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Borrowing and Renewing

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PRIVILEGES ASSOCIATED WITH BORROWING ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

Undergraduate Students

  • Undergraduate Degree Students
  • Undergraduate Certificate Students
  • Foundation Students

 
  General Lending Consultation-Only
(including Inter-Library Loans)		 Laptop
Amount of items

10

 10

Not currently available

 Loan periods
  • General Lending items will be due four weeks from the issue date. Five renewals are allowed if the item is not required by another reader
  • Library Use Only items: until the Library closes that day
Click and Collect, recalls, Inter-Library Loan requests
  • Click and Collect, recall requests: 10
  • Inter-Library Loan requests: 10

Postgraduate Students & Staff

  • Higher Degree Postgraduate Students
  • Postgraduate Certificate Students
  • Postgraduate
  • Diploma Students
  • Higher Diploma Students
  • Students with Special Borrowing Privileges
  • Current Staff
  • Retired Staff

 

 General Lending
(including borrowable Inter-Library Loans)		 Consultation-Only
(including non-borrowable Inter-Library Loans)		 Laptop
Amount of items 50 50 Not currently available
Loan periods
  • General Lending: 12 weeks, 1 renewal if the item is not required by another reader
  • Library Use Only items: until the Library closes that day
  • Inter-Library Loan: variable

Click and Collect, recalls, Inter-Library Loan requests
  • Click and Collect, recall requests: 10
  • Inter-Library Loan requests: 20

Staff Borrowing - the Library Bond

Staff are required to sign the Library Bond in order to borrow. The Library Bond is an indemnity to pay €650 in the situation that books are damaged or not returned. The sum is not paid in advance.

Bond form for completion by new University staff

Bond forms should be completed, signed and returned.

This can be done by:

  • Saving the PDF, completing the relevant information, and inserting a digital signature. Save the completed form and e-mail it to the Admissions Counter: libadms@tcd.ie; or
  • Completing the relevant information, and printing the form. Add a physical signature, then scan and e-mail it to the Admissions Counter: libadms@tcd.ie; or
  • Completing the relevant information, and printing the form. Add a physical signature, then post it to Library Admissions, c/o Berkeley Library, Library of Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2.