Borrowing rules for Mid Sweden University
Library account
The library account is free of charge. Please be ready to present a valid identity card endorsed by a photograph. You have to be at least 18 years old in order to register for a library account.
Having read the library rules and regulations, you thereby agree to abide by and follow them. You also agree to keep yourself updated on changes in the library rules and regulations.
Please notify the Library immediately if you change your name, postal address or e-mail. A current e-mail address is especially important for us to contact you quickly regarding hold requests, overdue loans and other library matters. You are responsible for keeping your contact information up to date.
Loans
Lending periods vary for different material. The due date for each item is printed on the receipt at the time the loan is made. Books which are not requested by another user will be automatically renewed, but only up to 150 days. You are obliged to keep track of your loans by logging in to your account via the Library catalogue (My account - See your loans and holds.)
Loans must be returned by expiry of the lending period and should be returned in good condition. If you are away from home, ill or otherwise unavailable, you remain responsible for items borrowed from the Mid Sweden University Library and must arrange for the items to be returned by the due date.
You can return your loans by putting them in the return box outside either of our libraries. But if you leave materials there after the library has closed for the day the return will not be registered until the next open day of the library and your fines will be calculated from that day.
Reference material and journals are not available for home loan.
If you require a receipt for returned items please tell the library staff before the loan is discharged.
Distance education students living outside a campus area can request that Library material be sent to their home address, free of charge. Please note that the borrower will have to pay the return postage. We do not send materials outside Sweden. For more details see distance education students
Overdue/late returns
A fine per item and per day will be charged for overdue items and for renewals made after the expiry day. For current charges, see the Fees at the library.
It is your responsibility to keep track of your loan period with the help of your loan receipt and My account on the web. The library provides a service which includes overdue notices and courtesy notices but we do not guarantee that these will always reach you.
You will be suspended from borrowing library material if your fines exceed the limit set by the Library Management.
Replacing lost or damaged library material
We send a recall notice when the due date has expired. After three recall notices a fee will be applied to your patron account. The amount is a flat-rate charge to cover processing and replacement of the lost material. For more details see Fees at the library. If the book is returned only the fines remain to be paid. Damaged material must be replaced with a replacement book from the borrower if possible, otherwise we charge according to the flat-rate (see above).
If rare or valuable material is lost then the borrower will have to pay a flat-rate charge for replacement.
Please note that if the original item is found after a replacement copy has been purchased, no refunds will be issued. Lost material including replaced items, remain the sole property of the Mid Sweden University Library, even if recovered at a later date.
Renewals & Hold Requests
Library material may be renewed for additional loan periods unless requested by another patron. After a maximum period of 150 days you must produce the item at one of the Mid Sweden University Libraries to be discharged in our library system before a renewal is allowed.
You can reserve material out on loan and material held at the other Mid Sweden University Campus Libraries. Please note that an online hold request does not guarantee a loan. If the item is on the shelf then any in-person borrower will automatically have priority to the material.
You will receive a message as soon as the material arrives at your Campus Library. You have three working days from the date on the notice to collect the material from the Information Desk.
Interlibrary Loans (ILL)
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service to provide university staff and students at university level with books, journal articles, and other library materials not owned by Mid Sweden University Library or available electronically. Fore more details, see ILL.
Violations and reconsideration of decisions
Anyone who violates the above rules and who does not comply with the notice of termination can be suspended from their loan right and access to the physical library and / or its resources, for a certain period of time. A decision to suspend is made by the library manager.