The Library
New books in the library
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The library is open for loan and return of books.
Opening hours
Monday - Thursday 09:00-18:00
Friday 09:00-17:00
Contact us
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Tel: +47 22 99 55 10
E-mail: bibliotek@khio.no
Postal address: Pb. 6853 St. Olavs plass, 0130 Oslo
Is the library's group room available?
Check TimeEdit (select the library's group room 1)
Databases
= Off-campus access via Feide login. (Your KHiO username and password).
Artistic Research
CRIStin
Research and artistic development at Norwegian universities, colleges and institutes.
KHiODA
Oslo National Academy of the Arts' repository. Contains artistic research and research results produced by our academic staff and fellows, plus documentation of the students' final exams works (exhibitions, performances, texts).
Research Catalogue
The Research Catalogue (RC) is a non-commercial, collaboration and publishing platform for artistic research.
Fine Art / Design / Art and Craft
Art & Architecture Complete
Journals, e-books and pictures about art, design and architecture.
ARTstor
1.9 million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences.
Digitalt Museum
Norwegian museum collections: art, arts and crafts, cultural history and much more.
Europeana
Explore 48,633,358 artworks, artefacts, books, videos and sounds from across Europe.
KunstBib
Norwegian bibliography of art history.
Materia
Material database with descriptions of 2600+ materials for architects and designers, within the following categories: Ceramics, Coatings, Concretes, Glass, Metals, Natural stones, Other naturals, Plastics, Wood.
NYPL Digital Collections
The New York Public Library has scanned more than 840,000 images in high resolution. The database is updated daily and includes prints, photographs, maps, posters, menus, illustrations, catalogues etc.
UbuWeb
Educational resource for avant-garde material available on the internet. It offers visual, concrete and sound poetry, expanding to include film and sound art mp3 archives.
University of Oslo Library - Subject page for art history
Databases, journals, subject headings etc.
Dance and Theater
Colombine
Nordic theatre publisher.
Digital Theatre+
Streaming service for theatre productions.
Doollee.com
Modern dramatists and plays written in or translated to English. From 1956-.
Drama Online
Plays, scientific publications, audio plays and video recordings of theater performances
Dramas
Script distribution and rights clearance for Norwegian amateur theatre.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text
Fulltext journal articles and e-books.
Manusbanken
Contemporary Norwegian Plays.
Medici.tv
Classical music videos.
The Norwegian National Theatre
The Norwegian National Theatre script archive.
Nordiska Strakosch
Nordic publishing house for drama.
UbuWeb
Educational resource for avant-garde material available on the internet. It offers visual, concrete and sound poetry, expanding to include film and sound art mp3 archives.
Classical Music and Opera
Aria database
Collection of information about opera and operatic aria.
IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library
Classical sheet music.
IPA Source
Transcriptions and translations of arias and songs.
Medici.tv
Classical music videos.
Operabase
Operabase has documented operatic activity worldwide since 1996, with over 410,000 performances on file. It records the work of artists in over 900 theatres, and publishes season information to opera-goers in 23 languages.
Newspapers, journals and ebooks
Atekst
Norwegian fulltext newspaper and magazine articles.
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Ebooks purchased by the KHiO library.
National Library of Norway - Access to all digitized material
Academic staff at KHiO can log in to www.nb.no with Feide-ID for direct access. Everyone else must apply for access. You must then meet physically in the library and contact the librarian who approves the access.
More information here.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia Britannica
A general knowledge English-language encyclopedia.
Ordnett
Dictionaries: Norwegian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Swedish.
Feel free to ask your librarian for help!
Library lending policy
Who can borrow?
Everyone can borrow.
Students and staff at Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO) are our primary users and can borrow freely from our collections. Employee/student ID-card is your loan card. If you do not find what you require, you can request an inter-library loan. Some material may be used within the Library.
Students and employees at KHiO can also borrow directly from the libraries of The Oslo School of Architecture and Design and The Norwegian Academy of Music.
Lending rules
The borrower is personally responsible for all loans.
Loan period:
- 30 days for books and sheet music.
- 7 days for DVDs, CDs, theatre manuscripts, curriculum literature and journals.
Encyclopedias and bound journals are not for loan.
You can easily renew your loans by logging in to Oria , by phone or email or by visiting the circulation desk. Loans can usually be renewed as long as the items are not requested by other patrons. The library sends overdue reminders by e-mail/SMS.
If the items are not returned or renewed after the second overdue reminder you will receive a compensation claim of NOK 750,- minimum per item. You will not be allowed to borrow anything else until the claim is sorted out.
Items borrowed from other libraries are processed according to the other library's lending policy.
Loss of a student ID-card must be reported to the library. The library must be notified of any name and address changes
If these regulations are not followed your borrowing priveliges may be revoked.
Information for faculty
New material is added to the Library's already extensive collection on an ongoing basis, to provide faculty and staff with access to a comprehensive range of quality resources in areas of our institution’s education and research. Users are encouraged to be actively involved in selecting new material.
ISBN and ISSN
The library administers the institutional ISBN range (International Standard Book Number) and takes care of the legal depositing of all materials produced with the National Library in Mo i Rana. For more information about ISBN and ISSN (International Standard Serial Number), please see this page.
Coursepacks
The Kopinor Higher education licence requires curriculum and other necessary learning material in the form of book excerpts to be registered for clearance in Bolk when it is copied and made available for the students.
Remember to register for clearance before copying and sharing with students. Book excerpts and compendiums to be used for a new group of students must be re-registered for clearance.
Bolk generates a pdf file that can be published in Canvas. The files are delivered individually or together as a digital compendium of your choice. Digital compendiums come with a table of contents, and it is possible to add other material.
Please contact the library if you lack access to Bolk.
Artistic Research and Publishing
- CRIStin - The Norwegian Research Information System
- KHIODA - Our own institutional repository (digital archive - fulltext, images, sound and film)
- Nora - search Norwegian institutional repositories (open access, fulltext)
- EndNote and Zotero - reference management systems
- Scientific journals, series and publishers
If you have any questions regarding what to register, please contact the library: khioda@khio.no
Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers
NSD is responsible for the Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers. This forms the basis for research publications that have an impact on the weighted funding model. Here you can search for authorised publication channels, also within the design and arts fields: Search the Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers.
Reading difficulties
Anyone with reading difficulties due to illness or disability can use the services of The Norwegian Library of Talking Books and Braille (NLB).
Citation and references
Our various training programs aim to develop students’ information literacy skills.
Our goal is that our students should be able to:
- Master general and specific search techniques in information sources relevant to their studies.
- Be critically selective in their choice of information sources.
- Stay updated within their subject area.
- Know how to use and cite sources in an academic work.
Video: How to find a specific book in the KHiO Library
Video: How to sign in to Oria and renew your loans
We adjust the form and content of our training according to student level and academic program.
In addition to mandatory courses in literature search for all new students, the library offers courses and guidance in the following areas:
- Citation, referencing and copyright
- EndNote
Video: EndNote - import references from Oria and insert citation into Word
As a student or employee you can ask for guidance on the use of all library resources at any time: the library catalogue, databases (audio, film, photo, journals, etc.), how to look up material in the library, etc. You are always warmly welcome to ask a librarian!
About the library
We can offer faculty and students access to one of Norway's finest and most modern art libraries with vast, updated collections (books, cd's and film), a large collection of journals, - and specialised librarians.
Our collections
The KHiO Library's collecions cover fine art, crafts, design and performing arts. The collections count approx. 70 000 books, as well as a large collection of films and a number of special collections, including a large collection of Artists' Books. The library also offers access to several digital resources within the subject areas.
In addition, the library subscribes to national and international newspapers.
How to find your way around the library
- Map of the library
- Shelf signature "Nærmag." or "Mag.": You must ask a librarian to find this literature for you since it is located in the library's storages.
- The collections are arranged according to the Dewey's Decimal Classification System, where each subject has it's own number. Ask a librarian if you need help to find the number for "your" topic!