Users are primarily students and lecturers, although the library is open to the general public.

In the CHE ranking the Ludwigshafen University Library holds a top position (in German: Spitzengruppe) in the rated courses of study.

[3][verification needed] The Ludwigshafen University Library was founded in 1965.

In 2008,[4] it integrated the library of the Lutheran University for Applied Sciences Ludwigshafen.

[5] Access to the databases is available through the Database Information System (DBIS)[5] The Ludwigshafen University Library relies on the Hochschulbibliothekszentrum (hbz),[6] a union catalog that itemizes the collections of 63 university and state libraries in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate.