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Loans and requests

Loan period

21 days

The standard loan period for books is 21 days, but if there is a reservation on the item when you borrow it, the loan period is reduced to 7 days.

Renewals

When the loan period expires, the loan is renewed automatically for another period unless there is a reservation on the item.

Day loan items

Reference copies of textbooks can be checked out on a day loan basis only.

Book returns

Return of books

You can return a standard loan item at any LiU library in Linköping or Norrköping regardless of where you borrowed it; use the self-return machine.

Book drop

Library books can also be placed in the book drop outside the library entrance.

Day loan return

Reference copies of textbooks (day loan items) must be returned at the library where you borrowed them.

Mailing address

If you need to return a book by mail, use the following address:

Linköpings universitetsbibliotek
581 83 Linköping

Library services in distance education

As a LiU student in distance education you have access to e-books and articles and can have printed books sent to your home address.

More about Library services in distance education

Borrowing rules and policy

Library collections and stacks

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