University Library Australia
A national borrowing scheme for staff and students
| University Library Australia is a national borrowing scheme that allows all staff and students of Australian Vice Chancellors' Committee (AVCC) participating member universities to borrow in person from any other interstate university in Australia. The University of Adelaide Library is a participant in the scheme. |
- All students and staff from AVCC member universities are eligible to register at the University of Adelaide Library. You may only borrow in person. Membership is personal and not transferable.
Who may borrow?
Staff and students of the University of South Australia and Flinders University are automatically entitled to use the University of Adelaide Library; details are on our Reciprocal borrowing page.
How do I apply?
You should ask in person for a Registration form during office hours (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) from:
- Service Enquiries, Barr Smith Library Level 3
- Loans desk, Waite Library
- Loans desk, Roseworthy Campus Library
Students will be asked to present a photo ID as well as proof of current enrolment. This could be your enrolment advice form or other proof from your university.
Staff members will be asked to present a photo ID as well as proof of current employment with a university participating in the scheme. If you are not currently employed at an Australian university, for example, you are a visiting scholar, proof of affiliation with an AVCC university that specifies arrangements for indemnity for borrowing must be provided.
How much does it cost?
Payment of $50.00 [includes GST] entitles students to borrow books from the Library for the current calendar year until 28 February of the following year. Membership is free for staff members. There is a charge of $22.00 [includes GST] for the replacement cost of a lost Library Card.
Is registration permanent?
No. Membership is for the current calendar year only, no matter when you join throughout the year. Borrowing privileges will expire on 28 February of the following year.
Proof of continuing enrolment or employment will be required to renew your registration each year.
- Undergraduate students can 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)can borrow books from the Main collection, the Reserve collection, and from the branch libraries, and also can borrow bound volumes of journals from the Barr Smith Library. Advanced level students may have on loan up to fifty items at a time.
- Staff members can borrow books from the Main collection, the Reserve collection, and from the branch libraries, and also can borrow bound volumes of journals from the Barr Smith Library. Staff members may have on loan up to fifty items at a time.
- Special loan conditions and restrictions may apply at the branch libraries.
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 |
| Staff members | Loan period | Renewals |
|---|---|---|
| Main collection book | 10 weeks | Four |
| Reserve collection item | 3 hours/overnight | One |
| Journal (bound volumes only) | 24 hours | One |
- You cannot borrow books from the Reference collection, journals from the unbound journals collection and newspapers.
- You are not entitled to use student computers.
- You may access many of the Library's electronic resources on public access terminals. Remote access to electronic resources is not available.
- No email access is possible.
Requests for interlibrary loan and document delivery are not part of this scheme and should be made to the library of the university at which you study or work.
Renewing a loan
You may renew the loan of a book using MyLibrary on or before the due date.
A loan may not be renewed if another user 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 return chutes at the Library entrance so that the loan can be correctly discharged.
Demerit points
Demerit points are allocated when items are not returned by the due date.
You can check your demerit points by using the MyLibrary option on the Library catalogue. More details about the demerit points scheme are available.
If you do not return items to the Library by the due date, this information may be sent to your home library where further sanctions may be imposed.
Please talk to a staff member at Service Enquiries if you have a question regarding demerit points.
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.
- Services section, Level 3, Barr Smith Library
- Telephone: 8303 5124
- Fax: 8303 4973
- services@library.adelaide.edu.au
More information
For more information about University Library Australia please visit the CAUL website
