Library membership
UniSC students and staff are automatically registered to borrow from UniSC Library. You will require your university ID card to borrow.
Non-UniSC clients in the following categories are eligible to register as members of UniSC Library and borrow from the General Collection:
- UniSC Alumni / graduates (Apply online)
- Students and staff studying or working at another Australian or New Zealand University (Apply online)
- Residents of the Sunshine Coast, Fraser Coast and Moreton Bay regions (Apply online)
- Secondary school students (studying in Year 10, 11 or 12) enrolled at a school in the Sunshine Coast, Fraser Coast or Moreton regions (Download form)
Loan periods and borrowing conditions
| Library Collections | Loan period |
Maximum renewal period |
Request Hold | Request Digitisation | Overdue fine | Max no of items |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General collection | 14 days* | 56 days* |
Yes+ |
Yes | $2 per day if recalled | 40 |
| Reserve collection | 2 hours | Non- renewable | No | Yes | $2 per hour | |
| 3 Day loan | 3 days | 9 days* | Limited+$ | Yes |
$2 per day if recalled |
|
| Curriculum collection | 14 days* | 56 days* | Yes+ | Yes | $2 per day if recalled |
* A shorter loan period of seven days applies to items that have been recalled.
+ A maximum of four concurrent active requests apply.
$ Limited to 3 Day Loan items at your home campus that are not available.
Document Delivery Request
Undergraduate students are eligible to place a document delivery request for digital files only (limits apply).
| Library Collections | Loan period | Maximum renewal period | Request Hold | Request digitisation | Overdue fine | Max no of items |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General collection | 28 days* | 112 days* | Yes+ | Yes | $2 per day if recalled | 40 |
| Reserve collection | 2 hours | Non-renewable | No | Yes | $2 per hour | |
| 3 Day loan | 3 days | 9 days* | Limited+$ | Yes |
$2 per day if recalled |
|
| Curriculum collection |
28 days* Professional and visiting academics: 14 days* |
112 days* Professional and visiting academics: 56 days* |
Yes+ | Yes | $2 per day if recalled |
*A shorter loan period of seven days applies to items that have been recalled.
+A maximum of four concurrent active requests apply.
$ Limited to 3 Day Loan items at your home campus that are not available.
Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan
Honours, Postgraduate, HDR students and UniSC staff are eligible to place document delivery and inter-library requests. Limit of 10 requests per year applies for Honours students.
Off campus students
UniSC higher degree by research students who reside in Australia and outside of the Sunshine Coast region are eligible for a postal loans service.
Only material from the library General Collection is available for requesting by off-campus students. Short term loans and Reserve Collection may not be requested.
Use the Off-campus Request Form. Before making a request, please ensure that you have checked the Library Catalogue for the item you are requesting.
You will be notified via email if an item is unavailable or on loan to another client. A hold will be placed on item/s on loan and your request will be processed as soon as possible.
The UniSC Library will pay postage charges to send material. The requester is responsible for all charges incurred in returning the material to the Library.
| Library Collections | Loan period | Maximum renewal period | Overdue fine | Max no of items |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General collection | 14 days* | 28 days* | $2 per day if recalled | 10 |
| Curriculum Collection | 14 days* | 28 days* | $2 per day if recalled |
*A shorter loan period of seven days applies to items that have been recalled.
- Visit Library information for UniSC Alumni to learn how the library supports you.
- Apply online for library membership (borrowing).
- Alumni are eligible for remote access to selected Library databases for non-commercial purposes. Login using your UniSC network login (the same one you used as a student). Contact the Student IT Help Desk to reset your password if necessary.
- Alumni are not eligible for the Reserve Collection, 3 Day Loans, hold request, digitisation request or inter-library loans.
| Library Collections | Loan period | Maximum Renewal period | Overdue fine | Max no of items |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General collection | 14 days* | 28 days* | $2 per day if recalled | 10 |
*A shorter loan period of seven days applies to items that have been recalled.
This category of borrower is not eligible for the Reserve Collection, 3 Day Loans, Curriculum Collection, hold requests, digitisation requests or inter-library loans.
Visit Library information for community and reciprocal to learn how the library supports you.
Community
- membership is available to residents of the Sunshine Coast, Fraser Coast and Moreton Bay local government areas.
- apply online for library membership.
Reciprocal (Study Hub)
- membership is available to staff and students of universities which participate in the University Libraries of Australia and New Zealand (ULANZ) agreement.
- apply online for Study Hub (library membership).
Secondary school students
- to apply download the form, fill it in and bring it to the library.
- for students under the age of 18 the registration form must be co-signed by a parent or guardian.