Loans for Monash University staff and students

You can borrow in person from any of the eight campus libraries. Bring your Monash ID card to the library. You can also:

• sign in to Search to:
  • place a 'Hold' on material which is currently on loan or on shelf at another campus. It will be sent to the campus library of your choice and held for collection under your name in a public area
  • to renew (reborrow) many items
• request a photocopy of a journal article held at another campus via intercampus photocopy
• request loans and photocopies from other Australian or overseas libraries via document delivery (for staff and postgraduates only)

Off-campus students may also have:

• items posted
• photocopies posted, faxed or delivered electronically.

For details about your borrowing rights see the borrowing table (also available as text only)

Postal loans

Postal loans of books, videos and other items are only available to students who are:

• enrolled in an off-campus learning course
• undertaking a combination of on campus and off-campus courses
• enrolled in a course that does not require on campus attendance

Find out more about requesting postal loans.

Restricted loans

• items in high demand are placed on restricted loan. Depending on the item this may be 7 days, 3 days or overnight
• essential reading material is placed in reserve collections. These items are lent for a very limited time, often only to be used within the library (see what reserve loan conditions apply at each library).

Renewals

Most items can be reborrowed (renewed)

• to renew online, sign into Search and use the My Loans function
• to renew by telephone, phone +61 3 990 55054
• to renew in person, bring the items to the loans desk of any Monash University Library

Hold requests and intercampus loans

If an item you would like is on loan or on the shelf at a different campus you may place a Hold request for it. When it is retrieved, it will be held for you on open access shelves at the branch library of your choice (pick up location) for 7 days only (uncollected items will be returned to the home library). You will also be notified by email, and SMS (for Monash staff, students only) or you can check in 'My Loans' by signing into Search. Look for your hold requests on the holds shelves and borrow them at the self charge terminals or at the Library service point.

Please limit concurrent requests to no more than 5 titles. Hold requests can be cancelled if no longer wanted. Select My Loans after signing into Search and then select Requests. Select Cancel under the Actions column for each request that you wish to cancel.

Holds placed on items that are on shelf at the requested pick up location will be cancelled. You should retrieve these items yourself from the shelves.

Intercampus photocopies

Journals cannot be sent to another campus or lent on postal loan. Instead, you can request a copy of a single article.
Off-campus students can also request a single chapter or 10% of a book.

• staff, honours, postgraduate and off-campus students can have the articles posted, faxed or delivered electronically.
• on campus undergraduates must collect their articles in person.
• undergraduates, other than those studying at Gippsland, must pay a small fee for this service.

Find out how to request a photocopy

Library fines and penalties

Library fines accrue for overdue items for all library users. Avoid fines by:

• collecting a date due slip when you borrow
• checking your 'My Loans' by signing into Search and renewing or returning items before due date
• see making payments for how to pay library fines

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