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How long can I keep items?

Standard loans

How long you can borrow a Standard loan item for depends on your user category:

Status

Duration

Undergraduate
Taught Postgraduate
3 weeks
Staff
Research Postgraduate
6 weeks
University visitor 3 weeks
  • You can renew standard loans if not wanted by another person (University Visitors are limited to 5 renewals)
  • Holds can be placed on standard loan items - see Placing & cancelling a hold
  • Items may be recalled if required by another person - see Recalls
  • Fines are charged for late return on recalled items and all items for External Borrowers - see Fines

7-day loan items

  • These items are on restricted loan because they are in heavy demand
  • Yellow tape on the spine indicates a 7-day loan
  • You can renew 7-day loans if not wanted by another person (University Visitors are limited to 5 renewals)
  • Holds can be placed on 7-day loan items - Placing & cancelling a hold
  • Fines are charged for late return, currently RM1 per day - see Fines

Overnight Loans

  • These items are held in the Special Collections
  • Overnight Loan items are loaned until 11am the following morning
  • Heavy fines are charged for late return - currently RM3 per day or part of a day - see Fines