Furnishings
The Library & Media Library has 30 reading and
work places and audiovisual places for watching DVDs, BluRay-discs or videos
and listening to CDs. One audiovisual place includes a BluRay-disc-player as
well as a 3D TV.
Catalogue or internet research is possible at eleven stations. A photocopier is available on the ground floor (KHM - ID Card necessary ). Additionally, we offer a scanner where you can save texts on your USB flash drive for free.
Floor plans
Overview of the separate subject areas inside the library & media centre.
Click on the link below to download a detailed plan of the library.
Borrowing
Borrowing
Lending service for KHM members
Students and fellows at the Academy of Media Art Cologne, on showing a valid access card to KHM, may borrow books and AV media.
Two renewals are possible online via the user account in the library catalogue if the medium has not been reserved.The maximum loan period including renewal is 90 days.
The Academy teaching staff may borrow books and AV media at any time.
Five renewals are possible (online user account, by telephone, in person, by e-mail) within the 180 days maximum loan period.
Television recordings cannot be taken out for copyright reasons. Video workplaces have been made available for watching these.
Interlibrary loans
Books and articles in journals that are not available in the library but needed for scientific work can be ordered from other libraries via interlibrary loan.
Please check if the title you are looking for is neither available at KHM library nor other libraries in Cologne. Here you can check the library catalogue "KoelnBib".
You can submit your interlibrary loan with all available information personally or via eMail.
Please contact Uschi Büchel:
tel. +49 (0)221 – 20189 – 160
or mail to uschi@khm.de
Guided tours
Library tours during the winter semester 2025/26
13.11.2025 (english)
26.11.2025 (deutsch)
02.12.2025 (english)
04.12.2025 (deutsch)
Feel free to drop by ; no registration is necessary. The meeting point is the information desk in the library at 2 pm.
Informations for students + fellows
Students
Students and fellows at the Academy of Media Art Cologne, on showing a valid access card to KHM, may borrow books and AV media.
Two renewals are possible online via the user account in the library catalogue if the medium has not been reserved.The maximum loan period including renewal is 90 days.
Television recordings
Unfortunately, television recordings cannot be taken out for copyright reasons. Video workplaces have been made available for watching these.
Diploma thesis
For copyright reasons, diploma thesis cannot be taken out, too. You can read them inside the library. Copying is not allowed, but you can take notes.
Periodicals
borrowing over the weekend from Thursday or Friday until Monday
Reservered course reading media
borrowing over the weekend from Thursday or Friday until Monday
Please note that the library is currently closed on Fridays due to the Corona crisis.
Informations for teaching staff
Books, audiovisual media and television recordings
The Academy teaching staff may borrow books and AV media at any time.
Five renewals are possible (online user account, by telephone, in person, by e-mail) within the 180 days maximum loan period.
In the context of teaching, television recordings can be taken out for four weeks.
Periodicals
borrowing over the weekend from Thursday or Friday until Monday
Diploma thesis
Diploma thesis can be read anytime inside the library. For copyright reasons, borrowing or copying is not allowed.
Informations for guests
Guests are welcome anytime and can use our media inside the library during the opening hours.
A photocopier (5 cent/copy) is available as well as a scanner where you
can save texts on your USB flash drive for free. Additionally, we offer
AV places for watching DVDs, BluRay-discs or videos and listening to
CDs.
Informations for authors
Digital
publishing at the KHM
The library
offers all affiliates of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne the possibility to
digitally publish academic documents, artistic work and teaching material via
the online publication system.
e-Publications@khm
is the KHM’s institutional repository and serves the open access publication of
texts, sound, image or video.
Advantages for authors
Safeguarding of copyright
Professional bibliographic indexing
Unique citation (URN)
Long-term archiving
Worldwide visibility through open access
Free and immediately available
Please read
the publication agreement!
The library
team will be happy to answer any questions you may have concerning publication.