Borrowing & Membership
UB students and staff, and other registered users, can borrow items from any UB campus library. To borrow, UB staff and students must produce their current UB ID card. Other library users must be registered and have the appropriate card when borrowing.
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UB TAFE & Undergraduate students | UB Graduate Certificate/ Graduate Diploma students |
UB Honours/ Masters/ PhD students & UB staff |
UB Alumni |
CAVAL, ULA, TAFE NRBS and Infolink (VCE) borrowers | Infolink (Community) borrowers |
| No. of items | 10 items from each campus library |
20 items from each campus library |
50 |
10 |
10 (Infolink (VCE) teachers - 20 items) |
10 |
| Borrowing period (excluding items marked '7 day loan') |
14 days |
28 days (4 weeks) |
42 days |
14 days |
14 days |
14 days |
| Number of renewals | 3 |
3 | 3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Reserve items (no renewals) |
2 items for 2 hrs within the library | 2 items for 2 hrs within the library |
2 items for 2 hrs within the library | 2 items for 2 hrs within the library | 2 items for 2 hrs within the library | 2 items for 2 hrs within the library |
Borrowers please note:
- Items held in the Journal and Reference collections are not available to be borrowed by any Library user
- Multimedia items are available for a 14 day loan
- Fiction collection items are available for a 28 day/4 week loan
- Non-UB staff/students can not borrow from the '7 day loan' and Realia collections. Also, copyright regulations restrict this group from borrowing off-air video and audio recordings from within the Multimedia collection.
Returning or renewing library items
Provided no hold(s) have been placed on the item(s), and you have no overdue items, you can renew items:
- online using myLibrary@UB
- by phoning staff at any campus library
- in person at the Loans Desk, upon presentation of your current UB ID or borrowing card.
You can return your library items by:
- placing them in the designated book return chutes at any campus library
- posting them to any campus library
- placing Reserve items in the Reserve collection chute at the Loans Desk.
Items must be returned by closing time on the due date to prevent overdue penalties.
Holds and inter-campus requests
You can request an item that is currently unavailable or located at another campus library. You can do this:
- via the UB Library catalogue, using the 'Request' button at the top of the entry for the item you require, or
- in person at the Loans Desk, upon presentation of your current UB ID or borrowing card.
When the requested item becomes available, you will be emailed a collection notice. You will have a week to collect the item from the Loans Desk at your home campus library.