Eligible for a free library and information services is given to the teaching staff, doctoral candidates, postgraduate, graduate and undergraduates students of all forms of education, cadets of the military faculty, the students of the Institute of Additional Education, the students of the Republican Institute of Chinese Studies named after Confucius, scientific and other staff of the University.

Library and information service of organizations (enterprises, institutions) included in the structure of the BSU complex is carried out in reading rooms, media libraries, loan departments in accordance with the order of the rector of BSU "On service of organizations (enterprises, institutions) of the BSU complex by BSU Fundamental Library".

Library and information services for third-party users are carried out on a fee basis in accordance with the Regulation on paid services of BSU FL.

Teaching staff from third-party organizations which works in BSU on a part-time basis are served free of charge only in the halls, media library, coworking of the BSU FL upon presentation of a certificate from the HR department. 

Enrollment in the library is carried out upon presentation of the following documents:

• student ID card;
• ID card of student of BSU Institute of Additional Education;
• ID card of student of BSU Law College;
• ID card of student of BSU Lyceum;
• ID card of doctoral candidate, postgraduate (for doctoral candidates, postgraduates);
• Staff ID card (for BSU staff);
• ID card of students of the Republican Institute of Chinese Studies named after Confucius and third-party institutions;
• agreement on the provision of paid library and information services and ID card (for institutions, enterprises, other establishments, the founder of which is BSU, and also for third-party institutions).

Scientific and popular science publications are issued for a period of one month in the following quantities:

• teaching staff, doctoral candidates, postgraduates, graduate students, researchers – until 15 items;
• students, who write diploma thesis – until 10 items;
• other users – until 5 items.

Manuals and textbooks are issued to users for a semester or academic year in accordance with the curriculum.

Belletristic literature is issued to users for a period of one month in the amount of no more than 10 items.

In the service department of the philological and economic faculties, belletristic literature is issued to users for a period of 15 days.

Users can extend the period of use of books taken from a loan desk, if there is no demand for them from other users. If the user does not appear in the BSU FL to extend the period of use of the documents listed for him, the extension of the period of use is carried out by the librarian automatically on a paid basis when the user submits unsold documents.

Upon leaving the BSU, users are required to return to the library all documents listed for them, pay for use beyond the time limit, if the period exceeds the established one, obtain an exit clearance checklist with the BSU FL mark.

• Foreign students receive an exit clearance checklist in the Department of International Relations of BSU;
• undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate students, doctoral candidates:
  • Faculty of International Relations – in the Service Department of this Faculty (20 Leningradskaya Str., off.604);
  • Faculties of Journalism and Philosophy and Social Sciences – in the Service Department of these Faculties (9 Kalvariyskaya Str., off.114);
  • Faculties of Physics, Mechanics-Mathematics, Geography and Geo-Informatics, Applied Mathematics and Informatics – in the Service Department of Educational Process (20 Dolgobrodskaya Str., off.344);
    if there is no debt – in the Information Resources Room of the Faculty of Geography and Geo-Informatics (16 Leningradskaya Str., off.122);
  • Faculty of History – in the Service Department of Educational Process (25 Academicheskaya Str., off.200);
  • Faculties of Biology, Radio-Physics and Computer Technologies – in the Service Department of these Faculties (5 Kurchatova Str., off.106)
  • Faculty of Social-Cultural Communications: specialization Design (of Subject-Spatial Environment), Fashion Design – in the Room of Information Resources on Art  (96 Mayakovskogo Str., off.101); FSC students of other specialities – in the Service Department of the Faculties of Radio-Physics and Computer Technologies, Biology and Social-Cultural Communications (5 Kurchatova Str., off.106)
  • Faculties of Economics and Philology – in the Service Department of the Faculties of Economics and Philology (31 K. Marx Str., off.1);
  • Faculty of Chemistry – in the Service Department of the Faculty of Chemistry (14 Leningradskaya Str., off.405);
  • Faculty of Law – in the Service Department of the Faculty of Law (8 Leningradskaya Str., off.103);
  • Students of the Joint Institute of BSU and DPU: specialization Physics and Mechanics and Mathematical Modeling - in the Service Department of Educational Process (20 Dolgobrodskaya Str., off.344), specialization World Economy - in the Service Department of the Faculty of International Relations (20 Leningradskaya Str., off.604);
• Students of the Institute of Additional Education of BSU:
  • students of the FCE - in the Service Department of the Faculties of Journalism and Philosophy and Social Sciences (9 Kalvariyskaya Str., off.114),
  • students of the FAE and the Pre-University Training Center - in the Information Resources Room of the IAE (25 Academicheskaya Str., off.200);
• cadets of the Military Faculty receive an exit clearance checklist at the faculty;
• BSU staff receives an exit clearance checklist in the Staff Department;
• BSU Law College students receive an exit clearance checklist at the college;
• BSU Lyceum students receive an exit clearance checklist  in the BSU Lyceum;
• students and staff of organizations (enterprises, institutions) included in BSU complex - in their organizations.