Can we borrow books from the unimelb library?

[qshyrn]

are we allowed to use the library after weve gotten an ID card?

[tram]

yes, i believe so, but some of the older guys might be able to confirm

[Gloamglozer]

I guess so.  That's all you need to borrow.  Scan your ID card, scan the barcode of the book, print receipt, off you go! 

Self checkout ftw.

[mikee65]

I guess so.  That's all you need to borrow.  Scan your ID card, scan the barcode of the book, print receipt, off you go! 

Self checkout ftw.

Which library has all the prescribed texts, baileui?

[Massofbubbles]

I went into the biomed library the other day to see if the texts on the biomed booklist were available, and even though the system said there were multiple copies available, none of them were on the shelves - and there was hardly anyone studying in there.
Is this always the case with biomed books? If it is, I guess I'll just buy them all..

[mikee65]

I went into the biomed library the other day to see if the texts on the biomed booklist were available, and even though the system said there were multiple copies available, none of them were on the shelves - and there was hardly anyone studying in there.
Is this always the case with biomed books? If it is, I guess I'll just buy them all..

either they were stolen or the biomed books are kept somewhere else and the computer found results

[Massofbubbles]

Hmm, maybe they were all stolen recently then, cause the system showed other ones which were stolen. Seems kinda unlikely though (there was meant to be like 10 copies of each text).
I thought that they might be in a different section, but I checked the areas that corresponded to the codes on the system.

[username]

Hmm, maybe they were all stolen recently then, cause the system showed other ones which were stolen. Seems kinda unlikely though (there was meant to be like 10 copies of each text).
I thought that they might be in a different section, but I checked the areas that corresponded to the codes on the system.

Did it say it was in the High Use section? Cuz they have a shelf for the larger books there, which is where it might have been.

[Massofbubbles]

Oh damn, I didn't see anything about a high use section, but I guess that'll be where they're kept..
THanks for the info. I'll go in and have another look tomorrow.
Glad I live really close to Uni

[Russ]

They're all in the high use section, don't go upstairs, it's to the left of the ground floor.
They're on 24 hour loan though.

[Massofbubbles]

Awesome. Thanks.
Yeah, I saw it was only 24hour loan. Can you extend it? Or do I need to go in and re-borrow?

[qshyrn]

what are the fine rates?

[username]

Awesome. Thanks.
Yeah, I saw it was only 24hour loan. Can you extend it? Or do I need to go in and re-borrow?

You can't extend 24 hour loans. But.. If you borrow it on a Friday, you don't have to return it until Monday.

[rustic_metal]

The idea is generally that you only use it for the day. If you need a textbook to take home, the top floor of the ERC is full of old editions of textbooks you can keep for months. Great for sciences, particularly maths, physics and engineering.

[Massofbubbles]

Cool. Thanks for the info guys.