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Borrowing and Renewing of Books

Registered students and members of staff are eligible to borrow materials from the library.


What Can be Borrowed

Reserve and Open Shelf books can be borrowed if you are a member of the MSU community. However, books labelled 'Reference' and journals cannot be taken out of the library as they are for inhouse use only.


Borrowing Limits

Registered students and members of staff with valid Midlands State University ID cards can borrow materials from the Library. There are limits to the number of items you are allowed to borrow at any given time. The borrowing priviledges are as follows.

Membership category Reserve Open Shelf
Students 1 2
Teaching Staff 2 6
Non Teaching Staff 2 4

Loan Periods and Fines

The following table indicates the loan periods and fines for all borrowable books in the Library

Patrons Open Shelf Reserve Open Shelf Fine Reserve Fine
Students 1 week Overnight $1 per day $1 per hr
Staff 4 weeks 1 week $3 per day $3 per day

Where and How to Borrow

Books found on the Open-Shelf must be taken to the Open shelf issue desk and books from the Reserve section are borrowed from the Reserve Section issue desk. This only applies to students.

Staff members who wish to borrow materials either from the Reserve Section or Open Shelf will be served in the Staff Services Office.

Take note of the due date as all books that are returned after the due date will attract a fine.


Returns

Books borrowed from either the Open Shelf or Reserve Section issue desk should be returned to the respective issue desks.


 

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