Lending services

Lending services

• Borrowing privileges
• Conditions of lending
• Library notices and penalties
• Staff and students in offshore and regional areas

Borrowing privileges

To borrow material from the UWA Library, it is necessary to be registered as a Library member. All UWA students and staff are automatically registered as Library members. Your UWA Campus Card serves as your Library card.

Further information on other categories of membership is available on the library membership page. Registration will enable you to borrow books and other resources, as set out in the Library rules. Some materials, such as journals and reference books, may not be borrowed.

*unless designated Reserve Collection, three-day loans or requested by another borrower

Conditions of lending

• Items must be returned or renewed on or before the due date. As long as an item is not overdue or requested by another borrower it may be renewed three times by telephone or by accessing your patron record.
• Recalls (requests) may be placed on items that are on loan, on display, at the bindery, in process or on the hold shelf via the Library catalogue. Members may have up to ten requests in progress at a time.
• When requested by another borrower, items must be returned by the new due date shown on the recall notice. This date overrides the original due date.
• Bookings for reserve material can be made in person or by phoning the relevant subject library. 
• Penalty points accrue for overdue items and are added to a borrower's record when items are returned.

Provisions for staff & students in offshore and regional areas

• Students and staff in regional areas
• Undergraduate students at the UWA Albany Centre
• Students and staff living offshore

Library notices and penalties

• Library notices
• Penalties
• Payment of Library fines and charges

More information

• Library membership
• My library loans