Your University Student ID is also your library card. Undergraduates bring your ID to the library at the start of the academic year for reactivation after registration. Staff and researchers need to bring their IDs to the library and register in person to activate their accounts.

Closed on Sundays and public holidays

Once you have chosen the items you wish to borrow, you should issue them to the librarian at the circulation desk. We will also be happy to give you a demonstration if you ask at one of the enquiry desks.

Undergraduate students

• Students can borrow a maximum of five books at any one time with:-
• Long-Term loan 3 books for 2 weeks (may not be renewed)
• Short-Term loan 1 book for 1 day (may not be renewed)
• Reserve books 1book for 3hours (library and overnight/weekend use only)

Teaching staff

• Teaching staff can borrow a maximum of six books at any one time. The following are the categories of loans permissible to teaching staff:-
• Long – Term loan 4 books for 4 weeks (may not be renewed)
• Short-Term loan 1 book for 1 day (may not be renewed)
• Reserve books 1book for 3hours (library and overnight/weekend use only)

Non-Teaching staff

• Maximum of 4 books (may not be renewed)
• Short-Term loan 1 book for 1 day (may not be renewed)
• Reserve books 1book for 3hours (library and overnight/weekend use only)

You can log on to Library catalogue and check the location of library stock in any campus laboratory or on your laptop if you are on wireless. You a able to see if the book is available in the library or on loan.

If you are not sure what your username and password are you can ask at one of our enquiry desks in the Library, providing you have your student or staff card with you.

If you need to remind yourself which items you have currently out on loan, use my account option on Library Catalogue. You will need to sign in your username and password (the same one you use to access your e-mails) and choose my account.

Overdue charges

Mutilated and damaged materials

• • Repairable:  $20.00 binding +$10.00 processing fee

• Irreparable: Current replacement value+$10.00 processing fee

Other Fines

• • Cell phone ringing: $5.00

• • Late registration:   $2.00 per day delayed

NB: All outstanding fines should be cleared before borrowing as automated system will not allow any borrowing transaction. For more information kindly visit the library.

If I change my address

You should inform the library as soon as possible. It is your responsibility to ensure that we can contact you quickly about your loans.

If I lose my card

You should inform the Library as soon as possible to ensure that we can block your account

If I am taken ill, or absent on compassionate grounds

Make sure that you have a Reserve or Short Loan book to return, a friend returns this for you as soon as possible. In case of difficulties, ask someone to telephone the Library, and arrange to return the item or later.

If I am are away on placement

You can still borrow from the Library, as long as you are registered with Admissions and the Library for the current year. Remember you need to respect due dates for Library items.