Borrowing Items

To save you time, please borrow and return library items using the self-service machines available in all libraries.
Short loan items must be issued and returned at the library service desk where you borrowed them.

• Undergraduates -
  16 items from the main collection;
  4 short loan items
  
  
• Postgraduates (Including MRes, MPhil and PhD) -
  20 items from the main collection;
  4 short loan items
  
  
• Staff -
  35 items from the main collection;
  4 short loan items

Students on B Ed, PGCE or INSET courses may borrow additional items from the teaching Practice collection.

• If you do not have your ID card with you.
• If you already have the maximum loans allowed.
• If you owe over £40 in library fines or charges.
• If the items you have already borrowed are very overdue.
• If you have items which have been reserved by another user and which are 1 week overdue.
• If you owe any charges or fines from the previous semester

• Items marked Reference Only
• Journals or newspapers
• Dissertations or theses

Note: Items located in the library store will take 24 hours to retrieve and must be picked up from the site library where the store is located.

Most items can be renewed online via the library catalogue provided they are not reserved for another borrower.
If you need help renewing please ask in person at the library service desk or phone 020 7133 4292 to speak to a member of the library team.

You should contact library staff immediately to report a lost or stolen library card, to prevent unauthorised use. Replacement ID cards and details of the current cost are available from the Registry Office.

If you are suspended from the university you must return any borrowed items immediately. You will be unable to renew them but you will be liable for any fines incurred.

You may return items to the drop boxes in the entrances of either the Moorgate or Holloway Road Learning Centre buildings as you do not have access past the turnstiles to do this. Alternatively, reception staff at Calcutta House and Ladbroke House can ring for library staff to come down and collect them from you.