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	1
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	1
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, Library of Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2.