Borrow and return

How can I borrow an item from the library?

Use your University card to borrow items at:

• the self-service machine on level B; or
• at the Customer Services Counter on level B (for reserved books, audio-visual items, accompanying materials, short-loan-restricted bookable items, laptops and learning hub devices)

How do I know when the items I’ve borrowed are due?

Once the auto-renewal is stopped, an Item due notice will be sent to the user, allowing a maximum of six days to return the book. Please return the item(s) by the due date.

Can I borrow audio-visual items (CDs, & DVDs,) from the library?.

To borrow AV items, users have to bring the items to the Customer Services Counter for library staff on duty to issue them out for one week. The AV items will be auto renewed every day unless someone else wants them.

Can I borrow a periodical?

Periodicals are for reference only, which means that you can only use them in the library. To refer to periodicals of the current year, please ask at the Customer Services Counter.

You can only borrow two periodicals at any one time.

For bound volumes of previous years’ issues of periodicals, you can ask to see to a complete list of these bound volumes in our collection at the Customer Services Counter. Bound volumes are kept in the Store Room@Level C, and to borrow any bound volume, you will need to first fill in a form and come back the next day to refer to it in the library.

You are also limited to borrowing two bound journals at any one time.