Borrowing

Library members can borrow from Main Library Whiteknights and Bulmershe Library. Items can be issued using the Self-Service Points or at the Issue Desks.

• How many items can I borrow?
• How long can I keep items?
• Vacation loans
• Where do I go to borrow?
• Borrowing journals
• Returning items
• Renewing items
• Placing a hold on items currently on loan
• Inter-site request service: getting items from another site
• Recalls
• Fines
• Charges for lost items
• Requesting items from closed access collections

Need items which aren't available at Reading?

We can usually get them for you from another library via our Inter-library loans service. Or you might be able to borrow from another library - see our guide to Using other libraries for more information.