- Last Updated: Oct 23, 2024 10:46 AM
- URL: https://library.uregina.ca/borrowing
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Your U of R photo ID card is also your library card.
To get your U of R photo ID card, bring your confirmation of enrollment plus a photo driver's licence or two other pieces of identification to Room 210 - Registrar's Office in the Administration-Humanities Building.
New employees should bring their letter of offer.
If you are over 18 and not attending a post-secondary school, the following instructions will apply to you:
Where to go?
* Dr. John Archer Library
When to go?
* During Library Open Hours
What to bring?
* A Saskatchewan Health Services card and a Saskatchewan Driver's license
How many items can be borrowed?
* 50 items
What is the cost?
* Public Access Library Cards are free of charge. Cards expire yearly
Where can the card be used?
* Public Access Library Cards can borrow items from any University of Regina affiliated library (Archer, Campion, First Nations, and Luther Libraries)
Includes Adjunct Faculty and Emeriti.
Faculty, Staff, and Sessionals can borrow max. of 500 items.
All loans are subject to recall if required by other patrons. Recalled items will be due 14 days from the date of recall. If an item is borrowed which already has previous requests on it, then the current borrower will get a 14 day loan period.
| Item | Loan Period |
| Books Government Publications |
Faculty / Non-Teaching Staff - academic year Sessional - End of current semester |
| Electronic Databases & Journals | Unrestricted Access |
| Laptop computer | 5 days (due by 5:00pm on due date) |
| Music compact discs | End of current semester |
| Serials (including Serials in Basement Storage) | End of current semester |
| Provincial Heritage Languages Collection | End of current semester |
| Audio-Visual Material | End of current semester |
| Reserves | 2 hours, 3 hours, overnight (due next day at noon), 3 days, or 7 days |
| Textbooks | 2 hours |
| Reference Micromaterials Theses and Special collections |
In Library Use Only |
Undergraduates can borrow max. of 100 items. Graduate students can borrow max. of 200 items.
All loans are subject to recall if required by other patrons. Recalled items will be due 7 days from the date of recall. If an item is borrowed which already has previous requests on it, then the current borrower will get a 14 day loan period.
| Item | Loan Period |
| Books Government Publications |
End of current semester |
| Electronic Databases & Journals | Unrestricted Access |
| Laptop computer | 5 days (due by 5:00pm on due date) |
| Music compact discs | End of current semester |
| Serials (including Serials in Basement Storage) | End of current semester |
| Provincial Heritage Languages Collection | End of current semester |
| Audio-Visual Material | End of current semester |
| Reserves | 2 hours, 3 hours, overnight (due next day at noon), 3 days, or 7 days |
| Textbooks | 2 hours |
| Reference Micromaterials Theses and Special collections |
In Library Use Only |
Visiting Scholars can borrow max. of 50 items.
All loans are subject to recall if required by other patrons. Recalled items will be due 7 days from the date of recall. If an item is borrowed which already has previous requests on it, then the current borrower will get a 14 day loan period.
| Item | Loan Period |
| Books Government Publications |
End of current semester |
| Electronic Databases & Journals | On-Campus Access Only |
| Laptop computer | 5 days (due by 5:00pm on due date) |
| Music compact discs | End of current semester |
| Serials (including Serials in Basement Storage) | End of current semester |
| Provincial Heritage Languages Collection | End of current semester |
| Audio-Visual Material | End of current semester |
| Reference Micromaterials Theses and Special collections |
In Library Use Only |
This category includes Alumni*, APEGS, Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) students, Saskatchewan Health, Public Access, Reciprocal Borrowers, and Grade 12 Advanced Placement Students
Max. 50 items can be borrowed; Reciprocal borrowers can borrow max. 25 items
All loans are subject to recall if required by other patrons. Recalled items will be due 7 days from the date of recall. If an item is borrowed which already has previous requests on it, then the current borrower will get a 14-day loan period.
| Item | Loan Period | |
| Books Government Publications |
End of the current semester | |
| Electronic Databases & Journals |
On-Campus Access Only |
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| Laptop computers | Not Available | |
| Music compact discs |
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| Serials (including Serials in Basement Storage) | In Library Use Only | |
| Provincial Heritage Languages Collection | End of current semester | |
| Audio-Visual Material | In Library Use Only | |
| Reserves | Not Available | |
| Reference Micromaterials Theses and Special collections |
In Library Use Only |
Items borrowed must be returned or renewed by the due date.
A renewal loan period is the same as the original loan period.
Items can be renewed up to 5 times. To renew items please log in to My Library Account. Recalled items, reserve materials, and other short-term loans are not available for renewal.
If the system does not allow you to renew an item, contact Library Help Desk for assistance.
All loans are subject to recall if required by other patrons. Recalled items will be due 14 days from the date of recall.
You will be notified when the item is ready for pickup. It will be held for 1 week only.
All recalled items will be available for pickup at the Archer Library.
The Basement Storage area of the Dr. John Archer Library is not open to library clients.
Requests for materials stored here, may be placed in person by filling out a Basement Storage request form available at the Library Help Desk of the Dr. John Archer Library.
All items requested by 3:45 p.m. will be available for pickup at the Library Help Desk by 4:30 p.m. the same day. Requests received after 3:45 p.m. will be available with the next day's requests.
Items will be returned to the Basement Storage locations after remaining unclaimed on the shelf for 1 week, or after they have been viewed.
For inquiries, contact the Library Help Desk at: 306-585-4133 before coming to the library to pick up the item.