Loan Privileges for Library Users

User Type	Material Type	Loan Period	Loan Quota	Renewal	Fines	Hold
Undergraduate & Sub-Degree Students Non-academic & General Grade Staff Eligible Retired General Grade Staff	Books	28 days	30	2	$2/day (1-6 days) $3/day (7-42 days)	5 (including PolyU books, AV items, and HKALL books)
	HKALL Books⁺	15 days	10 (quota includes both loans and holds at any one time)	2	$2/day (1-6 days) $3/day (7-42 days)
	AV Items ^#	Other AV items (7 days)	2	2 (only for items on 7-day loan)	$5/day (1-6 days) $10/day (7-15 days)
	AV Items ^#	Movie & drama series (3 days)	2	2 (only for items on 7-day loan)	$5/day (1-6 days) $10/day (7-15 days)	Nil
	Reserve Books	6 hours	2	Nil	$2/hour	Ni

⁺ - HKALL books are for use by PolyU students and staff only.

^# - Some AV items have been restricted for in-house use only due to very high user demand, copyright restriction, technical limitation or at the request of teaching staff.

User Type	Material Type	Loan Period	Loan Quota	Renewal	Fines	Hold
Postgraduate Students	Books	Term loans (i.e. one week before a new semester starts)	60	2	$2/day (1-6 days) $3/day (7-42 days)	10 (including PolyU books, AV items, and HKALL books)
	HKALL Books⁺	30 days	10 (quota includes both loans and holds at any one time)	2	$2/day (1-6 days) $3/day (7-42 days)
	AV Items ^#	Other AV items (7 days)	5	2 (only for items on 7-day loan)	$5/day (1-6 days) $10/day (7-15 days)
	AV Items ^#	Movie & drama series (3 days)	5	2 (only for items on 7-day loan)	$5/day (1-6 days) $10/day (7-15 days)	Nil
	Reserve Books	60 hours	3	Nil	$2/hour	Nil
	Research Carrels	1 day	1	Nil	$30/day	Nil

⁺ - HKALL books are for use by PolyU students and staff only.

^# - Some AV items have been restricted for in-house use only due to very high user demand, copyright restriction, technical limitation or at the request of teaching staff.

User Type	Material Type	Loan Period	Loan Quota	Renewal	Fines	Hold
Academic, Research, and Equivalent Status Administrative Staff Eligible Retired Academic Staff	Books	Term loans (i.e. one week before a new semester starts)	60	2	$2/day (1-6 days) $3/day (7-42 days)	10 (including PolyU books, AV items, and HKALL books)
	HKALL Books ⁺	30 days	20 (quota includes both loans and holds at any one time)	2	$2/day (1-6 days) $3/day (7-42 days)
	AV Items ^# ^*	Other AV items (7 days)	5	2 (only for items on 7-day loan)	$5/day (1-6 days) $10/day (7-15 days)
	AV Items ^# ^*	Movie & drama series (3 days)	5	2 (only for items on 7-day loan)	$5/day (1-6 days) $10/day (7-15 days)	Nil
	Reserve Books	60 hours	3	Nil	$2/hour	Nil
	Research Carrels	1 day	1	Nil	$30/day	Nil

⁺ - HKALL books are for use by PolyU students and staff only.

^# - Some AV items have been restricted for in-house use only due to very high user demand, copyright restriction, technical limitation or at the request of teaching staff.

^* - Advance bookings of AV items are available to academic staff for teaching purpose.

User Type	Material Type	Loan Period	Loan Quota	Renewal	Fines	Hold
Alumni Special Borrowers PolyU Privilege Card Holders JULAC Users	Books	28 days	15	2	$2/day (1-6 days) $3/day (7-42 days)	5 (including books and AV items)
	AV Items ^#	Other AV items (7 days)	2	2 (only for items on 7-day loan)	$5/day (1-6 days) $10/day (7-15 days)	5 (including books and AV items)
	AV Items ^#	Movie & drama series (3 days)	2	2 (only for items on 7-day loan)	$5/day (1-6 days) $10/day (7-15 days)	Nil
	Reserve Books	6 hours	2	Nil	$2/hour	Nil

^# - Some AV items have been restricted for in-house use only due to very high user demand, copyright restriction, technical limitation or at the request of teaching staff.

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