Loans, Extensions, Bookings and Loan requests

Loans

The loan service is provided in line with the criteria defined in the Regulations for loans and interlibrary loans in the campuses in the Bologna area.

Description of the Service

Each user is entitled to borrow a maximum of ten books at a time for a period of no more than 30 days (7 days for dvd).

Documents that cannot be loaned

Rare books; all periodicals; manuscripts; dictionaries, encyclopaedias, ...;
monographs marked with a red sticker; dissertations.

A list of the documents that cannot be loaned is also indicated in the terms of availability in the catalogue under “documents for reference only”.

Users with extended rights

Some categories of internal users, such as Lecturers, Assistant Professors, PhD students, who are deemed to have more extensive study and research requirements, can borrow up to 20 books at a time, for a maximum period of 60 days. These categories of users can also borrow up to ten books at a time from those only available for consultation in the Library, marked with a red sticker.

Guarantees for the protection of the material loaned under the service

1. every loan is personal. The user is responsible for the documents borrowed and for their integrity; 
2. borrowers must immediately inform their library of any changes of residence and/or address; 
3. when a document is loaned, the library staff and the user must check the integrity and condition of the same, and any details of the edition that may be the subject of particular interest, in addition to the presence and condition of any attachments.

Duties and sanctions applicable in the case of late returns, damage and loss

Any user who fails to return a borrowed document on time will be temporarily suspended from using the service. In case of delay the period of the suspension will be extended to reflect the double time of the delay. Users will not be allowed to borrow books again unless they have returned the documents as required.

Loan Extensions

Bookings

From the Catalogue users can access a number of online services such as: loan requests and document bookings. To access these services, they must already be authorised Library users (i.e. they must have borrowed at least once document in the calendar year in progress).

Booking requests can be submitted at any time: the user must simply search for the document in the Catalogue, click on Prenotazione documento in the screen that displays its classification and enter, in the next screen, their username and password (corresponding to the email address assigned by the University and the relative password): the booking is immediately registered and instantly visible.

As soon as the book is returned, it is set aside and the user who has made the booking is informed by email: from this moment on, they have 2 days to pick up and borrow the book, or cancel the booking. 

Bookings can also be requested in person at the Library.

Loan requests

Users can reserve documents that are already available for three days, giving them the time to go to the Library and pick it up. To use this service, users must follow the same procedure from the Catalogue as that used to book materials online. 

These services can also be requested in person at the Library, by telephone or email.