Borrowing
Your University ID card is also your Library card. You can borrow items using self-service machine in the library, or take them to the desk. You can also borrow a laptop using your ID card.
Returning
Items (apart from laptops) may be returned using the self-service machine in the library and at the desk.
Loan periods and amounts
All items (except high-demand items - see below) are issued for a week in the first instance, then renew automatically each day. The item is always due back in a week until: someone else requests the item, your account is blocked, or your membership expires. If you have an overdue item on your library account, you will not be able to borrow any further items until you have returned the overdue item.
If you collect a reservation which has a queue of other borrowers waiting for it too, the item is considered to be high-demand and will be issued to you for two days. It will not renew automatically. You must check your receipt or date-stamp on collecting your reservation.
You are able to borrow 16 library items at any time, plus one laptop and inter-library loan items.
Automatic renewals
Items on loan (except laptops) will renew automatically in the early hours of the morning, by one day, until someone else needs the item and places a reservation on it. Renewals also stop if your fines reach a certain amount, when your membership expires, and when your course finishes.
Example: if borrow a book (which isn't high demand) on a Monday, it will be issued until the following Monday. It will renew overnight, and will now be due back on the following Tuesday. This process continues until someone requests the item. The renewals stop, and you have a week to return it.
It is your responsibility to keep an eye on the items you have borrowed, checking to see if they have been reserved by someone else. We will send you daily emails to alert you when an item on loan to you is due back, but we strongly recommend that you regularly login to your library account at FindIt@Bham Dubai to check your due dates. You will also be able to see if items you have reserved are available to collect.
Please note that if you try to renew items in FindIt@Bham, it will usually return a message saying "Renew failed". This is because it will already have renewed to its furthest extent.
Reserving books
If the book you need is out on loan, you can reserve it via FindIt@Bham Dubai.
When the book is returned, you will be notified by email. The item will be held for two days.
If you need longer to collect it, please contact us. The collection time can be extended at our discretion.
Reserved and recalled books
If a book you have on loan is required by another borrower, it will no longer renew automatically. You will receive a reminder email each day. Once the book goes overdue, your account will be blocked and you won't be able to borrow any further books until you have returned the overdue item.
Many staff and students use our libraries during vacations, so please be aware that your books might be reserved by another borrower and have to be returned, at any time. Please do not take books out of the country.