Circulation/Renewal

Lending rules

  • Reservations

    • Borrowed media can be reserved.
    • You will be notified automatically as soon as the desired book is ready to be picked up.
    • The delivery time is 7 calendar days.

     

    Reservations:

    personallyOur opening times
    by phone   06241/509-440 (during core opening hours)
    by email bibliothek@hs-worms.de
    via the online catalog (user account)https://www-opac.hs-worms.de
  • Registration

    • You have to register in person at the library to be able to borrow media.
    • To do this, all user groups fill out the registration form.
    • University members present their student or employee ID.
    • Non-university members need a valid identity card or a passport with a registration certificate.
    • Your reading card is valid for 1 year (extension possible). A one-time fee is charged.
    • Minors need a declaration of consent from their legal guardian.
    • ID applications are accepted outside of the core opening hours, and borrowings can then be made on the following day at the earliest.
  • Lending

    • To borrow media, students need their student ID, university staff and other users need a library ID. This ID must always be presented when borrowing.
    • The number of loans is limited to 40 media.
    • Loose-leaf collections and newspapers cannot be borrowed.

     

  • Loan periods

    Books3 weeks
    CD-ROM/DVD    3 weeks
    Bound periodicals   5 days
    Single issues of a periodical   3 days
    Reference copies (red band)    over night or over the weekend
    Reserve collectionusally like reference copies, partly with special loan periods
  • Renewals

    • The loan period can be extended three times, after which the media must be handed in.
    • An extension is possible at the earliest 1 week before the deadline.
    • If there is no reservation, the medium can be borrowed again.
    in personour opening hours
    by telephone  06241/509-440 (during our main opening hours)
    by e-mailbibliothek@hs-worms.de
    via library online catalogue (library account)https://www-opac.hs-worms.de