Loans for visitors

Members of the public, businesses, students and staff of other universities are welcome to use the Monash University libraries and make photocopies from the collection (subject to copyright restrictions). If you want to borrow material you will need to join the library.

you can borrow in person from any of the eight campus libraries.
Holders of special Gippsland Library cards can only borrow from Gippsland Library
to borrow, you need to show a Monash borrowers card.
Staff and students from other academic institutions also need to show their ID card.

You can also:

renew (reborrow) many items
request material to be sent to your home campus by placing a hold
check your current loans via My loans in the library catalogue

Summary of borrowing rights

Query	Answer
How much can I borrow?	Up to 8 items
For how long?	Up to 14 days
Can I renew my loans?	Yes, twice per item
Can I request items already out on loan or at another campus library?	Yes, by placing a hold
Can I have books posted to me?	No
Can I have photocopies posted to me	No
Can I borrow journals?	No, you must photocopy them in the library
Can I borrow videos, CDs and other special material?	Yes, however different loan conditions apply for different collections
Can I borrow high demand (restricted loan and / or reserve) items ?	Usually no, but ask at the loans desk

Renewals

Most items can be reborrowed (renewed)

to renew online, use the library catalogue My loans button
to renew by telephone, phone +61 3 990 55054
to renew in person, bring the items to the loans desk of any Monash University Library

Holds

If an item you would like is on loan or on the shelf at a different campus you may place a hold for it. When it is returned it will be held for you at the loans desk for 7 days only (uncollected items will be returned to the home library). You will also be notified by email, or SMS (for Monash staff, students only) or you can check in My loans in the library catalogue. Please limit concurrent requests to no more than 5 titles. Hold requests can only be removed by library staff. Find out more about managing Holds.

Library fines and penalties

Please note: Library fines accrue for overdue items for all library users. Avoid fines by:

collecting a date due slip when you borrow
regularly checking your My loans in the library catalogue
see making payments for how to pay library fines

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