Università
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Svizzera
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Academy
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Library

Loan service

To borrow a book, the user should autonomously locate it on the stacks, and take it to the loan desk together with his library card.
Documents in storage can be requested online in Reperio; in some cases the consultation will only be available on appointment.

Users may have up to 100 books on their library account at any given time. The lending period is usually 7 or 28 days.
Loans are automatically renewed five times at due date, provided no other user placed a reservation on the document.

Documents can be returned:
  • to a member of staff at the loan desk
  • into the return box at the entrance

Late items will be fined according to current regulations.
Type Period Loan Copies
Books Before 1900 No Made by the library. Delivery within 24 hours
1900-1950 No Allowed on panoramic scanners
After 1950 Possible Allowed on panoramic scanners
Journals Before 1900 No Made by the library. Delivery within 24 hours
1900-1950 No Allowed on panoramic scanners
After 1950 Only faculty and staff Allowed on panoramic scanners
Loans and reproductions
  1. Connect to your user account
  2. Log in with your SWITCH eduID, which you created to register with swisscovery .

Once logged in, the user can change his/her password, check historic or current loans ad their due date, watch active reservations, unpaid fines, messages from the library, and modify his/her personal details and preferences.
Manage loans and check your account
  1. Log in (see above)
  2. Open the detailed record in Reperio
  3. Under "Loan and request options" click on "Request"
  4. If available, select the pickup location. Confirm by clicking on "Send Request"
Reserve checked-out documents
  1. Connect to your user account
  2. Log in as described above
  3. Select "Renew all" in the account overview

    or

    Go to the "Loans" section and click on "Renew" on the desired loan.
Renew loans