Lending rules

Access to loans

• Students are registered as loaners when they start their first semester.
• The access card is also the library card: library ID is on the backside of the card. External borrowers must show identification papers and give their full address to be registered. 
  • The access card/library card or another form of identification must be presented in order to borrow a document.
  • Students may also use the digital library card found in the Studentbevis/Student ID+ app. Read more about the library card in the Studentbevis/Student ID+ app here.
• Students must register all changes in name and address on StudentWeb. 

Loans

• The standard loan period is 28 days for books and 7 days for journals and some dictionaries.
  • For other special collections or documents, the loan period may differ.
  • Books from the course collection are for use within the library facilities only.   
• Loans can be renewed, provided other users do not reserve the material.
• Use “My Account” in Oria to renew any loans and make reservations.
  • The course books cannot be reserved.  
• The borrower is personally responsible for any borrowed material.
• Please return the loan immediately when receiving an overdue note.
• Lost or damaged books must be compensated for, according to agreed rates. 
  •  The borrower will be blocked for further loans (included restricted access to the library outside staffed hours) for a period if the borrower is found in violation of the lending rules, or when the borrower are required to compensate for any damaged or lost books.  

Databases, electronic journals and e-books

• Databases and electronic journals subscribed to, or e-books owned by the library, are only available for the students and staff at Molde University College.
  • It is not permitted to convey any access information to anyone not affiliated with Molde University College.

Orders of books and journal articles from students

• Please find books and journals owned by the library yourself. (Except for remote students and students in practice).
  • A search in Oria will tell you on which shelf in the library you may locate it.
• Journal articles that are available electronically via Oria, you have to find and print yourself.
  • If you have any problems, please contact the library.    

Interlibrary loan

• If the document is relevant for your study or research and not available at HiM, it can normally be ordered from another library.
  • You can register the order in Oria.no.

Studying abroad

• Students, who takes semesters abroad, can make agreements with the library to get extended loan periods.
  • Usually we do not send books abroad.

External users

• External users may use and borrow from our collections.
  • We do not send loans to external users private address, please contact a local library.