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Loan Periods and Fines

Number of Items per user catergory

User category

Notes

Borrowing privilege

Undergraduate  and BTech Students

 

  8  items

Postgraduate Students -includes MTech and Phd’s

 

13 items

Permanent Staff

 

16 items

Part-time (Contract/Temporary) Staff

 

  8  items

Reciprocal Users (Academic Staff + Masters & Phd’s)

A letter from their library

  8 items

Recognised Donors

 

  8 items

Research Fellows

A letter from  Dean/Academic DVC

12 items

Alumni

R400.00 membership + a letter from Convocation Office

  8 items

 Books

User category

Loan Period

Undergraduate  and BTech Students

5 items - 2 week loan

Maximum 2 overnight items ( inclusive in the total 5 items)

1 book club collection - 2 weeks

1 short loan - 2 hours

Postgraduate Students -includes MTech and Phd’s

10 items - 4 weeks loan

Maximum 2 overnight items ( inclusive in the total 10 items)

1 book club collection - 2 weeks

1 short loan - 2 hours

Permanent Staff

10 items - 4 weeks loan

Maximum 2 overnight items ( inclusive in the total 10 items)

Part-time (Contract/Temporary) Staff

7 items - 4 weeks loan

Maximum 2 overnight items ( inclusive in the total 7 items)

Reciprocal Users (Academic Staff + Masters & Phd’s)

5 items - 4 weeks loan

Maximum 2 overnight items ( inclusive in the total 5 items)

Recognised Donors

5 items - 4 weeks loan

Maximum 2 overnight items ( inclusive in the total 5 items)

Research Fellows

10 items - 4 weeks loan

Maximum 2 overnight items ( inclusive in the total 5 items)

Alumni

5 items - 1 week loan

Maximum 2 overnight items ( inclusive in the total 5 items)

   Periodicals/Serials/Journals

User Category

Items

Loan Period

All users

Loose Periodicals

Used in-house only

All users

Bound Periodicals

2 items - overnight loan

    Media

User Category

Loan Period

All users except Staff

1 item  - overnight loans

Permanent staff

5 items - overnight loans

Part-time staff

2 items - overnight loans

  Theses

User Category

Loan Period

All users

1 item 1 week

 

Fine Structure


 
Loan Category
 
 
Notes
 
Fines
 
Overnight loans
 
·         The material must be returned by 10.15 the following day
·          If taken on Friday it can be returned on Monday
 
 
R5.00 per day
 
·          1 day: R5.00
·          2 days: R10.00
·          3 days: R15.00.....etc
 
 
Unrestricted loans
 
 
R1.00 per day
 
·          1 day: R1.00
·          2 days: R2.00
·          3 days: R3.00...etc
 
 
Short-loans
 
For 2 hours and renewable
 
R5.00 per hour
 
·          1hr: R5.00
·          2 hrs: R10.00
·          3hrs: R15.00......etc