Borrowing: membership

Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate students may borrow from any of the University's libraries.
Simply present your student ID card and the items that you wish to borrow at the Loan or Reserve Desks. There are no loans without a card. ID cards are not transferable. A total of 15 items can be on loan at any one time.

University Staff, Post-graduate and Honours Students

Category A and E borrowers may borrow from any of the University's libraries.
Simply present your staff/student ID card and the items that you wish to borrow at the Loan or Reserve Desks. There are no loans without a card. ID cards are not transferable. A total of 35 items can be on loan at any one time, except for ITA Libraries where 10 books and 5 teaching resource material may be borrowed by ITA staff and students.

External Borrowers

Non-members of the ANU may borrow from the Library for an annual fee.

You can register as a borrower at the Loans Desk in any of the main Library buildings.

External borrowers may borrow 15 items at the one time for a 4 week loan period. Only items held in the University Library's general collection may be borrowed.

External borrowers registered with the ITA libraries may borrow only from those libraries. They may borrow a total of 8 automated loans for a 4 week loan period (unless recalled beforehand).

Reciprocal Access: ACT Libraries

The ANU Library has arranged reciprocal access and, in some cases, borrowing arrangements with a number of Canberra libraries.

For more details, please see the External Users page.

University Library Australia (ULA)

The ANU Library is a member of the ULA (formerly NBS - National Borrowing Scheme). This scheme allows students and staff from participating universities, who would not otherwise be eligible to borrow under the existing ACT reciprocal access scheme, to borrow from the ANU Library.

For more details, please see the University Library Australia page.

Loans desks close 15 minutes before Library closing time.