All registered CITY College staff and students are automatically entitled to borrowing from the Information & Learning Commons collections. Studnets, upon registration given n an "Information Package" that explains in detail all borrowing regulations. Guides with all available services and resources are also included in that package. If, for any reason, you do not hold such a package you may request a copy from the Library Services Desk. Borrowing is also open to other categories of users.
If you are not a member of the ILC, please see the Information for visitors Web page for further information.
How to borrow
If an item you request is not on loan and still you cannot find it on the shelves, ask to fill in a missing item card available at the Library Services Desk.
Loan categories
ILC collections have various categories for loan which determine the length of time they may be borrowed and the fines charged for late return. Special rules apply for books that are Unit reserves (textbooks or recommended readings) or on heavy demand. When searching, OpenABEKT library catalogue, the loan category of each book is indicated in the item’s bibliographic record.
Standard loan
Items in this category:
Short loan
Items in this category:
Restricted loan
There are two types of Restricted Loan:
Reserve Collection items:
Reference Collection items:
Loan periods
Membership Group |
Loan period |
---|---|
Undergraduate students |
5 books for two weeks, 2 of which may be Fiction |
Postgraduate students |
6 books for two weeks, 2 of which may be Fiction |
PhD students |
5 books for a month
|
Academic staff |
5 items for an academic semester |
Alumni & External members |
2 items for two weeks |
Document Delivery Service
We provide a postal loan service for those students studying off-campus. For more information see our Document Delivery Service web page.
You can renew standard loan items using on of the following ways:
Items on loan may be renewed twice.
If a book has been reserved by another user or if you have outstanding fines you can not renew the loan.
If you have and queries about borrowing: