Loan Types

General Lending

Undergraduate students may borrow up to 10 items from General Lending
Postgraduate students and staff may borrow up to 50 items from General Lending
Books are issued for an initial period of four weeks for undergraduates and 12 weeks for postgraduates and staff, unless the book is required by other readers
Books may be renewed up to five times by undergraduates and once by postgraduates and staff, unless the book is required by other readers
Items must be returned to the book-drop or self-service return kiosk of the Library from where they were borrowed. Returns are not currently being accepted at Service Counters

Prefixes:

No prefix, simply the shelfmark (for example, 370.9415 N33;3)
ARTS (for example, ARTS 309.1415 N36)
LEN in the BLU Libraries
HIB in the Ussher Library
MUS LEN in the Ussher Library
P-MUS LEN in the Ussher Library
S-LEN in the Hamilton Library
SJ in the John Stearne Medical Library
SJR in the John Stearne Medical Library

DVDs

Most DVDs are currently General Lending items, and count as part of the General Lending allowance.

Consultation Only (including Short Loan)

These items are for consultation only and cannot be leave the Library. Some material is available directly from reading rooms, some is in storage, and Short Loan items must be asked for at the relevant Service Counter.

Items on the shelves with the prefixes REF or BIB, Irish Archival copies, journals (prefixes PER, SER) and theses (prefix THESIS) are always for consultation only.

Short Loan

In Stella Search these materials show as Behind Counter - readers should ask using the item's shelfmark at the relevant Service Counter
Readers can borrow a maximum of two Short Loan items at any one time. This is in addition to the general 10-item consultation-only limit
Short Loan items can only be issued to current Trinity staff and students. Visiting readers (including Library Link and Alumni readers) cannot borrow these materials
Readers must return these materials before the Library closes that day, ideally to the Counter. Book return boxes can be used if the Counter is closed
Fines of €1.50/hour start to accrue from 11:00 the next day

Early Printed Books and Special Collections

Early Printed Books & Special Collections

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, requests for items to be read in the combined Early Printed Books and Manuscripts & Archives Reading Room must be made by Library staff on behalf of readers. To request an item in this case, please contact us via e-mail: epbooks@tcd.ie.