{"id":10606,"date":"2020-05-23T22:34:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T20:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/library-services-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:10:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T08:10:53","slug":"library-lending-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/library-lending-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Services: Lending Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10606\" class=\"elementor elementor-10606\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-81815b3 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"81815b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ac7cd3\" data-id=\"0ac7cd3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-86560c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"86560c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3f3e27\" data-id=\"b3f3e27\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c66e006\" data-id=\"c66e006\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcdc66b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dcdc66b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Library and Information Services<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-43ff54e\" data-id=\"43ff54e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-340233d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"340233d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa1f9c4\" data-id=\"fa1f9c4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84fe688 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"84fe688\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c923ad3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c923ad3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-409f962\" data-id=\"409f962\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5206e74\" data-id=\"5206e74\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37f2e1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37f2e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"color: #dd1328; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: normal;\">Lending Services<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecca8d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ecca8d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The SPU library renders book lending services to staff and students as per the Library Lending Policy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dcfab6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dcfab6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"color: #dd1328; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: normal;\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\">Lending Policy<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7098c55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7098c55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"color: #dd1328; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: normal;\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\">Staff and students<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7269771 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7269771\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>All SPU students and staff members are automatically members of the library by virtue of having registered or being employed by the university respectively.<\/p><p>Library membership will remain active as long as they are students and\/or staff members.<\/p><p>Upon leaving the university, their library membership will become inactive until such time that they register as external members and\/or Alumni.\u00a0<\/p><p><b>APPLICABLE LOAN RULES FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS<\/b><\/p><p>[table id=1 \/]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-767ffea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"767ffea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"color: #dd1328; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: normal;\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\">External membership<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b192c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b192c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b style=\"letter-spacing: 0.8px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SPU-Library-membership-application-form.pdf\">CATEGORY A<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0.8px; background-color: inherit;\">CHELSA Agreement<\/strong><\/p><p>Students (Masters and Doctoral) and Staff members of a university who wish to use the library and information services of another university library need to obtain a signed standardised <strong>Letter of Introduction<\/strong> from the Head or a duly authorised personnel member from their home university library.<\/p><p>The letter must be presented to the head of the hosting university library for acceptance.<\/p><p>Upon approval of the external membership application, the patron will need to pay R100 fee as stipulated on the application form.<\/p><p>Download\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SPU-Library-membership-application-form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><p><a style=\"letter-spacing: 0.8px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SPU-Library-membership-application-form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>CATEGORY B<\/b><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.8px; background-color: inherit;\">External membership will be open to members of the public and companies in need of LIS services.<\/span><\/p><p>External members must complete a form (available online or at the circulation desk).<\/p><p>The completed form must be submitted at the circulation desk.<\/p><p>The applicable fee for Category B membership is R3,500 per year running from January to December.<\/p><p>The approval of external membership lies with the Director: Library and Information Services who has the right to decline membership in case s\/he suspects fraudulent or misrepresentation of information by the applicant.<\/p><p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.8px;\">Download\u00a0<\/span><strong><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; letter-spacing: 0.8px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/SPU-Library-membership-application-form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application here<\/a><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.8px;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf2f69 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6cf2f69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa3233f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa3233f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-417976c\" data-id=\"417976c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d787c53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d787c53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c06d7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c06d7a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-870bb92\" data-id=\"870bb92\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a9dcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48a9dcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/library-resources\/\">Find Resources<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/library-resources\/\">Library Services<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/teaching-learning-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teaching and Learning\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/research-support-library\/\">Research Support<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/library-announcements\/\"><span style=\"background-color: inherit;\">Announcements<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/about-the-library\/\">About Us<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-77b7562 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77b7562\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-98c609d\" data-id=\"98c609d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44dce48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"44dce48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c64c47 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c64c47\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-01bdb65\" data-id=\"01bdb65\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fbe3c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fbe3c0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-abe91e1\" data-id=\"abe91e1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8687f83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8687f83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c4dab9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c4dab9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-15f6322\" data-id=\"15f6322\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-410bd74 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"410bd74\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c03491\" data-id=\"8c03491\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c11a2eb\" data-id=\"c11a2eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96f0f07 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"96f0f07\" 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