We are still here for you...

The library is closed due to renovation. However, we are still here for you.
‘Mail and collect’ and ‘Mail and return’ services -which allow you to borrow or return media without visiting the library, will continue until Saturday 18.12.2021.
Library visits remain suspended. We look forward to welcoming you in our library in January 2022.
Do mail us if you would like reading tips or if you have any further queries.

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Library

You will find a selection of media in German language and in translation in the library: books, magazines, films, music, apps and games. Find out more about current topics and trends, and get to know Germany.

What we offer

MAIL AND COLLECT | MAIL AND RETURN

‘Mail and collect’ and ‘Mail and return’ services can be availed by:
-Current online course participants who have completed their Library Online Registration Procedure.
-Patrons with annual / 6 months library membership.

Lending

The library is open to the public and use of books and media in the library is free of charge. 

Elibrary

The eLibrary is the virtual library of the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan in India which allows you to borrow digital media. 

SERVICE

Translation funding

Our translation funding programme supports the publication of books by German authors in another language.

Service for librarians

Events, specialist information and cooperation services for librarians.

Latest news

Take one, give one

An initiative by the Library @ Goethe-Institut Chennai

TG1 @GI Chennai
,,Take one, give one" provides not only an easy access to books but also an opportunity for people to share books that have made a difference in their lives.

Bring in any book you have finished reading, leave it on the shelf for other people to read and take a new one that interests you.
 
Let us celebrate books and the love of reading.