Borrowing, renewal, return of items

The users entitled to borrow library collections are:

• UTP students of the first, second, third grades of studies and postgraduate students
• UTP employees
• students of other universities and schools on the basis of a signed cooperation agreement
• all entitled users who want to borrow books from the Library are required to have a valid library card or an active electronic student ID card

Items not to be borrowed

• periodicals
• books with status ”Nie wypożycza się”
• items from reference collections, except books with orange labels
• books from library departments and faculty libraries
• items from special collections (standards, patents, electronic documents, databases, doctoral dissertations)
• items ordered and supplied by the interlibrary lending

Ordering, borrowing and picking up books:

• is ordered only through the library catalogue, after logging in to own account
• are available with circulation status “Do wypożyczenia” and location Magazyn
• only one book of the same title can be borrowed
• orders are preapared within 30 minutes
• picking up within 7 days from the date of ordering books, personally at the Lending Room upon presentation the valid library card or the active electronic student ID card
• orders not picked up on time will be cancelled

Borrowing limits:

• UTP students of all degrees of study and postgraduate courses – 15 books for 90 days
• UTP students of two courses – 18 books for 90 days
• UTP employees – 20 books for 365 days
• students of other universities – 15 books for 90 days

Renewal of the borrowing period of books:

• the period of borrowing books may be extended twice, before the expiration of the return date, each time for 30 days
• the renewal can be carried out independently through a library account or personally – however, not earlier than 14 days before the return date.

Return of borrowed books:

• books must be returned at the Lending Room
• users who have given an e-mail address, receive a reminder 3 days before the return date
• exceeding due date of returning books, will result blocking the reader’s account and charging a fee of PLN 0.30 for each day of delay, per each book