There are prescribed periods of loan for material not specifically confined to the Library and limits on the numbers of items allowed on loan to a borrower at any one time. Details of the current arrangements are available from the Main Loan Desk. Telephone renewals are not permitted except in the case of part-time or disabled students. No current number of a periodical, or other material specifically confined to the Library may be removed from the Library except with special permission of the Librarian. The borrowing of items from the Short Loan Collection is restricted in various ways which are specified at the time of borrowing.
Details are available from the Short Loan Collection desk.
Periodicals may not be borrowed by undergraduates except with the written authorisation of their Tutor or the member of the academic staff for whose course the periodical is needed, or the special permission of the Librarian. After a main loan collection item has been in the possession of any borrower for a week it may be recalled if required by another user. A borrower who, without good cause, fails to return an item that is so recalled within 5 working days after that on which the recall card was issued, will become liable to the prescribed overdue charges and suspension of borrowing rights, continuing until the item is returned. Borrowers returning items must hand them in at the return point of the Main Loan Desk, Short Loan Collection desk or Document Delivery office as appropriate. Any charges due on overdue items must be paid at this time.