Borrowing conditions

Borrow / Return

You can borrow 20 documents for 4 weeks.
You can renew your loan period twice.
Readers can return items to any of our libraries.

 

Loan Machines

The machines, installed in most university libraries, allow you to be independent in lending and returning documents. You can also make extensions there.

• Step 1 : scan the barcode of your student/staff card.
• Step 2 : pass the document one by one on the platen.

Overdues

Your delays in documents result in a suspension of your loan rights for a period equivalent to the days of delay. 

Avoiding fines :

• You can return all of your borrowed materials to any CY university library. So do not hesitate to go to the nearest CY library to you.

• Renewing your items online 24/7 before they become overdue. Checking your Library record via My Library Account  and extend your loan for a month. Please note that this renewal needs to be done before they become overdue.

Borrow a book from another CY Library or reserve an already borrowed item.

Borrow a book from another CY Library.

• Go on our library's search engine.
• Search for your document, select the item you desire and click on "More information, and on "réserver ce livre" after connecting to your library account.
• Once connected to your library account, click on "réserver" in the bottom right corner of your screen.
• Choose the library in which you want to pick up your book. Our teams will send you an e-mail once the document is available for you to pick it up.

Book an already borrowed item.

• Go on our library's search engine.
• Search for your document, select the item you desire and click on "More information, and on "réserver ce livre" after connecting to your library account.
• Once connected to your library account, you can notice that this document is "emprunté" ( borrowed)
• In order to be the next to read it, click on "réserver" in the bottom right corner of your screen. You will be informed of your rank on the waiting list. Make sure to check the due date for the document to be returned in order not to wait too long.
• Choose the library in which you want to pick up your book. Our teams will send you an e-mail once the document is available for you to pick it up.

Booking conditions

• You can only make 5 bookings at a time
• Please be aware that 15 days special loans are excluded from Inter-site loan service, as well as textbooks, educational kits, exams records and exam preparation books from the INSPE library.

Tutorial 

Tutorial summing up how to borrow a document and our borrowing conditions

 Journals

The loan arrangements for magazines are the same as for other documents.
For any information on the loan of journals, inquire at the reception of your library.

Renewals

You can renew your loans for four weeks twice.
Click on the My Library Account  button or please visit the nearest CY Library desk. If you are unable to access the internet you can call the Library  to renew your books.

Please note that only normal loans can be renewed. Furthermore, these items cannot be renewed if they become overdue or if another borrower has requested a hold on an item. Short-term loan (3 or 14 days) cannot be renewed.