Borrowing

Borrowing privileges

All staff, registered students, associate members and alumni of the University are entitled to borrow library items.

All loan allocations include a maximum of two short loan items, and two audio-visual items.

The loan period for ordinary loan books depends on your status at the University

Please note that:

• You will need your University ID card to borrow items from the library.
  All items are subject to early recall  if another library user reserves them.
• The loan period of all items may be shortened if requested by another borrower.
• Fines are payable on all items returned or renewed late.
• Overdue charges on requested item are RM2 per day.

Borrowing

You can borrow items:

• using the self-service machine on level B (for ordinary loan books)
• at the Customer Services Counter on Level B (for short loan items, reserved books, audio-visual materiasl,accompanying materials, lecturer-loan items, laptops and learning hub devices) 

Please retain your receipt from the self-service machine, which will show you when the item is due back (subject to early recall).

Items borrowed from the Customer Services Counter will be stamped with the due back date.

You can check your library web account for books you have borrowed, and their respective due date

Periodicals

Periodicals are for reference only, which means that you can only use them in the library. The latest issues of some periodicals are displayed at the Current Periodicals section on level B, while the majority of periodicals (current year issues) that the library subscribes to, are kept behind the Customer Services Counter. To borrow them for reference in the library, please ask at the Customer Services Counter.

At any one time, a library user is limited to two periodicals only. Bound volumes of previous years’ issues of periodicals can be found on the main shelves on level B.

Audio-visual materials

Audio-visual (AV) collection is now browsable to all on Level B of the library.

There are more than 900 AV items in our collection, including movies, documentaries, television serials and many others. Patrons will be able to browse and select any AV item which interests them.

To borrow AV items, patrons have to bring the items to Customer Services Counter for library staff on duty to issue them out.

Patrons can borrow a maximum of two AV items at a time, for the period of one week. Patrons can extend the borrowing period by renewing the AV items online before the due date.

Short loan books

To borrow a short loan book, go to the Customer Services Counter on level B and give library staff details (location number and barcode) of the short loan book that you require. The staff member will retrieve the book from the short loan collection and issue the book to you. You must have your library card with you, and you may borrow up to two short loan items at any one time.

The period of a short loan is overnight, and you will have to return the item back the next morning before 10am. However, if the short loan item is borrowed on Friday, the item due date and time will fall on 10am, Monday.

For more details, please go to Short Loans.

Short loan restricted—bookable books

Short-loan restricted--bookable items can only be borrowed (and returned) at the Customer Services Counter on level B of the library.

Loaned items under this category can only be used in the library during it’s normal operating hours.

Items can be booked through UNMCLOC for a maximum of three hours per day. Bookings can be done in advance for 14 days (including weekends). Only two advanced bookings are allowed in 14 days.

For more details, please go to Short Loans.

Requesting books from Central Store

"Central Store" is a closed-access storage area for old library books and audio-visual items of older editions (where newer editions are available) and for those items which have not been actively borrowed for the past five years.

When searching for books in NUsearch you may come across a location listed as “Central Store”. In order to borrow the item, you must click on “Request”. An email will be sent to the requester when the item is ready to be collected. The item will be held at the Customer Services Counter for three days, and will be returned to Central Store if it is not collected within the three days.

Courtesy notices

The library sends out a courtesy reminder e-mails two working days before an ordinary loan book is due for return or renewal. Please remember that this reminder e-mail is a courtesy service only and must be in addition to your keeping your own records of the dates your library items are due for return or renewal. Failure to receive an e-mail reminder cannot be regarded as a valid reason for having overdue loans.

Using the self-service machine

The self-service machine allows borrowers with a clear (i.e. no fines or overdue items) library account to self-issue (and self-return) library books.

Follow the on screen instructions at all times, and please remember to take your receipt which will show the due date for each item borrowed.

You are responsible for all items issued to your account.