Joining and Borrowing
Joining the Library
All staff and students are entitled to use the University Library. When joining Queen Margaret University you are issued with a University or Matriculation card: this doubles as your Library and ID card. On first using the Library, bring your card to be registered as a Library user. Your Library card is valid for one academic year at a time and must be revalidated each year. Cards are not transferable.
Your card should be brought on all visits to the Library: books cannot be issued without it.
Visiting Lecturers
Line managers of Visiting Lecturers should complete the online "Interim Staff Smartcard Request Form". The Visiting Lecturer should then present this card at the LRC service desk where it will be registered as a library card.
SCONUL Access
On 1st August 2007, SCONUL Research Extra and UK Libraries Plus merged to form SCONUL Access.
Staff and research students, part-time, distance learning and placement students as well as taught postgraduates can all apply to the largest borrowing scheme for higher education in the UK and Ireland. Under this scheme, full-time undergraduate students can apply for reference only access.
You must bring a signed application form from your home institution, your home library card and a passport photograph. You will be issued with a Library card within a few days. If you are a full-time student from another SCONUL Access member institution you may use the library for reference purposes only. You must bring a SCONUL Access card from your home institution, your home Library/ID card, and you must sign the Visitors Book at the Service Desk.
For full details of the SCONUL Access scheme see their website.
External Users
External users may apply to join the Library. You must complete an application form, available here
Application form - MS Word 56KB
Application form - Adobe PDF 144KB
or from the Library, and bring a passport photograph and another form of identification with proof of address. There is an annual fee of £55 (reduced to £45 for ex-QMU staff and students). Senior school pupils must bring a letter of introduction from their school and will pay a £20 deposit (refundable if pupil is in good standing at end of library membership). Acceptance as an external member is at the discretion of the Head of Library Services
External users who do not wish to join the Library may use the Library for reference purposes only. Please sign in as a visitor at the main campus reception desk and ask to be directed to the Learning Resource Centre.
Library Membership Borrowing Privileges
Members of staff and research students
30 books, 3 audio-visual items, 3 Short Loan (4 hour) items, Interlibrary loans
Taught postgraduate students
25 books, 3 audio-visual items, 3 Short Loan (4 hour) items, Interlibrary loans
Undergraduate students
20 books, 3 audio-visual items, 3 Short Loan (4 hour) items, Interlibrary loans
SCONUL Access members
6 books, 2 audio-visual items
School Members
2 books, 2 audio-visual items
Loan Periods
21 DAY LOAN (BK - 21DAY) – most books are issued for 21 days at a time.
7 DAY LOAN (BK - 7DAY) - some books and some of the Audio-Visual (AV) collection are issued for 7 days at a time; identified by yellow tape attached above the shelf mark on the item.
SHORT LOANS - issued for 4 hour periods throughout the day. Items can be borrowed overnight on weekdays from 17.00 until 10.00 the next morning. On Saturdays and Sundays, Short Loan items can be borrowed overnight after 12.00 and must be returned by 10.00 the following day.
Reference (REF) - periodicals, some audio-visual stock, Scottish Arts Council (SAC) Collection and other items such as newspapers and theses are for use in the library only.
Thin-client laptops - may be borrowed for 4 hours during the day and overnight from 4pm. Overnight laptop loans are due back before 10am the following day. On Fridays laptops may be borrowed from 4pm until 10am Monday morning).
DVD/Video collection (DVD-1DAY, VID-1DAY) – the Library has a collection of commercially produced DVDs and video cassettes. This forms part of the Library’s AV collection. These items are only available on a 1 day loan. (All Discs/videos are issued individually, not as a boxed set)
Fines
The following fines are currently levied for overdue loans:
Books and audio-visual material
21 day loans - 20p per item per day
7 day loans - 50p per item per day
1 day loans (DVDs/videos) - £3 per item per day (All Discs/videos are charged individually, including those in a set)
SHORT LOANS -£1 per hour per item
Note: Repeated late return of Short Loans may result in withdrawal of a reader’s overnight loan privilege.
Failure to return or renew overdue loans will result in the borrower being invoiced for the cost of replacement. There is currently a minimum charge of £20.00 per item plus an administration charge of £5.00
Please note these fines are subject to change at the discretion of the Head of Library Services without notice.
Renewals
If not required by other readers, most 21-DAY and 7-DAY items may be renewed for a further period. Items can be renewed in person at the Service Desk, by telephone, or via the library catalogue.
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