Loans

Most items in the Library collection are freely accessible and loanable, with the exception of the non-circulating collection ("Präsenzbestand").

All loans must be registered by the library staff. In order to borrow a publication, you must have a library card, which you can receive free of charge at one of the library desks once you have registered online. If you own a NEBIS or IDS user card already, you can use it as your library card instead of your ZHAW CampusCard.

The loan period may vary depending on the type of document and/or NEBIS library.

The standard loan period is "28 days/140 days". This means that the maximum loan period lasts 168 days.

After the first 28 days, the loan period is renewed automatically twice by 28 days each time. Afterwards, you can renew your document online three times at most (via your user account) until the maximum loan period of 168 days has been reached. Renewals (automatic or manual) can only be carried out if no reservation has been made.

The loan period shown in the user account and in the NEBIS Catalog is binding in every case. Even if a reservation has been made, the document will not be recalled until this period has expired. This also applies to the new loan period after a renewal.

If the maximum loan period has been reached, you must either present the documents for re-booking at the desk of the library which owns them or return them along the usual channels. Detailled information concerning loan periods.

Exceptions to these regulations can be established by the lending library. Please contact the corresponding library directly. The ZHAW University Library staff cannot renew loan periods for titles from other libraries.

Please return the items belonging to the University Library to the corresponding sublibrary in your School.

You can return items belonging to a NEBIS network library to any ZHAW sublibrary.

For returns outside opening hours, you can use the return box outside the library.