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Loan Rules

Periodicals, Standards and reference Works (dictionaries, encyclopaedias, etc.) are not available on loan. In exceptional cases, when duly justified, loans may be authorised by the Library Director for limited periods.

Marked documents:

Documents marked with a red circle () are not available on loans;
Documents marked with a green circle () are available on loan for three days only.

The loan of documents is made in accordance with the following table

 

Reader status – maximum no. Of simultaneous items and loan periods

Type of document

Teacher / Researcher

3rd Cycle Students

1st and 2nd Cycle Students /Erasmus

Member of Adm. Staff

External

No. Of Items

Loan (days)

Nº de Itens

Loan (days)

No. Of Items

Loan (days)

No. Of Items

Loan (days)

No. Of Items

Loan (days)

Technical books

30

30

15

30

5

7

10

15

5

15

Literature & others

10

30

10

30

10

30

10

30

5

15

Theses

3

15

3

15

3

7

3

15

3

15

Media

3

5

3

5

3

5

3

5

0

0

Extraordinary loans

Type of loan

teacher

Researcher

non-teaching personnel

Project (1)
borrowable   for the period of the Project  

X

X

 


Discipline support (2)
Borrowable for one semester, renewable by the user when required for teaching the discipline

X

 

 

Service Support (3)
borrowable for 1 semester, renewable by the user 

 

 

X

Permanent Consultation (4)
borrowable for 1 year renewable by the user

X

X

X

(1)–requires the Project cost centre to be identified;
(2) – requires the discipline and the work to be acquired by the Department or Course identified;
(3) -requires the work to be acquired by the Service and directed towards a specific task required to be identified
(4) - requires the work to be acquired by the Service or department for regular consultation (dictionaries, laboratory manuals, etc.) to be identified. 

During the holidays or when classes are interrupted, the users can extend the documents’ loan period.  The system will automatically change the return dates.  The calendar is available on the Library’s Catalogue.

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