Loans & Requests

Loan Privileges

'Staff' includes:

• NP Full Time Staff & Adjunct Lecturers
  
• NIEC@NP Teaching Staff
  

'Student' includes:

• NP Full-Time Student
  
• NIEC@NP Full-Time & CET Student
  
• POLITE-CET@NP Student

NOTE: If your account is expiring soon, the loan period of borrowed items will be shortened.

^Restricted Media is kept in Closed Stacks. Both NP Staff and NP Students must first submit an online form to request for loan. 

Only NP Staff can borrow Restricted Media out of Library premises for academic purposes.

NP students can only borrow Restricted Media only for on-premise viewing in the Library's designated Media Viewing Rooms (Eris 1 and Eris 2).

Unable to Borrow

You are unable to borrow if:

• Item is already 'on hold' and awaiting collection by another library member who has successfully requested it.
• You have unreturned overdue items or unpaid fines in your account. Return your overdue items and  pay your outstanding fines to resume your loan privileges.
  

Automatic Renewal

Loaned items will auto renew 3 days before due date until it reaches its maximum renewal period.

Unless:

• Item is nearing max renewal period
• Item has been requested by others
• There are unreturned overdue items or unpaid fines in your account. Return your overdue items and pay your outstanding fines to resume automatic or manual renewal privileges.
• Your account is restricted or expiring soon
• Item is borrowed via InterLibrary Loan

You may also choose to manually renew borrowed items via your Library account anytime within the item's maximum renewal period.

Maximum Renewal Period:

• Print Books: 16 weeks (112 days)
• Multimedia, Magazines, Reference Books (e.g. Standards): 4 weeks (28 days)
• No auto-renewals for print books borrowed via interlibrary loan

Restricted Media & M18 Media

Restricted Media and M18 Media are kept in Closed Stacks. 

NP Student:

• NP Students must first  submit an online form to request for loan of M18 or Restricted Media. NP Students' request will be routed to their lecturer for endorsement. 
• (M18 Media) Once request is endorsed, you will receive an email with instructions to retrieve the M18 Media at the Library GO! kiosk at Atrium on Ground Floor of Blk 1 (below the Library). With approval, M18 Media can be borrowed out of the Library premises by students. 
• (Restricted Media) Once request is endorsed, you will receive email instructions to collect item from Library staff at the counter for viewing in the Library's Media Viewing Rooms (Eris 1 and Eris 2) for maximum of 4 hours. Access to the rooms will be facilitated by Library staff.  NOTE: Restricted Media cannot be borrowed out of the Library premises by students. 

NP Staff:

• (M18 Media) NP staff must first  submit an online form to request for loan and confirm its terms of use. 
• (Restricted Media) NP Staff must first  submit an online form to request for loan and declare they are borrowing for academic teaching purposes. Restricted Media can be borrowed out of the Library premises by NP Staff. 
• Once request is processed, you will receive email instructions to collect item from the Library GO! kiosk at Atrium on Ground Floor of Blk 1 (below the Library).  

Accompanying Materials 

Want to borrow accompanying materials (e.g. learning kits) of Print items? Contact us via live chat or email us at lib_circ@np.edu.sg for assistance. 

eBooks

eBooks can be borrowed via our eBook platform subscriptions. Users may select between 1 to 14 days for loan.

eBooks will be automatically ‘returned’ once the selected loan period is up.

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Borrow & Return

Self-Service Kiosk inside Library

Borrow or Return physical items via Self-Service Kiosks at Level 2 inside the Library.

You may place multiple items at the kiosk to borrow or return at one go.

View your loan status and due dates in your Library account on the web or via Library Mobile App.  

Library GO! Kiosk at Atrium

Return your item anytime during  Campus Opening Hours at the Library GO kiosk at the Atrium, located at Ground Floor, one level below the Library. 

Items Not Returned

You will be alerted via Library mobile app and email if your borrowed item is approaching its return due date. Download our mobile app to receive reminder notifications for upcoming due dates and access to all other library services. 

Overdue fines will incur for items not returned after their due date. 

Items not returned more than 35 days after its due date are considered as lost and will incur lost charges. 

View our Fines & Payment policy. 

Request & Collect

You may request any item eligible for loan under your membership type & privileges.

To request an item, simply select ‘Request’ for the Item Result in the online Library catalogue. 

Your request will be pending while it is being processed. If your request is successful, you will receive an email notification to collect the item. 

Items that cannot be requested include:

• Equipment
  
• Accompanying materials (e.g. a learning kit that accompanies a book)

Collecting requested items:

Requests will be processed within 1-3 working days. You will receive an email notification with a QR code to be scanned at Library GO! kiosk when your request is successful and item is ready for collection. 

Requested items are available for collection approximately within 7-9 days. The exact due date for collection is shown in the email. If you no longer want the item, you may let the collection period lapse. 

To collect, scan the QR code found in your Library Account under 'Requests' or in the notification email at the Library GO kiosk reader located at the ground floor of the Atrium at Blk 1 (one level below the library). 

The Library GO! Kiosk is available anytime during NP’s Campus Hours.