Borrowing
Take your Library card and the items you want to borrow to the self check machine. If you need assistance, please see a library staff member.
- Return your books at any of the campus libraries (except reserve items).
- Renew your loans by logging on to My Library.
- Borrowed items may be recalled if required by someone else. You will be notified via email and have 7 days to return the item.
- Penalty points and fines apply if the item is lost, damaged or not returned.
- Students and staff located outside of Australia cannot borrow items but can access most electronic resources.
Books
| Borrower type | Number of items | Loan period |
Renewals | Number of recalls |
BONUS+ (1 renewal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate students |
15 | 6 weeks | 4 | 10 | 21 days |
| Graduate Diploma students |
15 | 6 weeks | 4 | 10 | 21 days |
| Graduate Research & Honours students |
30 | end of current semester | 5 | 10 | 21 days |
| Academic/Emeritus staff | 99 | end of current semester | 5 | 20 | 21 days |
| Professional staff | 30 | end of current semester | 5 | 10 | 21 days |
| OUA students* | 15 | 4 weeks | 4 | 10 | 21 days |
| Murdoch University Short Course students | 8 | 4 weeks | 1 | 5 | Not available |
| Non-award students | 15 | 4 weeks | 4 | 10 | Not available |
| Murdoch College students | 12 | 4 weeks | 4 | 10 | Not available |
| Murdoch College staff |
30 | end of current semester | 5 | 10 | Not available |
| MIT students and staff | 12 | 4 weeks | 4 | 10 | Not available |
| Corporate members | 8 | 6 weeks | 1 | 5 | Not available |
| Community members |
8 | 6 weeks | 1 | 5 | Not available |
| Alumni | 8 | 6 weeks | 1 | 5 | Not available |
| Other Australian & New Zealand university students and staff |
15 | 6 weeks | 1 | 10 | Not available |
| Training WA students and staff |
2 | 4 weeks | 1 | 2 | Not available |
| Other students | 8 | 6 weeks | 1 | 5 | Not available |
* Local OUA students only. No postal service provided.
DVDs and videos
| Library | Who can borrow? | Number of items |
Loan period |
|---|---|---|---|
| South St Campus | Murdoch and Other University students, Alumni | 2 | 6 weeks |
| South St Campus | MIT, OUA, high school students *, Rockingham public patrons, TAFE WA | 2 | 4 weeks |
| Rockingham Campus | All library members | 4 | 4 weeks |
| Peel Campus | Students and staff from Mandurah Senior Campus, Murdoch University and Challenger Institute of Technology only | 12 | 4 weeks |
* Murdoch college students are not eligible to borrow DVDs and Videos.
Reserve
Books in the Reserve collection may be borrowed for 2 hours during the day.
Most reserve items may be borrowed overnight from two hours before closing (see our opening hours).
- Only Murdoch students and staff may borrow items from the Reserve collection.
- Two items may be borrowed at a time for two hours during the day.
- You can book items in advance at the Loans Desk for overnight loan.
- Three day loans are not renewable but can be requested if on loan.
- You must return reserve items to the library from where you borrowed them
- Overnight loans must be returned within one hour of the Library next opening
