Carolina Rediviva
There may be drilling noise at Carolina Rediviva between 18 May and around 12 June due to extensive work to expand the wireless network.
Opening hours
Library and information desk
Café Carolina
Special Collections Reading Room
Exhibition and Shop
Weekly hours at Carolina Rediviva
Map
Street address: Dag Hammarskjölds väg 1
Postal address: Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, CAR
Box 510
751 20 UPPSALA
Sweden
Accessibility
Accessible parking
A parking spot is available for visitors with handicap parking permission on the south-eastern side of Carolina Rediviva (towards Uppsala Castle).
Lifts
There is a lift to take you from the entrance on floor 4 (entrance floor) to floors 5, 6 and 9. To reach the third floor, take the lift in reading room B.
Toilets
Accessible toilets are available on floors 4 (entrance floor), 6 and 9.
Map of RWC floor 4 (entrance floor)
Map of RWC floor 6
Map of RWC floor 9
Map of RWC floor 3
Floor 3
The door down to the temporary Special Collections Reading Room is open during the Room's opening hours. There is a lift in the reading room B.
Floor 4 – entrance floor
There is no lift to floor 4½ in reading room C. The Riksdag material available on this floor can only be accessed by steps. Ask at the information desk for assistance in collecting the material you need.
Reading room A has some material in the apse that is two steps up from the rest of the reading room and some material is also in the galleries. Ask at the information desk for assistance in collecting the material you need.
Reading room B has two entrances with doors. Neither of the doors has a door opener but one of the doors is usually left wide open. There is some material in the galleries that is only accessible by steps. Ask at the information desk for assistance in collecting the material you need.
Floor 5
The microfilm room is directly accessible by lift.
Floor 6
The Periodicals Reading Room, TLS, on floor 6 is reached through two doors from the lift. The doors have door openers.
Floor 9
The open stacks can be reached using the lift.
Borrowing and returning books
Borrow and return
For loans, use the machine nearby the circulation desk (first room after the foyer). For returns, use the machine located to the left just past the circulation desk. You can also return books borrowed from our other libraries.
Your loans are renewed automatically where possible.
Books for pickup
Books that you have requested or queued for can be found in the middle of the room, past the circulation desk.
Exhibitions and Shop Carolina
Our permanent exhibition features the world-famous Silver Bible, as well as the earliest fairly accurate map of Scandinavia, the Carta Marina from 1539. We also hold temporary exhibitions on current themes.
Admission to the exhibition hall is free.
Finding your way in the collections
PLEASE NOTE! Reference material from reading rooms A and B has been evacuated until the summer of 2026 due to renovation. During this time, the material can be requested via the search tool. The documents below, with shelf locations for reading rooms A and B, will therefore not be fully up-to-date during this period.
- Shelf placement in reading room A, Floor 4, entrance floor (pdf) pdf, 16 kB.
- Shelf placement in reading room B, Floor 4, entrance floor (pdf) pdf, 15 kB.
- Shelf placement in reading room C, Floor 4, entrance floor (pdf) pdf, 17 kB.
- Shelf placement at Floor 9 (pdf) pdf, 408 kB.
- Shelf placement in the Periodical Reading Room (pdf) pdf, 275 kB.
Food and beverages
Reading Room A, Reading Room B and the Special Collections Reading Room
- No food or beverages.
Other parts of the library
- Beverages are allowed if you use a lid on the container.
- No food.
Café area
- Upper level: Food and beverages are allowed. There are also vending and coffee machines as well as microwaves. It is okay to heat and eat food you bring in the café area, but do not bring any food into the rest of the library.
- Entrance floor: Café Carolina offers lunch and fika.
Read more about Café Carolina
Study spaces
Carolina Rediviva offers various areas for group work or individual studies, on several floors:
Quiet study spaces
- Reading rooms A and B, entrance floor, these are closed due to renovation between June 2025 and autumn 2026. Read more about the ongoing renovations at Carolina Rediviva.
- Reading room C, entrance floor: a glassed-in room with 8 seats.
- The Periodicals Reading Room (TLS), floor 6: several rooms with seats for individual studies.
Low voice study spaces:
- Reading room C, entrance floor: seats suitable for group work. On the first floor in Reading room C there are seats för individual studies where conversation in low voice is allowed.
- Floor 9: seats for both group work and individual study.
- Café Carolina: on the entrance floor all seats may be used for studying except during lunch, 11.00-13.00. On the first floor there are more study seats.
There are no group rooms at Carolina Rediviva.
Technical equipment and locally available e-resources
Public computers
As a student, researcher or employee at Uppsala University, you use your university account and password A to access the computers.
Other visitors can get a temporary account at one of our information desks. You can see which of our libraries have information desks and when they are open on the page Opening hours.
Computer for the databases Svenska tidningar and ArkivDigital
In the microfilm room (floor 5) there is a computer with full access to the National Library's database Svenska tidningar and the database ArkivDigital.
The computer is bookable weekdays 09:00–12:00, and is free to use for everyone when there is no booking.
Book the computer with access to Svenska tidningar and ArkivDigital
The database Sveriges dödbok 9
Sveriges dödbok is a database containing information about deceased Swedes. The database is produced by the Swedish Genealogical Association and contains the name, place of birth, place of death, address, marital status and date of birth, death and change of marital status for 15.4 million deceased between 1830–2022.
Copy, scan and print
Everyone is welcome to use the University's printing system eduPrint.
Information on eduPrint for students
Information on eduPrint for staff
Information on eduPrint for other visitors is available on site at our libraries.
Wireless network
Wi-Fi for students and staff
Students and researchers use the Eduroam network.
Information on Eduroam for students
Information on Eduroam for staff
Wi-Fi for other visitors
Other visitors are welcome to use the UU-guest network.
Support
Technical support is provided by the University's IT support.
Lockers and book cabinets
Lockers for storage during the day
Lockers are available in the café area on the entrance floor. You can choose your own code and store your valuables in the locker until the library closes for the day.
Book cabinets for storing books for a longer period
If you need to borrow and store reading materials at Carolina Rediviva for a longer period of time, you can apply for a book cabinet. We give priority to researchers and thesis writing students at Uppsala University.
Renovation
Reading rooms A, B and the Special Collections Reading Room will be renovated. This will be done in different stages, starting November 2024.
Information about the renovation and how it may affect you as a visitor
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