How long can I keep items?
Standard loans
How long you can borrow a Standard loan item for depends on your user category:
Status |
Duration |
| Undergraduate Taught Postgraduate |
3 weeks |
| Staff Research Postgraduate |
6 weeks |
| University visitor | 3 weeks |
- You can renew standard loans if not wanted by another person (University Visitors are limited to 5 renewals)
- Holds can be placed on standard loan items - see Placing & cancelling a hold
- Items may be recalled if required by another person - see Recalls
- Fines are charged for late return on recalled items and all items for External Borrowers - see Fines
7-day loan items
- These items are on restricted loan because they are in heavy demand
- Yellow tape on the spine indicates a 7-day loan
- You can renew 7-day loans if not wanted by another person (University Visitors are limited to 5 renewals)
- Holds can be placed on 7-day loan items - Placing & cancelling a hold
- Fines are charged for late return, currently RM1 per day - see Fines
Overnight Loans
- These items are held in the Special Collections
- Overnight Loan items are loaned until 11am the following morning
- Heavy fines are charged for late return - currently RM3 per day or part of a day - see Fines
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