Loan periods
The loan period for most of our media/books is four weeks. Students may renew items up to ten times, external users twice. All renewals are valid until withdrawal.
The loan periods vary for some library items. If you are not sure, please have a look at your online account in the library catalogue. Loan periods of media you ordered via ILL (Interlibrary loan) can only be renewed once. Renewals are invalid or impossible if any other user places a request.
See our information sheet "The library catalogue" for further information.
Exceptions:
Textbook collection
Students may borrow items from the textbook collection for four weeks. The loan period can be renewed up to ten times, unless another student has reserved them.
The loan period for staff of the University of Bayreuth and external users is two weeks. The loan period can be renewed twice if there is no reservation. It is not possible for staff of the University of Bayreuth and external users to reserve media from the textbook collection.
The following locations label the textbook collection:
- 17 (Departmental Library NW I)
- 32 (Departmental Library RW)
- 54 (Departmental Library GEO)
- 82 (Departmental Library NW II)
- 107 (Main Library)
- 36 (Departmental Library LEG, location Kulmbach)
Departmental Library Law and Economics
Location 31
Items of this location may only be borrowed by academic staff of the University of Bayreuth, a short term loan for other user groups is not possible.
Special location 34
Users of all groups may borrow up to a maximum of 5 items for 2 hours for usage in the Departmental Library Law and Economics.Reference Collection
The main part of our collection is freely accessible in the reading rooms and may be borrowed according to the regular conditions. Still there are certain items, which are labeled for reference use only and have to remain in the library. These include e.g:.
- items from course reserve collections
- items which are labeled with the locations 104/105/106/109 (Main Library), 59 (GEO), 84 (NW II), 86 (NW I) and 37 (LEG)
- current issues of journals (partly also bound periodicals, please ask the circulation desk in question)
- items in the Departmental Library RW with location 31 (exception for employees)
- encyclopedias and dictionaries
- loose-leaf editions
The library staff may grant an exception in justified cases. When granted a special loan period for these items, please ensure to return the items on time, as in this case a reminder fee will be issued immediately. Please return the items to the departmental library, in which they belong.