New Borrowing Rules
New borrowing rules from December 19, 2011.
The target groups for the university library are students, researchers and other staff at Dalarna University. To be able to borrow materials, you need to have a library card and live in Sweden. The library card is personal and should be kept safe. You are personally responsible for all borrowed material and you may not lend the material to other people. You need to have your card with you when you wish to borrow from the library. To apply for a library card, see information below.
If you are a student at Dalarna University in Falun or Borlänge, please fill in the “Library card application”. After you have received your “Key card” from the Help Desk, you have to come to the library to register this card which then will be your library card.
If you are a distance student at Dalarna University and live in Sweden, please fill in the “Library card application”. You have to be enrolled as a student in a course or programme at Dalarna University to be accepted as a borrower at the library. We will send the library card to your home address. It may take a few weeks from the time you get your acceptance letter until you become a registered student. For that reason your card may be delayed. To obtain a library card before the course/programme has started, we need to have a copy of your acceptance letter and a copy of your authenticated ID.
If you are a staff member at Dalarna University, please come and visit the library and register your key card which then will be your library card.
The library is open to all who need to use our collection. You need a library card, which you can get when you visit the library, and you must show valid photo identification.
| Course references/ Reference books |
For use in the library only |
| DVDs (only students and staff) |
4 days |
| Books and CDs |
14-28 days. Guaranteed borrowing time 14 days. If no one requests the book you can keep it for 28 days. |
| Journals |
Borlänge: 7 days. Falun: for use in the library only. |
You get a courtesy note three days before the end of your loan period that you have to return the book.
You can renew your loans in the library catalogue.
Loan period at queue on the book
Have you had the book less than 14 days when it is requested becomes the new borrowing time 14 days counted from the day you borrowed the book.
Have you had the book for more than 14 days when it is requested you get an notice that tells you to return the book within four days. If you return the book later you will get a fine. It is therefore very important that you check your email regularly!
If there is a queue on the book when you borrow it, you get a loan period of 14 days.
Books that are checked out by another person can be requested via the online library catalogue. You will receive an e-mail when the book is available; note that you must collect the book from the library within three days.
If you live outside the Falun or Borlänge district, you may reserve books which are currently in the library, so-called "On shelf". Please note that since reserved books are only removed from the shelves once a day by the library staff, the books may have been checked out.
If you live within the Falun or Borlänge district, please do not request books that are "On shelf"; come to the library in person to borrow them. Note that books from one library can be picked up at the other library. Use "Select a pickup location" in the request confirmation.
Please note that we are not able to send books or articles abroad; however, you can use our electronic resources.
| Books & CDs |
10 SEK/day/Book |
| DVDs |
50 SEK/day/DVD |
If overdue fees exceed 200 SEK no loans or renewals will be permitted until the fees have been paid in full.
The library will send you three overdue notices for books that are overdue. If a book has not been returned within fourteen days after the third notice, we will charge you for the replacement cost and administration cost of 100 SEK, and your library card will be blocked. Damaged or lost books must be replaced by the borrower, either by buying new copies or by invoice.
Should you break our rules, we may suspend you from borrowing.
