A valid staff or student identity card must be presented when borrowing materials. Most of the Library materials can be borrowed or returned at the G/F Circulation Counter. AV materials located at the Learning Commons should be borrowed at the 6/F Service Counter. Your card cannot be transferred to other users.

• STAFF may borrow a maximum of 140 items, and the loan periods are listed below.
• POSTGRADUATES may borrow a maximum of 110 items the loan periods are listed below.
• UNDERGRADUATES may borrow a maximum of 80 items the loan periods are listed below.

CATEGORIES	STAFF				POSTGRADUATES
	Quota	Loan Period	Renewal	Fines	Quota	Loan Period	Renewal	Fines
Books	140	120 days*	30 days (4 times)	$1.5/day	110	90 days	30 days (4 times)	$1.5/day
AV Materials (accompanied with books)				$2/day				$2/day
AV Materials	20	14 days	7 days (once)	$2/day	20	14 days	7 days (once)	$2/day
Reserves, Kits (AV) & Local TV Programmes		3 hrs	N/A	$2/hr		3 hrs	N/A	$2/hr
Bound Serials (Prefix P)	10	3 days	N/A	$2/day	10	3 days	N/A	$2/day
Reserves (Books & SC)		3 hrs		$2/hr		3 hrs		$2/hr
Teaching Reference Materials	8	30 days	N/A	$1.5/day	N/A
		180 days
External Reader Card (IFT(Macau))	1	14 days	N/A	$5/day	1	7 days	N/A	$5/day
External Reader Card (BU)		3 days				3 days
External Reader Cards (Caritas, ChuHai, CityU, CUHK, HKAPA, HKU, HSMC, NYC, TWC, VTC)		14 days
External Reader Cards (HKIED)
External Reader Cards (OUHK, Lingnan U)					N/A
Borrower Card (Central Resources Centre, EDB)		3 days

CATEGORIES

UNDERGRADUATES

ALUMNI (Borrower)

STAFF FAMILY

Quota

Loan Period

Renewal

Fines

Quota

Loan Period

Renewal

Fines

Quota

Loan Period

Renewal

Fines

Books

80

30 days

30 days (4 times)

$1.5/day

10

30 days

30 days (3 times)

$1.5/day

10

30 days

30 days (3 times)

$1.5/day

AV Materials (accompanied with books)

$2/day

$2/day

$2/day

AV Materials

20

7 days

7 days (once)

$2/day

N/A

N/A

Reserves, Kits (AV) & Local TV Programmes

3 hrs

N/A

$2/hr

3

3 hrs

N/A

$2/hr

3

3 hrs

N/A

$2/hr

Bound Serials (Prefix P)

8

3 days

N/A

$2/day

N/A

N/A

Reserves (Books & SC)

3 hrs

$2/hr

5

3 hrs

N/A

$2/hr

5

3 hrs

N/A

$2/hr

Teaching Reference Materials

N/A

N/A

N/A

External Reader Card (IFT(Macau))

1

7 days

N/A

$5/day

N/A

N/A

External Reader Card (BU)

3 days

External Reader Cards (Caritas, ChuHai, CityU, CUHK, HKAPA, HKU, HSMC, NYC, TWC, VTC)

External Reader Cards (HKIED)

N/A

External Reader Cards (OUHK, Lingnan U)

Borrower Card (Central Resources Centre, EDB)

* Academic staff can extend 120-day normal loan items to 180 days (with no renewal) for teaching purposes on up to 8 items.

The user also can hold the checked-out BOOKS though the WebOPAC

	STAFF	STUDENT
MAX. HOLD ITEMS	10	5