Loan/Return

Valid Identification

SMU Library cards are valid for the duration of a student’s studying and/or the employment of faculty and staff at the university. People must use a valid SMU library card for checking out items from the library.

Loan rules and periods

Category of Borrower	Total loan allowances	Period	Renewal	Period of renewal
University Staff	25(Chinese:20, Foreign language:5)	60days	once	30days
Postgraduate Students	25(Chinese:20, Foreign language:5)	60days	once	30days
Undergraduate Students	25(Chinese:20, Foreign language:5)	60days	/	/

Notice:

Borrowers are responsible for keeping the items in good condition and returning on time. How to see the due date?

If you find the book from the international maritime research library in 7^th floor, you have to checkout and return it in the same floor.

Renewals

Books can be only renewed once before the due date. How to renew a book?

If some charges or overdue items occurring, the renewing operation will not be achieved.

Checkout

Step 1. Search the online catalogue, find call number and location of the book you want. Make sure it has the status available.

Step 2. Check out the items at circulation desk with your library card.

Return

Books (except books from the document delivery service) will be returned to the circulation desk, and if the library is closed, just returning to the Book Drop Bin.

Overdue、Loss or Damage

You should point out noticeable damage of the book before checking out and return the book in time.

If your borrowed book is overdue, you have to pay fees which are 0.1 yuan per day starting from the deadline.

If you damaged the borrowed book, you have to pay the charges for repairing. And if you lost the borrowed book, you have to buy a new one for replacing or pay 2-10 times money of the book price (Minimum amount of compensation: the Chinese book is 50 yuan, and the foreign language book is 100 yuan).