Borrowing from the Library by students

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Student Identity Card

When you enrol you will be issued with a Student Identity Card. The card has a Library barcode on it so it can be used as a Library Card.

If you lose your ID Card, please report the loss immediately to the University Card Centre (telephone 8303 3363), and to the Library -- you are responsible for all loans made with it.

An ID Card may be used only by the person to whom it was issued.

 

MyLibrary

All students who are enrolled at the University of Adelaide can use MyLibrary to find out about your loans, Requests and demerit points. There's a MyLibrary help page if you would like to know more.

 

What and how many

Undergraduate students may borrow books from the Main collection, the Reserve collection, and from the branch libraries, and may have on loan up to thirty books at a time.
Advanced level students (honours, higher degree, Diploma, M.A. qualifying and students enrolled in 4th-6th year) may also borrow bound volumes of journals and may have on loan up to fifty items at a time.

 

Loan periods

The Library varies conditions of loan to meet the needs of particular groups of users, and to maximise the availability of resources.

An item on loan to you may be recalled if it is urgently required by another user. The loan period will be reduced to seven days and you will be notified of the new due date by email.

Undergraduate students	Loan period	Renewals
Main collection books	4 weeks	Four
Reserve collection items	3 hours/overnight	One

Advanced level students	Loan period	Renewals
Main collection books	10 weeks	Four
Reserve collection items	3 hours/overnight	One
Bound volumes of journals	24 hours	One

Note:-- Loan periods and conditions may differ at the branch libraries. 

Renewals

You may renew the loan of a book using MyLibrary on or before the due date.

A loan may not be renewed if someone is waiting for the book or if you have already renewed it for the maximum number of renewals allowed.

Returning books

Books on loan must be returned through the chutes at the Library entrance (or at the Exit desk) so that the loan can be correctly discharged. Books borrowed from the Reserve collection must be returned directly to the Reserve and Multimedia desk.

The chutes at the Library entrance are permanently open for the return of items.

Library notices

All members of the University of Adelaide community have an email address on the University network to which Library notices will be sent.
If you have an alternative email account you will need to arrange for the forwarding of messages from your University email address to your other email address.
The Library system has to use the official University e-mail database and has no means of changing individual addresses.

Handling charge

If an item is kept beyond the date of despatch of the first and final overdue notice requesting its return, an invoice will be sent for the cost of replacement of the item, plus a non-refundable handling charge of $30.00 per item.

Demerit points

Fair sharing of materials is the basis on which the Library operates. Demerit points are allocated when items are not returned by the due date.
For more details, please go to the separate demerit points page.

Please talk to a staff member at Service Enquiries, (telephone 8303 5124) if you have a question about demerit points.