NTNU Library provides its services to staff and students at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). If the resources of the Library permit it, the collections are open to people in Norway and abroad who need material for research, academic study and documentation.
2. Registration
Borrowers must come to the Library in person to register for a library card (valid identification documents must be produced) or registration can be done through the Student Register. Students and staff at NTNU can use their ID cards as library cards.
Responsibility of the borrower:
The borrower is responsible for the correctness of the registered information
Library cards are personal documents and cannot be transferred to others
The Library is to be notified immediately of lost library cards, and any change in the borrower’s association with NTNU
3. Loans
Loans from NTNU Library’s collections are free of charge. The loan period is normally 4 weeks. There may be restrictions due to material type or library unit. Note that some library units have their own regulations.
A loan can be renewed if there is no reservation on it.
NTNU Library’s electronic resources are available on the computers in the Library and can be be used subject to the licensing agreements. The same resources can be accessed by those permitted to use the computer network at NTNU.
Literature required for study or research that is not the property of NTNU Library, can be obtained from other libraries in original format or as a copy. NTNU Library is allowed to charge for copies and loans from other libraries. In such cases the library that owns the document decides the loan period. NTNU Library is allowed to impose an upper limit on the number of loans to each borrower.
Responsibility of the borrower:
All documents that are taken out of the Library are to be registered as a loan. The borrower is personally responsible for everything registered as a loan on his/her library card.
Documents that are lost or damaged must be replaced in accordance with the Library’s regulations and charges. Loans are to be returned by the expiry date of the loan period. All documents borrowed from NTNU Library must be returned to NTNU Library. This also applies to documents owned by other libraries that have been borrowed through NTNU Library.
Documents that are borrowed from the Library cannot be loaned to a third party.
4. Compensation claims
The Library will send a claim for compensation if the document is not renewed or returned after 2 reminders.
Apart from compensation for the value of the document, NTNU Library will also charge for the purchasing and registration costs. NTNU Library retains its rights of ownership to any document where compensation is claimed. Should the document be returned to NTNU Library at a later date, the compensation claim will be repaid to the borrower less the expenses involved.
Any costs related to enforcing legal proceedings will be charged to the borrower.
Failure to follow the Lending Regulations at NTNU Library can result in the loss of borrowing rights.
In special cases, NTNU Library can give dispensation from parts of the regulations.
