Survival Guide for New Students
1. Getting Started
Welcome to the Lingnan University Library! We hope you can find the Library useful to your study. Want to know about the Library in the quickest way? This survival guide will give you a general picture of the Library.
| Mon - Thu | 8:30 a.m. – 00:00 midnight |
| Fri | 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. |
| Sat | 9:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
| Sun | 1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
| Public Holidays: | Closed |
For more details, please visit:
http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/aboutus/openhour.html
Library Card
Your Student ID Card is your Library Card. You need it for entering the Library and borrowing Library materials.
My Library Account
You can find out how many items you have borrowed and their due dates in "My Library Account" at: http://library.ln.edu.hk/patroninfo
Loan Quotas
For Undergraduate students (UGC funded), Associate Degree and Self-financed Degree students:
| Material Type | Loan Quotas |
| Books, Reserve-2 days, Reserve-7 days, Notebook Computers & Electronic Dictionaries |
40 |
| Bound journals, Reserve-3 hours, CD-ROM Databases, Special Collections | 5 |
| AV & Multimedia | 10 |
| Total | 55 |
Loan Periods and Overdue Fines
For Undergraduate students (UGC funded), Associate Degree and Self-financed Degree students:
| Material Type | Loan Periods | Overdue Fines |
| Books & CD-ROM or Floppy with text - Renewal - Subject to recall |
30 days Three Times Yes |
$2/day |
| HKALL | 15 days | $2/day |
| Journals, bound | 2 days | $2/day |
| Journals, unbound | No | - |
| Reserve-2 days | 2 days | $5/day |
| Reserve-7 days | 7 days | $5/day |
| Reserve-3 hours | 3 hours | $1/hour |
| Special Collections | 3 hours | $1/hour |
| Notebook Computers and Electronic Dictionaries | 2 days | $50/day |
| AV Materials | 3 hours or 7 days | $1/hour or $2/day |
| Microform | 3 hours | $1/hour |
| CD-ROM, stand alone or interactive | 3 hours | $1/hour |
For more details, please visit:
http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/libserv/borrowing.html#Borrowing Privileges
Renewals
Students can renew books, CD-ROM or floppy with text on loan within 3 days before the due date, provided that no hold request has been made for the same item by other users, and the item has not been overdue. Items can be renewed three times.
Holds
You may HOLD a book if it is charged out by other users or it is an In-Process Item, by clicking Request/Hold on the Online Catalogue.
When your requested item is available, a pick-up message will be sent to you by email and SMS and also shown on your online circulation record. You may then go to the Circulation Counter to pick up your item.
The Circulation Counter will hold your items for 3 days only and you may request up to 10 items.
Recalls
Books charged out are subject to recall 14 days after they have been charged out.
SMS Alert Service
You may register for SMS alert service so that overdue, recall and pick-up notices will be sent to your mobile phone. For registration, please visit http://www.library.ln.edu.hk//libserv/sms.html
| 1/F | 2/F | 3/F |
24-Hour Book Drops
When the Library is open, you may put the borrowed books into the book drop at the entrance on 1/F Library.
When the Library is closed, books may be returned into the outside book drops on the ground floor of the Main Building near the University Entrance.
Conduct of Library Users
Be a good library user! General conduct of Library users include:
- No borrowing of other's cards
- Switch off mobile phones and pagers
- Keep quiet in the Library
- Take care of your personal belongings
- No food are permitted in the Library
- No empty seats occupancy
- No violation of the copyright law
For the full version of Conduct of Library Users, see http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/aboutus/rules/conduct.html
Questions?
Feel free to ask us by email: refstaff@ln.edu.hk, by phone: 2616-8571 or come to the Library's Information Desk on 1/F.