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How to use the Library |
Borrowing
| Self-issue System | Returning Books | Accessing your account and renewing your books | |Recalls |Borrowing during Term and Vacation borrowing | Fines | Using Other Libraries |
Members of Newnham College in residence are granted the following borrowing rights (others may apply to use the library for reference purposes).
Up to 10 books and bound periodicals may be borrowed from the open shelf or closed stack collections using the self-issue borrowing system. Reference material and current issues of periodicals may not be borrowed. Borrowing rights are granted to current members of Newnham College on condition that they abide by the library rules and borrowing regulations of Newnham College Library and pay any fines incurred.
Newnham College Library is run on a basis of trust and co-operation and we rely on all our readers to comply with the Library Rules. It is particularly important that all loans are registered, so that the collection remains an excellent resource, and so that all books can be easily located. If we don’t have enough copies of the books you need, please tell us! We are always ready to consider ways in which we can best serve any library user who has special needs. Please do not hesitate to discuss your requirements with the Librarian (Ms Deborah Hodder, tel. 01223 335739, email librarian@newn.cam.ac.uk)
Self-issue System
To borrow a book, use the self-issue loan terminals in the library lobby. You will need your University card to identify yourself to the system, and should then scan the barcode of each book you wish to borrow. Step-by-step instructions for using the self-issue system have been posted by the loan terminals. If you cannot issue the book to yourself using the system, please use the manual loans register (also in the library lobby) to record your loan. Never take anything out of the library without registering it as a loan. Please do not lend books you have borrowed to anyone else; you are responsible for all books borrowed on your card.
Returning Books
Return books by placing them in the book drops in the library lobby area. Unless requested by another reader, 28-day loan items (not 3-day loan books) may be renewed up to three times. This can be done at the loan stations by simply repeating the issue procedure above. Or, to save bringing the books back, it can be done online using the My Library Account facility on the library catalogue.
Accessing your My Library Account and renewing your books
My Library Account is a way of finding out the items you currently have on loan from Newnham College Library, the recalls you have placed and any outstanding fines that you have on your account, as well as renewing your books. More information on this can be found in the LibrarySearch guides by the catalogue terminals.
3-day loan books cannot be renewed. If you have renewed a book three times already, the online renewal facility will not work, and the book must be brought back into the library, seen by library staff and discharged before it can be re-issued to you.
Recalls
You can request books which are already on loan to someone else, either by filling in a recall slip (kept in a box by the catalogue PCs) or by using the online recall facility in LibrarySearch. You are allowed to place up to 3 recalls to request items that are currently on loan. The current user will be asked to return the book early because someone else needs to borrow it. When it is returned to the Library, you will be sent, or e-mailed, a notice to inform you that the item is available. It will be held at the Library office for 3 days for you to come and collect it. Please note that the recall facility is suspended in the last 10 days of Full Term, and over each vacation.
Borrowing during Term and Vacation borrowing
The borrowing period for most books during Full Term is 28 days. Some in-demand books may be borrowed for 3 days only - these will have a '3-day book' sticker on the spine. Newnham College Library has a fixed return date for all material on the last Wednesday of each Full Term. You are sent a warning e-mail about this a week before the end of Full Term. Books (including 3-day books, but not reference books) can be borrowed for the Vacation, and are due back on the first Wednesday of the following Full Term.
Fines
Please use the online My Library Account feature regularly to check the due dates of your books. You will receive notification by e-mail (or by pigeonhole if you prefer) if a book becomes overdue. If you return or renew the book immediately, you will minimise any fine. Fines are charged to your Newnham College bill at the rate of 20p per item per working day. If a book you have on loan has been requested by another reader, its loan length will be reduced and you will be asked to return it by a set date. Fines will be incurred if you fail to return the book on or before this date. Pleae respond to overdue notices promptly, or contact library staff if you have any problems in returning the items. Failure to return an item after a number of overdue notices have been received may result in the replacement cost of the item being charged to your College bill.
Using Other Libraries
All University members may use the University Library as well as their own Faculty and Departmental libraries. For advice on using other Faculty and Departmental and College libraries, ask library staff or contact the library in question direct. Details of opening hours, phone numbers and contact names are to be found in the Libraries Directory.
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