Borrowing & Library Catalogue

• Library Catalogue URL
• Borrowing Privileges File
• Borrowing - Online Students

  (Students who live remotely and cannot visit the campus)

  Students studying both on-campus and online in the same semester are considered on-campus students for the purpose of Library access and, as such, are expected to be able to borrow books and conduct their own research directly in the Library on campus. Books or journal articles will not be posted to them. Any student wishing to make a case for an exception should contact Library staff.

  To request an item to be posted to them students can:

  1. Login to the Library Catalogue here
  2. Search the catalogue and locate the item you wish to borrow
  3. Check the box next to the item
  4. Click on the Reserve button at the top of the screen
  5. The item will appear again; verify this is the item you wish to reserve, and click on the Reserve button again (or the Cancel button if necessary).

  These reservations will be checked by Library staff each business day and then posted. Books will not be posted to addresses outside Australia. Overseas students are entitled to ask for photocopying and scanning by Library staff.

  Students studying entirely online. outside metropolitan Sydney or Perth, are automatically set up to have reserved items posted to the recorded postal address. If students do not wish to have items posted to this address they should contact the Library (library@morling.edu.au) before reserving the item/s.

  Once a student has reached their maximum loan limit, i.e. 20 items, or has overdue items, they will be required to return the necessary items before more items can be sent.

• Request for scans

  (For students who live remotely and cannot visit the campus - Use the Request for Document supply form under the Forms tab)

  Journal articles or sections of books may be scanned and sent to online students who live outside the Sydney Metro Area by email upon request. Copyright guidelines will apply (see below) and limits on the number of requests at any particular time may apply if demand is too great. Scanning is free. The Librarian retains the right to refuse requests for unreasonable amounts of scanning.

  Compliance with the Copyright Act means that:

  • Only one 'copy' of an item may be sent ('copy' here includes a hardcopy, that is, a published book, and a soft or digital copy)
  • Copies can only be provided for private research or study connected with the Unit in which you are enrolled with Morling College
  • A maximum of 10% or one chapter of a book may be copied
  • One article per journal issue only may be copied. More articles may be copied if they deal with the same, narrow, subject area (definition of same subject area is discretionary, and will be decided by Library staff).

• Returning Library Items

  All students agree to return any material borrowed from the Library without damage or markings and will replace any items lost or damaged. Fines and borrowing suspension may be enforced for overdue material.

  Library items must be returned to the Library on or before the due date (if students are posting items they should allow for the postage time). Books can be returned to the return chute at the Library door, or through the after-hours return chute. Items will be returned on the system by Library staff at regular intervals. Students may not be able to return books and borrow again immediately.

  Renewing Books

  Books may be renewed a maximum of 4 times via the Library catalogue. Books may also be renewed by phone or by email to library@morling.edu.au. Overdue or reserved items cannot be renewed.

  Reserving an Item

  Books which are currently on loan may be reserved via the Library catalogue in the Library or online. When the book becomes available it will be issued to the requesting student, a notification will be sent, and the item will be held on the Reservation Collection desk outside the Library Office for 7 days. One-week loans are held for 3 days. If a student has reached their maximum loan limit, i.e. 20 items, or has an overdue item, they will be required to return the necessary item/s before picking up their reserved item.

  Overdue Books

  Students receive overdue notices via email.

  If the item/s have not been returned after 4 weeks:

  1. a final attempt at contacting the borrower will be made, informing them of what will happen next.
  2. Morling will invoice the borrower a replacement fee of $100 + an administration fee of $20 (non-refundable) per item. 
  3. If the item/s are subsequently returned without damage or markings the $100 replacement fee will be waived and the borrower will only have to pay the administration fee.

  No further books can be borrowed whilst items are overdue and while there are outstanding Library fines, Library borrowing privileges will be revoked.
  

  All payments are to be made at Morling Reception. The fine invoice number should be quoted on payment.