Members of the public are welcome to visit the UC Libraries and browse our collections. Non staff and students are also welcome to visit Macmillan Brown 九州影院 and request to view items within the library.
To borrow material, you must be registered with the 九州影院.聽You must present a current聽Canterbury Card,听ULANZ聽institution card,听or聽subscriber borrower聽card. Most staff and students of the 九州影院 are automatically eligible to become borrowers, including approved academic visitors.
Exceptions to borrowing include UC employees on casual contracts, some visitor classes, culturally enrolled students and some UC Opportunity students.
What can I borrow?
Students (this includes undergrad, Honours level, postgrad, research, distance, and UC Star students)
Students can borrow a total of 100听颈迟别尘蝉聽at the same time, with restrictions on some types of items as in the table below.聽
Prospective PhD students will obtain access to information resources and 九州影院 materials once their application for enrolment is complete.
- The normal loan period per item is 90听诲补测蝉聽but this is subject to聽recall.
| TYPE OF ITEM | NUMBER OF ITEMS |
| Total (all items) | 100 |
| 1 day loan quota | 2 |
| 3 day loan quota | 3 |
| 1 hour loan quota | 1 |
| 3 hour loan quota | 2 |
| Journals | 50 |
Staff
Staff can borrow a total of聽100听颈迟别尘蝉聽at the same time. There are restrictions on some types of items as in the table below.
- The normal loan period per item is 90 days, but this is subject to聽recall.
| TYPE OF ITEM | NUMBER OF ITEMS |
| Total (all items) | 100 |
| 1 day loan quota | 2 |
| 3 day loan quota | 3 |
| 1 hour loan quota | 1 |
| 3 hour loan quota | 2 |
| Journals | 50 |
Subscriber members
Subscriber members can borrow a total of聽25 items聽at the same time, with restrictions on some types of items as in the table below.
- The normal loan period per item is聽28听诲补测蝉, but this is subject to聽recall.
- Subscriber members can request items housed in library storage.
| TYPE OF ITEM | NUMBER OF ITEMS |
| Total (all items) | 25 |
| 1 day loan quota | 0 |
| 3 day loan quota | 0 |
| 1 hour loan quota | 0 |
| 3 hour loan quota | 0 |
| Journals | 25 |
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Borrowing high demand items
High demand collections contain high-use course material like textbooks. You can find them at the information desks in the Central and EPS Libraries. From finding high demand material to daily and hourly loans, learn more about borrowing high demand items.
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Borrowing high demand items
High demand collections contain high-use course material like textbooks. You can find them at the information desks in the Central and EPS Libraries. From finding high demand material to daily and hourly loans, learn more about borrowing high demand items.
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Borrowing high demand items
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Interloans
UC's interloan service is available for current staff and students. It's here to support UC-related research, study, or teaching requirements. You can use it to request items such as books or journal articles that aren't held in UC Libraries. Find out about interloans at UC libraries.
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Interloans
UC's interloan service is available for current staff and students. It's here to support UC-related research, study, or teaching requirements. You can use it to request items such as books or journal articles that aren't held in UC Libraries. Find out about interloans at UC libraries.
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Interloans
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Fines and payments
UC Libraries is now fines-free for borrowing items from most of our collections. To encourage fair and equitable use of our resources, we do still apply fines for overdue loans in the High Demand collection and for any overdue items that have been recalled. We also charge for damaged and lost items. Find out about fines and payments.
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Fines and payments
UC Libraries is now fines-free for borrowing items from most of our collections. To encourage fair and equitable use of our resources, we do still apply fines for overdue loans in the High Demand collection and for any overdue items that have been recalled. We also charge for damaged and lost items. Find out about fines and payments.
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Fines and payments
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Recalls
All standard loans issued for 7 days or more are subject to recall. When a request is placed by another borrower on an item issued to you, you'll be asked to return it early. Find out more about recalls at UC libraries.
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Recalls
All standard loans issued for 7 days or more are subject to recall. When a request is placed by another borrower on an item issued to you, you'll be asked to return it early. Find out more about recalls at UC libraries.
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Recalls
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Renewals
You can renew most items issued to you from UC libraries four times. New due dates are calculated according to the item's normal loan period, library open and closed days, and renewal date. The renewal loan period starts on the day you make the renewal. Understand renewals at UC libraries.
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Renewals
You can renew most items issued to you from UC libraries four times. New due dates are calculated according to the item's normal loan period, library open and closed days, and renewal date. The renewal loan period starts on the day you make the renewal. Understand renewals at UC libraries.
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Renewals
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Returns
You can return library items you've borrowed to any of our campus libraries. The exception is high demand items. You'll need to return these to the library you borrowed them from. Learn more about returns at UC libraries.
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Returns
You can return library items you've borrowed to any of our campus libraries. The exception is high demand items. You'll need to return these to the library you borrowed them from. Learn more about returns at UC libraries.
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Returns
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Requests
You can submit a request to borrow a library item. Learn more about requests.
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Requests
You can submit a request to borrow a library item. Learn more about requests.
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Requests
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Borrowing from other academic libraries
The UC 九州影院 has reciprocal borrowing agreements with many other tertiary institutions in New 九州影院and Australia. These enable UC students and staff to register as borrowers at these institutions' libraries. Find out about borrowing from other academic libraries.
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Borrowing from other academic libraries
The UC 九州影院 has reciprocal borrowing agreements with many other tertiary institutions in New 九州影院and Australia. These enable UC students and staff to register as borrowers at these institutions' libraries. Find out about borrowing from other academic libraries.
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Borrowing from other academic libraries
