Services for Leiden University alumni

Leiden University alumni and PhD graduates can continue to use library facilities free of charge.

A library card at Leiden University Libraries (UBL) allows Leiden University alumni and PhD graduates to keep using various library facilities. After graduation, the former Leiden University student account and LU-Card will be continued as an alumnus account.

Alumni

Leiden University alumni are automatically registered for library membership. After graduation, you will keep your s-account, log-on data and LU-Card. The account is managed by Plexus (Student Affairs Front Office); please contact them in case you have any questions.

uMail address discontinued

Some time after graduating, your uMail address will be discontinued. Your personal email address as registered with uSis will be the email contact used by the libraries from then on.

Please make sure your current personal email address is properly registered with uSis, to be able to keep using library facilities. For any questions regarding your account and email address, contact Student Affairs Front Office. You cannot change the personal email address by yourself.

Change of address

Please keep your Leiden University alumnus account up to date. Report any changes regarding your personal contact data to the Student Affairs Front Office.

Graduated before September 2006?

Alumni graduated before September 2006 may have a library guest account and LU-Card made, free of charge, at one of the library desks. Please bring a valid means of ID, plus evidence of your graduation at Leiden University.

PhD graduates

After graduation, Leiden University PhD graduates who do not have a Leiden University alumni account already, may apply for a free library guest account at one of the library desks. Please find more information on the alumni ULCN services page.

Library access

Leiden University alumni need a valid LU-Card to be able to visit the libraries.

Exam periods

Alumni are welcome to visit the libraries year-round; exam periods access restrictions do not apply. However, during exam weeks most study places are reserved for use by Leiden University students. Several study places are freely available for other visitors; these seats are marked with a white sticker. In the UB, this applies to reading room 1 at the first floor.

Databases

Using your alumnus account, almost all UBL databases can be accessed from within the University network. There are a few exceptions, such as 'Legal Intelligence' and 'InView Essential', offering access to Leiden University students and staff only, regardless of location.

Remote access

Leiden Alumni Databases offers remote access to the following databases:

Academic Search Alumni Edition
Art Index (H.W. Wilson)
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Library Literature & Information Science Index (H.W. Wilson)
JSTOR collections: Arts & Sciences 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7, and Early Journal Content

Visit Leiden Alumni Databases

Your password

In case you have forgotten your password, please find more info on Leiden University's ULCN account password webpages.

Friends of Leiden University Libraries

We would like to invite you, as an alumnus or PhD, to join the Friends of Leiden University Libraries foundation. Friends contribute to the preservation, expansion, restauration and maintenance of the collections.

As a friend of Leiden University Libraries you will be invited to attend lectures, themed activities and exhibition openings, and you will be kept updated on various developments within the libraries.