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Lending Regulations

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Lending Regulations

(Effective from 1 January 2026)

The University Library at UiT The Arctic University of Norway is a public scientific library. Borrowing rights are granted to any resident in Norway aged 18 years and over. Services beyond this are primarily provided to UiT students and staff, and to our partners by special arrangement.

The responsibilities of the library user

You must comply with the rules in these Regulations for borrowed materials. You undertake to read notifications from the library.

You are personally liable for all materials registered on your own library card. Re-lending to others is prohibited.

Materials must be returned in the same condition as when they were borrowed. In the event of loss or damage, as the borrower, you are liable for compensation.

Library card and account

Students must use their student card or the Studentbevis app as their library card.
Employees must use their employee card.
Other users will be issued with a special library card.

You are personally responsible for notifying the library of changes to your residential address, email address, phone number, user affiliation, etc. Students must update their information in Studentweb. Other users should contact post@ub.uit.no.

User accounts that have been inactive over time are deleted; see the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Please contact post@ub.uit.no if you wish to delete your user account.

Borrowing and use

Registered users may borrow physical titles (e.g. books, films, journals, notes and the like) in person. Certain parts of the library’s collection may be used only on library premises. In such cases, the materials must be used in a designated space within the library. The various borrowing options are highlighted in Oria. Titles taken out of the library must be registered as borrowed.

The library’s electronic resources are available on the public computers for use by all users. Students and staff have access to the same resources, on and off campus.

When the library has digital access to literature, the corresponding paper version will not be purchased or borrowed unless special circumstances dictate otherwise.

Requests

Titles that are currently out on loan can be requested by students and staff in Oria. You will be placed on a waiting list and will be notified when the title can be picked up at your chosen library.

You cannot reserve or request titles that are on the shelf in the library on your campus.

Any material that is not in our collection, or that is outside your campus, can be requested. This is a special service offered to UiT students and staff, and to users covered by special arrangements with UiT.

Certain employees and students affiliated with UiT can request material to be sent to their home address in Norway. This applies to users residing off-campus who do not regularly attend a campus area with its own library.

Renewals

The guaranteed borrowing period is a minimum of three weeks.

All loans from our collection are automatically renewed for three weeks, as long as there is no waiting list. Loans can be renewed for a maximum of 12 months for staff and PhD students, and six months for students and other borrowers.

For any title on a waiting list, the loan is recalled in when the guaranteed borrowing period expires. To renew after the maximum borrowing period, you must return the title to the library and register it as a new loan.

The pick-up deadline for reserved titles is three working days.

For interlibrary loans, the owner library's borrowing regulations apply.

Returns

Library materials can be returned to any UiT library.

If you are not in the vicinity of a UiT library, you can return titles by post. For postal returns, you must pay the return postage yourself. Look up the postal address of the library. Feel free to check with your nearest public library if they offer a returns service.

What happens when the borrowing period expires?

On the due date, you will be notified by the library to return the materials.

The first reminder is issued after 7 days.
The second reminder is issued after 14 days. Fines may be applied.
The third reminder is issued after 21 days. A compensation claim is issued for the missing material.

If borrowed materials are not returned or renewed before the third reminder, you will temporarily lose the right to borrow and order titles, and a claim for compensation will be issued. In order to have a borrowing suspension lifted, the library user must return the recalled materials or pay any fines.

See the rates that apply. Claims that are not paid are transferred to a debt collection agency for collection. The costs of any legal debt collection will be charged to the borrower.