Both registration and borrowing items are free of charge, provided you return your loans within the agreed time.
Create an account
To create the library account required to sign up with swisscovery RZS, you must register with the Swiss Library Service Platform SLSP using your SWITCH Edu-ID. Follow this link: https://registration.slsp.ch/?iz=rzs
If you do not yet have a SWITCH Edu-ID, you can create one using the same link.
Instructions for registration
Can be found on the website of the ZHB Luzern.
Registration for companies and organizations
Learn more about this on the website of the ZHB Luzern.
Library card
During registration, you will be asked to provide your library card. The HSLU card serves as your library card. The analogue HSLU card can be used as a library card, even after you have completed your studies. Individuals with a digital HSLU card can pick up a new library card free of charge at the information desk of their library.
A library card from another SLSP library (e.g. University of Basel, ETH, ZHAW) is also valid in Lucerne.
You must provide your library card number during registration. For HSLU members, this is automatically linked after successful onboarding. If not, link it manually here: https://registration.slsp.ch/library-card/?lang=en
To request items in swisscovery RZS, you must log into the library research gateway with your SWITCH Edu-ID.
You will then be able to click “borrow” next to your item of choice. In a next step, you will be asked to name a pick-up location. Various libraries in the Region of Central Switzerland (RZS) are eligible as pick-up locations.
As soon as the medium is ready to be picked up, the library you have chosen as your pick-up location will send you a pick-up notification by email. The medium is on hold for you for one week in the pick-up shelf. The epiry date when the medium will no longer be on hold is written on the pick-up notification or can be found in your library account in swisscovery RZS. If it is not possible for you to pick up the item by the date notified, please contact the library directly. Otherwise we will release the item for other users.
Please borrow the items from the self-pick-up shelf at self-checkout station or at the information desk before leaving the library.
If a medium is currently not available/on loan, you have the possibility to reserve it. The associated process is the same as requesting the item. You will be put on a waiting list. As soon as the book has been returned, you will receive a collection notification via email.
