Books or articles that required reading for your course are placed in the Short Loan Collection at the request of your lecturer. A Short Loan item is loaned for two hours (Alice Campus), or one hour (East London Campus), and may not be removed from the Library during this time. Some items are also available for over-night loan from the Alice Campus but these must be returned by 9 am the next day.

If you don't return the item at the end of its loan period you will incur a substantial fine. If you borrow a Short Loan and fail to return within three days, the matter will be referred to the University Disciplinary Committee for further action.

The East London Campus does not issue Short Loan material overnight.