Borrowing books

The Lending Library  offers 3 types of books, depending on their purpose:

• extended loan (W)
• short loan (WP) – orange sticker
• on-site only (WM) – pink sticker

Limits and loan periods

User	Max. number of books	Loan period		Return deadline extension		Number of deadline extensions
		Books with „W” signature	Books with „WP” signature	Books with „W” signature	Books with „WP” signature	Books with „W” signature
PUEB employee	20	150 days	14 days	yes	no	3 x 90 days
PUEB PhD student	20	150 days	14 days	yes	no	3 x 90 days
PUEB student	20	150 days	14 days	yes	no	3 x 90 days
PUEB Academic Track students (of legal age only)	3	30 days	–	no	–	–
Users from outside the PUEB, i.e. employees and students of PFBN member universities*; employees of the Raczyński Library and the PTPN in Poznań.	5	90 days	14 days	no	no	–

*PFBN: The Poznań Science Library Foundation (Poznańska Fundacja Bibliotek Naukowych), which comprises the following Poznań libraries: Poznań University of Technology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań University of Economics and Business, University of Medicine, University of Life Sciences, Raczyński Library, Poznań Society of Friends of Science, Academy of Music, Academy of Physical Education, Magdalena Abakanowicz University of Art.

How can I extend the return deadline?

• online – after logging in to your Reader Account, at the earliest 7 days before the original return date. Your Reader Account must still be valid for more than 90 days,

• at the Lending Library

The system applies charges for late return of borrowed books (PLN 0.20 per volume for each 24 hours).

 

Borrowing books from the Reading Room – a benefit for PUEB employees and PhD students :

• place your request online through the Library’s online catalogue,
• pick up and return requested books at the Lending Library,
• in order to use this service, you must have an active Reader Account,
• you can request a book with an active Request/Reserve button in the catalogue. After clicking on it, the system will ask you to log in to your existing account and confirm your request or reservation:
  – you can request a publication when it has the status “available”,
  – you can reserve a publication when it is borrowed from the Reading Room by another user (it has the status: “on loan” or “borrowed by a PUEB employee”),
• Reading Room book lending limits:|
  – PUEB research and academic employee: 20 loans for 30 days with the possibility of 10 extensions, provided that another user has not reserved the item,
  – other PUEB employee: 5 loans for 30 days with the possibility of 10 extensions, provided that another user has not reserved the item,
  – PUEB PhD student: 20 loans for 30 days with the possibility of 10 extensions, provided that another user has not reserved the item,

• The ready-to-collect books will be waiting for you for 3 days in the Lending Library. If you do not collect them within this period, they will be returned to the shelf in the Reading Room.