For most people, it’s much easier to learn this from someone else than to read about it. Today, I’m going to outline the much simpler process of borrowing and returning books, and then explain how reservations and recalls work, which is something I skipped over in Tuesday’s already overlong post.
If you are new here, you might not realise this yet but the period around Christmas is the only time of the year that the Library closes (apart from the August Bank Holiday in the summer). We are always open …
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You don’t have to find all your books on the library shelves. You can have a member of library staff fetch them for you and leave them on the much easier to find reservation shelves near the café.
Book recalls will be suspended over the Christmas vacation period. From Thursday 2 December, books that are reserved will not be recalled until next term. If you need any books to study over the Christmas vacation that are not also available as …
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Temporary changes to borrowing and recalls Students can now borrow up to 30 books (increased from the usual 21) to make it easier for anyone who would like to study from home. We have also temporarily suspended the reservation and …
We are approaching the assessment and examination period when there is increased demand from students completing their studies. In order to give fair access to books, we will continue to recall loans that have been reserved by other users. You …
Everything renews itself forever All the books you borrow from the University library renew themselves automatically. That means when the last copy of the book you want has been borrowed, you have a choice of looking to see if we …
From Friday 14th June, no recall notices will be sent out. This means that from this date, you will not receive emails asking you to return a book you have on loan if someone else has reserved it.
If you want a book that is on loan to someone else, you really want to reserve it! All books that you, or anyone else, borrow are renewed automatically until someone else reserves them. As soon as you reserve a …
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“In awe I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an ambered chariot towards the ebony void of infinite space wherein the tethered belts of Jupiter and Mars hang, for ever festooned in their orbital …
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