University Library (BU)

Loan types for BU/UFSC users are as follows:

• Regular: Standard loans. The loan periods for each type of material and user category are described in the table below;
• In-library consultation: Red-labeled materials intended for in-library consultation may be borrowed on Fridays or the day before holidays, to be returned on the next business day.
• Interlibrary: For items requested from a partner library¹ or from a branch library on another campus.
• Vacation: Vacation loans apply when items are borrowed at the end of the semester and returned only at the start of classes in the following semester. Vacation loans will be made as follows: Winter vacation (July): from one week before the start of the vacation until one week after the start of classes, according to the current academic calendar; Summer vacation (December-March): from two weeks before the start of the vacation until two weeks after the start of classes, according to the current academic calendar. Only items eligible for regular loans qualify for vacation loans²;
• Special: Special loans include language dictionaries borrowed for proficiency tests and other items in exceptional situations. In this case, the loan period will be recorded manually in the Pergamum system by the library staff according to the user’s needs and the item availability.

The total number of items borrowed may not exceed 32 items, across all Libraries, respecting the limits by user category and material type as shown in the table below. Exceptionally, in the Central Library, up to 10 books may be borrowed per location (Sirius, Vega, Bellatrix).

¹ Loans between partner institutions are for in-library consultation only, in accordance with the interlibrary loan service rules.

² Requests placed before the start of the vacation loan period will be maintained.

 

Loan Rules for on-campus undergraduate and graduate students

USER CATEGORY	ITEM LIMITS	LOAN PERIOD
Undergraduate students (including special students and exchange students)	10 books   2 in-library consultation books (red label)   1 reference work (except blue label)   5 CD-ROMs   5 theses   5 dissertations   2 DVDs   2 VHS   5 cartographic materials (3 maps and 2 atlases)	15 days: books, theses, dissertations, CD-ROMs, VHS, and DVDs.   3 days: cartographic material.   Fridays or the day before holidays, to be returned on the next business day: in-library consultation books (red label)   –   45 days for all items for Rural Education students.   90 days for all items for Indigenous Education students.
Graduate students	10 books   2 in-library consultation books (red label)   1 reference work (except blue label)   5 CD-ROMs   5 theses   5 dissertations   2 DVDs   2 VHS   5 cartographic materials (3 maps and 2 atlases)	30 days: books, theses, dissertations, CD-ROMs, VHS, and DVDs.   3 days: cartographic material.   Fridays or the day before holidays, to be returned on the next business day: in-library consultation books (red label).
Observations: 1) Language dictionaries are borrowed under the “special loan” category for proficiency tests. 2) BSCA and BSCUR allow the borrowing of certain periodicals.   Source: University Library.

 

MATERIALS NOT PERMITTED FOR LOANS

The following materials may not be borrowed from BU/UFSC:

• Blue-labeled items;
• Publications of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) – print or digital;
• Encyclopedias – call number beginning with 030.1;
• Rare Works Collections (CEOR), Special Collection of Rarities (CER), and Special Collection of Santa Catarina Rarities (CERC);
• Special Collection of UFSC Publications (CEPU);
• Special Collection of Iconographic Materials (CEMI);
• Periodicals.

For information on the loan limits and periods for other categories of BU/UFSC users, and other loan conditions, see the Loan Regulations.