Enroll to the library to borrow books: at the circulation desk show ID card (or passport) and Unibo badge.
How many books and for how long
Students of the University of Bologna, exchange students, Erasmus students may take a maximum of 6 books for the duration of 30 days, of these only one book from the TESTOESAME section, i.e. Textbooks.
University of Bologna lecturers, research fellows and PHD students may take a maximum of 20 books for the duration of 60 days, of these only one book from the TESTOESAME section for the duration of 30 days.
Requests, extensions and reservations
Book loan request, extensions and reservations can be made online via: the online catalogue services, with the "My library account" button, or downloading the SBN UBO App from the App Store or Google Play.
Requests, extensions and reservations can also be made in person at the library, by phone or e-mail.
Loan request
The online loan request keeps the book reserved for three days during which the requesting user can collect it from the library.
Extension
Loans may only be extended once, for 30 days, if the book has not been reserved by another user.
The extension must be requested during the 3 days preceding the expiry of the loan.
Reservation
This is limited to books on loan to other users. A maximum of 6 books can be reserved, of which only 1 is from the TESTOESAME section. Reserved books remain available to the borrower for 2 days after notice of return
Return
It can be done during all library opening hours. You must register your book return using the self-service desk located on the ground floor.
The books are then deposited in the box next to the station.
Penalties for late return
In this library:
from the day of the due date the user cannot make new loans and, from the day of return, loses his/her lending rights for double the number of days for which he/she was late.
In all other Athenaeum libraries:
the user who, despite reminders, does not return the books in the TESTOESAME section within 12 days of the due date, and within 28 days of the due date for all other books, will have their lending rights suspended in all Athenaeum libraries until they are returned.
Compensation
The user who damages or loses a document received on loan is obliged to replace it with another copy of the same edition or, if no longer available on the market, with a copy with a commercial value no less than that of the lost document.