#RETURN LIBRARY BOOKS HOW TO#

P lease contact us if you need any help or advice around returning books or any other library or IT query. If you’re unable to return your books by any of these methods, please get in touch with us and we’ll work out a solution with you. Whatever method you use, please make sure you get a receipt. D epending on weight and volume, you could consider breaking up a large parcel into smaller ones. Posting books : Royal Mail and some c ouriers offer a service to pick up your parcels from home. If you live in the Medway area, you can return Templeman Library books to the Drill Hall Library at the Universities of Medway campus. Please remember that to enter the library you need your KentOne card. If you are visiting the Canterbury campus, you can use the external book drop at the Library Road Entrance without going into the L ibrary. B ooks you have borrowed can be reserved by other people, including during the vacation. Please take any opportunity when you’re visiting campus to return books you no longer need, especially if you are leaving Kent this year or are going to be away from campus over the summer.

#RETURN LIBRARY BOOKS HOW TO#

You should also consider insuring your package, as you are responsible for any items lost or damaged during shipping.As we’ re moving closer to the end of the academic year, we’d like to share advice with you on how to return your library books.

We strongly suggest selecting a shipping method that allows you to track and confirm package delivery.

When returning an item with a due date, take into account shipping time when selecting a shipping method.

If you are returning items by mail from outside the contiguous United States, we accept items sent via U.S. For more information, please contact Circulation.

The Library will currently pay the ground shipping costs from anywhere in the contiguous United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) for items that need to be returned by mail due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are unable to return materials in person, you may return them by mail. Returning to another location may result in overdue fines. Reserve material must be returned to the library from which it was borrowed. There are also external bookdrops available on the west side of Eckhart Hall and outside the Social Work Library.Īll materials except reserves material can be returned to any of our return locations. See the building hours for each on our Library Hours page. Law School affiliates may return materials to D'Angelo Law. Return in PersonĪll borrowers may return materials in person to Regenstein, Mansueto, Crerar, and Eckhart, and Social Work. If you no longer need to consult materials on your account, we encourage you to return them to the Library. Long-overdue items that have been billed as lost (see Fines and Lost Items).Course reserve and other short term loan items (e.g.The following items are not eligible for renewal and should be returned on their due date. This makes more books immediately available for browsing and research by other Library users and also protects the library's collection from damage and loss. Our renewals policy is intended to encourage users to return items they are no longer actively using. Items that have reached their three-time renewal limit are ineligible for automatic renewal and must be returned before they can be borrowed again.įaculty and other annual borrowers, as well as Ph.D. Automatic Renewal Limitsįor most quarterly borrowers, standard loans will be renewed automatically up to three times. The Library will then automatically renew all eligible items and send further notices listing any items that could not be renewed and should be returned. Patrons will receive an automatic notice listing all items on standard loan checked out to their account prior to their due date, stating that eligible items will be renewed. University of Chicago Library materials on standard loan will be renewed automatically up to their online renewal limit, unless recalled.

Return library books