Borrowing limits and regulations - Postgraduate students

(includes Honours, Graduate Diploma, Masters by Coursework, Research Masters and PhD Students)

Upon presentation of  a current CQUniversity ID card each enrolled student in good standing with the Library may borrow the following:

• unlimited items from the general collection – 21, 7 or 3 day loan
• 5 term loans (with approval from the Faculty Librarian – set texts and recommended reading items will not be approved due to high demand)
• journals for 3 weeks
• 2 reserve items for 3 hours or overnight 
• unlimited renewals from the general collection (provided the item is not requested)  
• one hold per title for items currently on loan

Postgraduate students living more than 50 kilometres from a CQUniversity Campus library are entitled to a postal service. Please review the Borrowing Limits and Regulations for distance students.  All other students must borrow in person.

Note: Distance students who qualify for a postal service are entitled to an extra week to allow for mailing.

Regulations

Items issued to postgraduate students are due for return or renewal 3 weeks from the date of issue.  Loans can be renewed unless the item is requested by another borrower or you are blocked from borrowing. Reserve and overnight loans cannot be renewed. Books or other items in the Reference or Special Collections are not available for loan.

The library endeavours to send a notice if an item is overdue but has no obligation to do so. All notices and communications from the library will be forwarded to the student’s official university email address. The responsibility for checking email and returning or renewing material by the due date rests with the borrower.

Students are advised not to return material via a third person as the borrower is liable for the safe return of the material.  Students should not re-lend borrowed material to another person.  Students who lose their student identification card or have library material stolen should notify the library immediately.  

A $20 reinstatement fee will apply when penalty points reach 2000.  Penalty points accrue on overdue items at the rate of:

• 2 week & 3 week loans     - 20 points per day 
• 3 day & 7 day loans  - 200 points per day 
• reserve loans   - 200 points per hour

A student becomes ineligible (i.e. denied borrowing privileges) if:

• accrued penalty points reach  2000 
• reserve loans are 1 hour overdue

Recalled items

The Library reserves the right to recall high demand items and place on short-term loan. For every three days a recall request is ignored, a  fee  of $20 will apply, up to a limit of $60.  After three recall requests, the Library will charge the borrower the standard replacement fee of $112.45 and a processing fee of $11.00. These charges are non-refundable.

Recall requests – short term loans

For every day that a recall request for a short term loan is ignored, a penalty of $20 will apply up to a limit of $60.  After three recall requests, the Library will charge the borrower the standard replacement fee of $112.45 and a processing fee of $11.00. These charges are non-refundable.

Long overdue items

All Library users are responsible for the material they borrow.  The Library may declare an item lost if the item is six weeks overdue.  Should an item be lost, long overdue, or damaged, the borrower is required to pay a standard replacement fee of $112.45 and an administrative charge of $11.00 to cover the cost of processing.   The replacement fee for laptops and multimedia equipment  will be the current market price. In lieu of paying the replacement cost, the library will accept an exact copy of the item or a later edition however, the processing fee will apply.  Long overdue items may also accrue a reinstatement fee.  The Library will reverse the replacement cost if the item is returned in good condition within twelve months of the due date.  Recalled items are excluded.  

Any person detected at the security gate with library material which is defaced or has not been loaned in accordance with the library's borrowing procedures is liable for disciplinary action.