Library services for University of Adelaide Alumni

A person who is registered with the Development and Alumni Office of the University of Adelaide may join the Library for an annual fee. Joining the Library entitles registered alumni members to book borrowing privileges and other services.

Costs

Payment of $55 entitles you to book borrowing privileges for twelve months.
Alumni members who wish also to borrow bound volumes of journals must pay a further fee of $22
All fees include GST.

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How do I apply?

You should ask in person for a Registration form during office hours (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) from:

• Services desk, Barr Smith Library Level 3 South
• Loans desk, Waite Library
• Loans desk, Roseworthy Campus Library

You will be asked to provide photo ID.

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Library Card

Alumni members who join the Library will be issued with a Library Card. You will need to bring this Card with you when you use the Library.
If you lose your Library Card, report the loss immediately to the Services desk (telephone number 8303 5124). Any loans made with it before it is reported lost will be your responsibility.
Lost Library Cards may be replaced at a cost of $11.00 [includes GST].

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MyLibrary

Click on the MyLibrary option in the Library Catalogue to find out about your loans, Requests and demerit points.

Borrowing books

What may I borrow ?

As an Alumni borrower you may have on loan up to ten items at a time from the Main collection of the Barr Smith Library or from a branch library.
You may not borrow course work books; this includes all short loan and multiple copy books, and all items in the Reserve and Multimedia collections.
Alumni members who pay the additional $22 [includes GST] fee may also borrow bound volumes of journals from the Barr Smith Library only.

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Loan periods

Books from the Main collection may be borrowed for four weeks. Bound volumes of BSL journals may be borrowed for 24 hours by Alumni members who have paid the additional fee.
An item on loan to you may be recalled if it is urgently required.

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Borrowing times

You may borrow until five minutes before the Library closes.

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How to borrow

Take the book you want to borrow and your Library Card to the Loans desk, or use a Self-service loans machine in the Barr Smith Library. A receipt will be issued recording details of the item borrowed and the date on which it is due for return.
You must return the book or renew the loan, on or before the due date.

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Handling charge

If an item is kept beyond the date of despatch of the first and final overdue notice requesting its return, an invoice will be sent for the cost of replacement of the item, plus a non-refundable handling charge of $30.00 per item.

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Renewals

You may renew the loan of a book from the MyLibrary option on any public access PC in the Library or remotely from home or work.
You may also renew a loan in person at a Loans Desk on or before the due date - or by telephone (telephone number is 8303 5759).

A loan may be renewed up to four times.

A loan may not be renewed if another user is waiting for the book or if you have already renewed it for the maximum number of renewals allowed.

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Recalls

If you have already renewed the loan period of an item which is subsequently requested by another user, or if the book is required for the Reserve collection, we will ask you to return it immediately.

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Returning books

Books on loan must be returned to the Barr Smith Library or to any branch library so that the loan can be correctly discharged.

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Demerit points

Demerit points are applied when items are not returned by the due date at a rate of two points per day (or part of a day).

If you acccumulate sixty demerit points your borrowing privileges are withdrawn for fifteen days. You can check how many demerit points you have accumulated from the MyLibrary option on the Library Catalogue.

For more details, please go to the separate demerit points page.

Please speak to a staff member in the Barr Smith Library (tel: 8303 5124) or at any branch library, or email library@adelaide.edu.au if you have a query about demerit points.

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Requests

If the book you want is out on loan you may 'Request' it. This means that it will be kept for you at the Loans desk when it is returned, and we'll let you know that it is available.
To Request a book, call up its catalogue entry on the Library Catalogue. Click on Requests and follow the instructions on the screen. Full details are on a separate web page: How to Request that a book on loan be held for you.

Services

E-journals and Databases - Access in 2008

From 13th December 2007 until December 2008, alumni can have **free online access** on a trial basis to two databases and over 9,000 e-journals, magazines, newspapers, and reports through the University of Adelaide Library.
Academic Search Alumni edition covers most areas of the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
Business Source Alumni edition covers marketing, management, MIS, accounting, finance, econometrics, economics and more.

What is available?

Complete lists of the journal titles available through these databases [careful - they are large files!]:

• Academic Search Alumni [PDF version)] [Excel version(xls)]
• Business Source Alumni [PDF version(pdf) ] [Excel version(xls)]

Alumni can also access 30 journals from Annual Reviews and another 350 from Project MUSE.

How do I get access?

• Step 1: Review and agree to terms and conditions for access and then register your personal details online
• Step 2: The Library will e-mail you a username and password within three working days
• Step 3: Login here, once you have received your username and password, to access Library E-Resources for Alumni

If you have any questions regarding the registration process, please contact Library Services on 08 8303 5124, or e-mail library-services@adelaide.edu.au.

[*Alumni who have registered for e-resources access between May and November 2007 need not re-register]

Other Library E-Resources

Alumni may use the majority of the Library's electronic resources, in person, through the public access terminals in the University of Adelaide Libraries. Remote access to electronic resources other than those listed above is not possible.

Document delivery

Alumni members may make use of the University of Adelaide Library Document delivery service.

Library tours

Throughout the year, half-hour tours of the Barr Smith Library are offered on the first Thursday of the month. A guided tour is an excellent way for Alumni members to find out about the Library. There is a maximum of 12 people per group; bookings should be made with Jennifer Osborn (Reference Services).

Restrictions

You may not borrow course work books, material from the Reference collection, the unbound journals collection, newspapers, items from the audiovisual collection, and microforms.

You are not entitled to use student login computers in the Library. However, you can use the public access PCs which provide access to the Library catalogue and to library-subscribed electronic resources. Access to MS Office software is not available to Library users other than current students or staff.

Remote access to electronic resources, other than Academic Search Alumni edition and Business Source Alumni edition, is not possible.

Remember !!

• You are responsible for all items you borrow; you will have to pay for the cost of replacement, plus a non-refundable handling charge of $30 each, for items that are lost or damaged while they are on loan to you.
• Items on loan must be returned on or before the due date.
• Please let us know straight away if you change your address.
• If you lose your Library Card, let us know immediately -- you are responsible for any loans made with it before it is reported lost.