EHSM sports media library

The Magglingen sports media library gives staff at the Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen (EHSM) and the general public access to sports-related media in German, French, Italian and English.

Opening hours

Mon–Fri
9 am–12 pm, 1:30 pm–4:30 pm

Closed on public holidays, during Easter, Ascension, Whitsun and the last week of the year.

The library

Specialisations

Sports science
Sports medicine
Sports pedagogy
Sports psychology
Sports sociology
Sports history
Sport and the law
Sports disciplines
Youth and physical education

Holdings

The holdings of the sports media library are integrated into swisscovery. You can research and borrow them through the library system.

Library System swisscovery

Borrowing + Research

Borrowing

Borrowing conditions

All residents of Switzerland can borrow media from the BASPO sports media library. To borrow media, you need to register in swisscovery and receive a user ID.

Registration

A SWITCH edu-ID is required to use swisscovery. This can be created online free of charge. Further information

Fees

Self-service photocopying
User ID	free
Loans	free
SLSP Courier	free of charge or CHF 6 per medium (depending on the regulations of the collection institution).
Postal delivery	CHF 12
Photocopy delivery (per 1–20 p.)	CHF 5

A4, per copy	CHF 0.20
A3, per copy	CHF 0.40

Reminder after the loan period
1st overdue notice (after 5 days)	CHF 5
2nd overdue notice (after another 5 days)	CHF 5
3rd overdue notice (after another 5 days)	CHF 10

Loan restrictions

Reference works and journals are not available for loan. They can be consulted in the library. There is no borrowing limit per user.

Loan period

4 weeks for all types of documents.

Renewals

You can renew your loans up to 5 times over the phone (058 467 63 08), by email (biblio@baspo.admin.ch) or independently via the user account in swisscovery, insofar as the medium is not already reserved.

Returns

At the media library front desk during opening hours.

Outside the library opening hours, media can be deposited in the book return box in front of the EHSM university building (by the parking meter/ bicycle stand).
Through the SLSP Courier

By post at your own expense

Loss of your user ID

Please let us know right away if you lose your user ID. We can issue a replacement.

swisscovery search portal

swisscovery search platform

The collections of the BFH Library (books, periodicals, DVDs, etc.; except for the library of the Abegg Foundation) can be searched using the swisscovery search platform: swisscovery.bfh.ch

swisscovery is operated by the Swiss Library Service Platform (SLSP).