Regulations

Overview of regulations for users of our reading rooms, materials and collections.

User regulations of Royal Danish Library

Regulations for private users.

Access to more recent archives

Rules for accessing some archives and items in our library catalog that contain documents younger than 75 years and that contain information of a private nature.

ID card for the reading room

In order to gain access and study certain precious and rare works, you must be a registered user at the Royal Danish Library and have a special ID card.

Regulations for borrowing manuscripts and unpublished theatre texts from the Teatre Collection

Professional or established theatres, as well as theatre schools can borrow manuscripts and unpublished theatre texts.

Regulations for employees at Copenhagen University Hospital

Special regulations for employees at Copenhagen University Hospital

Regulations for employees at Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)

Special regulations for employees at Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK).

Regulations for employees at the central administration

These sub-regulations apply to registered users of The Royal Danish Library service for the central administration

Regulations for employees at the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University, Roskilde University and The IT-University of Copenhagen

Special regulations for employees at selected universities.

Regulations for employees at Aarhus University Hospital

Regulations for employees at Aarhus University Hospital

Regulations for loans from Royal Danish Library’s Orchestral Collection

Professional orchestras or choirs, established amateur orchestras or choirs and music education institutions can borrow orchestral notes.

Regulations for public and research libraries

Applies to libraries with a library number.

Regulations for public areas at Royal Danish Library

These regulations apply to the locations affiliated with Royal Danish Library.

Regulations for research institutions/companies

This application form applies exclusively to the institution or company as a whole. If you want to register as an individual, please register as a private user.

Regulations for Roskilde University Library users, 16 to 17 years old

Special exceptions from the regulations for private users for Roskilde University Library users aged 16 to 17.

Regulations for taking pictures with your own camera in the Research reading room and the Study room in Søborg

Within certain limits you can photograph material in reading rooms.

Regulations for the Art Library, Study Room Søborg

These regulations apply to materials that are exclusively available in the study room in Søborg.

Regulations for the Research Reading Room, The Black Diamond, Copenhagen

These regulations apply to the Research Reading Room, which is a shared reading room for Royal Danish Library and the Danish National Archives.

Regulations for users who are exempt from Digital Post

Special regulations for users who are exempt from Digital Post.