer to browse through the books on the library shelves, you might wish to get information about the classification system used by the ESO Libraries.
When you are leaving ESO: Please return all library items and cross-check your list of borrowed items with the librarians.

Send comments to <Uta.Grothkopf [at] eso.org>
Last update: October 19, 2006

Addresses
Garching: ESO Library European Southern Observatory Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2 85748 Garching near Munich Germany E-Mail: esolib [at] eso.org Tel: +49-89-320 06-280 Fax: +49-89-320 23 62	Santiago: ESO Library European Southern Observatory P.O. Box 19001 Santiago 19 Chile E-Mail: mgomez [at] eso.org (contact for all Chilean ESO libraries) Tel: +56-2-463 3153 (3183) Tel. directly from La Silla: 3153 or 3183 Fax: +56-2-4633001
Staff Uta Grothkopf and Christopher Erdmann (Garching) Maria Eugenia Gomez Lindgren (Chile)	Opening Hours The libraries are open 24 hours per day. Librarians are available between 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Holdings Books: approx. 15,000 items Optical Library G. Franke: 320 items ESO Historical Archive: 170 items A collection from Prof. Oort Current Journal Subscriptions: approx. 150 titles The Library Catalog contains records of all library items and provides access to electronic publications. Most important electronic journals can also be accessed from the e-journals page. Paper preprints are kept for one year. If you have difficulties to locate them, please let us know.	Loan Policies Library items can be checked out at the public terminals in the libraries. If you don't have a user account yet or need help, please send us a note or stop by the library office. The typical loan period is one month; exceptions are possible. In case an item is requested by somebody else, we will contact the current user. Library staff must have access to borrowed items at any time. Journals (bound and unbound) cannot be borrowed. If you need any volumes or issues urgently, please contact the librarians
New Acquisitions will be announced in a seperate list. Please let us know if you wish to receive the monthly list by e-mail.	At any time and for all kinds of requests, you are invited to stop by the library office, phone the librarians (phone numbers as indicated above) or use the library's web form.
If you prefer to browse through the books on the library shelves, you might wish to get information about the classification system used by the ESO Libraries.	When you are leaving ESO: Please return all library items and cross-check your list of borrowed items with the librarians.