Printable Loan Rules chart

Holds may be placed on checked-out items, or "On order/In processing" items.

To place a hold request on a book that is not "available", find the item in the Library Catalog, and follow these instructions. The requested book will be recalled after two weeks. If the book has already been on loan for two weeks, it should be returned within a week. The requestor will receive a pick-up notice when the book is available.

Reserve materials are not generally available for holds. The only exception is the 2 hours reserve items which you may place a hold on at the Reserve Counter.

Hold requests may be cancelled using "My Account".

For lost or damaged items, the user will be charged the cost of replacement plus a processing fee of $100 for each item. Replacement charges for articles and folders on Reserve are $80 and $150 respectively.

Patrons may not keep a damaged item after they have paid for replacement.

Ask at the Circulation Counter for further details of the policy.

Printable Fines Chart

Ask at the Circulation Department for further details of the Library's overdue policy.

All book loans are subject to be recalled after two weeks' usage. If an item is recalled, a Recall Notice will be sent to the user with a new due date. The user will have one week to return the item.

A Pickup Notice will be sent to the requestor when the item is returned, and it will be held at the Circulation Counter for no longer than seven days.

Most materials may be renewed online (except reserve). Users can usually renew book loans twice themselves. Faculty may renew books four times and bound periodicals once.  Overdue items may be renewed, and the accrued overdue fine will be added to the users record.

Renewal will not be accepted under the following circumstances:

• Somebody has placed a hold on the item.
• The item has been renewed too many times.
• It is too soon to renew the item.

Go to the Library Catalog and use the "My Account" link to do an online renewal. Take note of the reply message after renewal to confirm if the renewal has been accepted.

Book Returns -- Books may be placed in the book returns located in front of the Library and in the Academic Concourse.  Books borrowed via Inter-library Loan should not be placed in the book returns.

Media Materials - Media Materials should not be placed in the book returns. They must be returned to either the Media Resources Counter or the Circulation Counter.