The Short Loan Collection

• The Short Loan Collection is located on the 1st Floor and provides students and staff of the University access to heavily used core books and other reading list materials.
• One Day Loans should be issued at the Self Service machines on the 1st Floor.
• Materials from the Short Loan collection cannot be loaned out to external members of the Library.

Books

• Books recommended by a lecturer and those that are in ‘heavy demand’ are placed on Short Loan as 1 Day Loans.
• Contact an Academic Liaison Librarian via the Ask Me Desk staff to recommend books in heavy demand to go into Short Loan.
  

Article Collection

• These are articles and photocopied extracts submitted by lecturers.
• Items are shelved alphabetically under the author’s name and may be identified in the main library catalogue under “Author” and “Title” or “Keywords”.
• Articles are for ‘Library Use’ only but can be photocopied.
• Articles are issued at the Support Hub for 3 hours so that they can be used in a Library study area.

Borrowing Short Loans

• Student and staff may borrow up to 6 Short Loan items in addition to the ‘ordinary’ loan limit.
• We recommend the use of Short Loan books only if there are no ordinary or 7 day copies available.

Renewing Short Loans

• 1 day loans can be renewed online by logging in to My Account or by telephone on 01483 689235. Further information on renewals is available on help leaflet No4.
• Reserved books cannot be renewed.

Returning Short Loans

• Use Self Service machines or return to the Support Hub.

Reserving Short Loans

• All reservations for one day loans must be made at the Lending Services Desk.