Borrowing

<h2>Borrowing privileges</h2>Please consult the following guides for borrowing privileges:<br><ul><li><a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/Pages/Undergraduate-guide.aspx">Undergraduate guide</a></li><li><a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/Pages/postgraduate-guide.aspx">Postgraduate guide</a></li><li><a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/Pages/Prospective-postgraduate-guide.aspx">Prospective postgraduate guide</a></li><li><a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/Pages/Lecturer-administrative-staff-guide.aspx">Staff guide</a></li><li><a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/Pages/Alumni-guide.aspx">Alumni guide</a></li><li><a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/NonUniversityClientGuide/Pages/chelin-member-guide.aspx">CHELiN member guide</a></li><li><a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/NonUniversityClientGuide/Pages/CHELSA-member-guide.aspx">CHELSA member guide</a></li><li><a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/NonUniversityClientGuide/Pages/Visitor-guide.aspx">Visitor guide</a></li><li><a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/NonUniversityClientGuide/Pages/School-learner-guide.aspx">School learner guide</a></li></ul>Please note that library material may be recalled before the due date, and the normal loan period therefore shortened, should the material be urgently required.<br><br><div><span><span><h2>Returns</h2>Material may be returned at either the Stellenbosch University Library or any of the branch libraries, irrespective of where the initial loan took place. <span><span><span><span>For after hours returns a book deposit box is available at the entrance to the Stellenbosch University Library, the Theology Library (Stellenbosch campus) and USBL (Bellville Park Campus Library).</span></span></span></span><br></span></span></div><div><span><span></span></span><span><span></span></span><span><span></span></span><span><span></span></span><span><span></span></span><span><span></span></span><span><span></span></span><br></div><h2>Overdue items</h2>Clients will be notified of overdue items by e-mail. A fine of R1.00 per item per day will be charged for overdue items. An e-mail will be sent as validation of returned items.<br><br><div>Clients who do not return or renew borrowed items within six weeks of the due date will have their lending privileges suspended. They will also receive an account for the replacement cost of the items. On receipt of the account, items should be returned immediately or the replacement cost paid or a matching replacement copy offered in its place. <br><div> </div><h2>New books</h2><div>All new books are placed on a designated shelf for new books at the respective libraries for one week. These books may not be borrowed during this period but may be reserved at the lending section of the library concerned. These reserved books may be collected from the respective lending sections at the close of the display period. <br></div><br><h2>Missing books</h2><div>Library material neither on loan nor on the designated shelf should be reported to the lending section of the library concerned. The staff will try to locate the missing item and report back to the client. Missing items may be requested via <a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/interloans/Pages/default.aspx">interlibrary loans</a> if it is urgently required.<br><br></div><h2>Lost books</h2><div> Clients who have lost library material should report this immediately to the library concerned. Clients will have the option to pay the replacement cost of the item or to offer a matching replacement copy in its place.<br><br></div></div><h2>Collection of material by third party</h2>A letter of permission is required when material is collected at the Stellenbosch University Library on behalf of someone else.<br>

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