Lending Services

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WHO MAY BORROW? 

• Staff of the University of Auckland. 
• Currently enrolled undergraduate and post-graduate students of the University of Auckland. 
• Associate Members. 

To apply to become an Associate Member of the Fine Arts Library please contact Victoria Passau on extension 85733. 

A current University of Auckland ID card is required for all borrowing. 

LOAN PERIODS

• Short Loan Collection : 2 hour.
  • Most of the material in the Short Loan Collection may be borrowed overnight during the last hour of opening but must be returned by 9.00 am next day the Library is open. 
• Books Undergraduate : 28 days 
• Books Postgraduate : 60 days
• Bound serials : 3 days

RETURNING and RENEWING

To enable all users to have reasonable access to the collection, material borrowed from the library must be returned or renewed by the date stamped inside the front of each book or serial. Fines will be charged for late returns. 

Returns when the library is open
Books should be returned through the slot immediately outside the entrance to the library. 

Returns when the library is closed
Books can be returned through the After Hours Returns slot, located along the path leading to the library. 

Renewals
You can now renew books yourself on Voyager once before you need to present them to the Library, or twice if you are a postgraduate student or staff member.

If someone else has reserved the book, you will not be able to renew it. 

RESERVES

Placing a reserve if the book is on loan
If the book you want is on loan you can recall it yourself using Voyager. If you would like help in placing a recall bring the book's details and your ID card to the desk and ask.

Placing a reserve if the book is not charged
If Voyager indicates that the book or serial is not charged but you are unable to find it on the shelf make sure it is not in any of the following locations: 

• the Short Loan Collection 
• Large book shelves (Voyager will indicate "Large book (q) or (f)") 
• Reference Collection (shelved next to the Voyager workstations at the front of the Library) 

If it is not to be found in any of these, ask at the desk for a manual reserve card.
Complete all particulars: your name, FULL 14 digit ID number, author, title and call number. If it is a serial include volume and issue number and year. 

Collecting a reserve
If the item is returned promptly, you should receive it within 7 days. 

• You can check your patron record on Voyager to see if your book is ready to collect.
• Books are held for you for 5 days. 
• Please let a Library staff member know if you no longer require the book or serial. 

If there are more than 4 reserves on a book at any one time, it may be placed in the Short Loan Collection. 

RECALLS

If you receive a Recall Notice for a book you have out you must return it within 24 hours. 

Overdue fines of $3.00 a day will be charged for late return of recalls. 

Please inform the University immediately if you change your address as fines are heavy if you do not receive and respond to recall notices promptly. Forms are available from any branch of the University Library and from the Information Desk at the Registry. 

FINES

Fines for late returns are charged as follows: 

• Books: 25c per day
• Serials $3 per day (maximum fine = $7.50)
• Short Loans: 5c per minute
• Recalls: $3 per day
• Lost Books: items more than a month overdue are presumed to be lost, at which point, patrons will be charged for the replacement cost plus a $15.00 administration fee per item, in addition to the overdue fine or recall fine (where applicable).  Only the replacement cost will be waived when a long overdue item is returned.