{"id":6715,"date":"2024-11-05T09:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T09:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=6715"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:28:05","slug":"lending-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/en_gb\/lending-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Lending Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6715\" class=\"elementor elementor-6715\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29eb046b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29eb046b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3368f956 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3368f956\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19c8b001 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"19c8b001\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lending Services<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a79cb98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a79cb98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lending Services provides library users with access to a wide range of resources, including books, multimedia, and equipment, through borrowing privileges and resource management.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-663a599d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"663a599d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31eb9a9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31eb9a9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e8468e7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e8468e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7964556c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7964556c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Loan periods and quotas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4078493d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4078493d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b430b38 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3b430b38\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279dc0cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"279dc0cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>All students and staff have access to the information resources at the Library. They can borrow books from the Open\/General Lending collection for external use.<\/p><p>Quotas and loan periods applicable to various client groups are as follows:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48e247c3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48e247c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a18bb1d e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"6a18bb1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tabs_justify_horizontal&quot;:&quot;start&quot;,&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"1780005661\" aria-label=\"Tabs. Open items with Enter or Space, close with Escape and navigate using the Arrow keys.\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-heading\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-17800056611\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-17800056611\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab-index=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-17800056611\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tStaff\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-17800056612\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-17800056612\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab-index=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-17800056612\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tUndergraduates\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-17800056613\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-17800056613\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab-index=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-17800056613\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tPostgraduates\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-17800056614\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-17800056614\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab-index=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-17800056614\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 4;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tNon-VUT clients\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-17800056611\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-17800056611\" data-tab-index=\"1\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\" class=\"e-active elementor-element elementor-element-6f190ff4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f190ff4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfe2898 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfe2898\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr \/><p><strong>All VUT Staff<\/strong><\/p><p>Can borrow up to 20 books for a period of 60 days, but are allowed to renew only 2 of them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-17800056612\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-17800056612\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-520783a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"520783a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6775a814 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6775a814\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr \/><p><strong>Diploma Students<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p>Can borrow up to 6 books for a period of 14 days, but are allowed to renew only 2 of them.<\/p><p><strong>B-Tech Students<\/strong><\/p><p>Can borrow up to 8 books for a period of 14 days, but are allowed to renew only 2 of them.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-17800056613\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-17800056613\" data-tab-index=\"3\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59c24ad1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"59c24ad1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-578acd0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"578acd0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr \/><p><strong>Masters Students <\/strong><\/p><p>Can borrow up to 12 books for a period of 30 days, but are allowed to renew only 2 of them.<\/p><p><strong>Doctoral Students<\/strong><\/p><p>Can borrow up to 15 books for a period of 60 days, but are allowed to renew only 2 of them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-17800056614\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-17800056614\" data-tab-index=\"4\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 4;\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1beabf29 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1beabf29\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-629c1092 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"629c1092\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr \/><p><strong>Individual external members<\/strong><\/p><p>Can borrow up to 6 books for a period of 14 days, but are allowed to renew only 2 of them.<\/p><p><strong>Corporate\/business members<\/strong><\/p><p>Can borrow up to 10 books for a period of 14 days, but are allowed to renew only 2 of them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb587d1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fb587d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc3c890 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bc3c890\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e5aac4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e5aac4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Renewals:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fa9ed2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fa9ed2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>All issued materials may be renewed either by telephone, personally at the library, or online via MY RECORDS 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class=\"elementor-button-text\">E-Mail<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d485ed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d485ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b88e53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b88e53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Loans for other materials<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88c3c4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88c3c4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Reserve section materials are issued in the library for two hours.<\/li><li>Audio-visual materials are used in the library for three hours.<\/li><li>Periodicals and reference collection items are used in the library.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f30b95 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0f30b95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39c261a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39c261a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d3ffe3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d3ffe3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fines<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e0485f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e0485f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p>Fines are charged on all items returned after the due date, at a rate of R1.00 per item per day until the item is returned.<\/p><ul><li>Once the student has accumulated a fine of R1.00 no new books will be issued to the client until s\/he pays the outstanding fine in full.<\/li><li>Books from the Reserve section are charged at<strong>\u00a0R2.00 per hour<\/strong>\u00a0until the item is returned.<\/li><li>Users with material seven days overdue will not get any new material\/books or renewals until the item\/s in question is returned or renewed.<\/li><li>Renew the loan period of all materials issued to you on time to avoid paying fines.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lending Services Lending Services provides library users with access to a wide range of resources, including books, multimedia, and equipment, 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