Borrowing Books

Home Loan  

The home loan service allows registered readers to take books outside of the Library facilities. The service is provided in person, at the 2^nd Floor Service Desk, or remotely (for renewals and reservations), using one of the following contacts:

+(351) 217 920 028

 bib.emprestimos@letras.ulisboa.pt

 

General conditions:

• Borrowing can only be done by the registered reader himself
• When books are returned after the stipulated deadline, the reader’s account is temporarily blocked
• After returning an item, the reader won’t be able to borrow it again until the day after
• Renewals are only possible within the lending period
• Reservations (book recalls) can only be made to items that are on loan
• When a reservation is made for a loaned item, loan renewals for that item will not be authorized

 

 

Reader type	Nº of items	Loan term (in weeks)	Nº of renewals
Undergraduate student Administrative and Technical Staff	4	1	3
Master’s student PhD student Postgraduate student Teaching staff Researcher	6	2	3
External Reader	3	1	1

 

Interlibrary Loans (ILL/EIB) 

The Interlibrary Loan (ILL/EIB) service enables patrons of one library to borrow items, for onsite consultation, that are held by another library. This may happen when a user intends to consult an item that is unavailable in the collections of their library.

If you are a registered user at our Library and are looking for a book or article that does not exist in our collections, you can obtain it through the Interlibrary Loan (ILL/EIB) service.

If you are a foreign or national library (from outside the ULisboa Campus) that is looking to borrow documents, solicit copies, prints or digitalisations of items from our collections, you can submit your request using the ILL/EIB service.

Within this scope, the FLUL Library

1. Requests items from other libraries (from outside the ULisboa Campus), Portuguese or foreign
2. Transfers items from its collections (as well as reproductions) to other libraries, Portuguese or foreign

ILL/EIB requests can be submitted online, using one of the appropriate forms, or in person, at the Library internal services (Ground Floor), on working days, from 11h00 to 13h00, and from 14h00 to 17h00.

 

General conditions:

• ILL/EIB is a paid service
• Loan terms can vary, depending on the agreed conditions with the libraries involved
• Item consultation is done in the Reading Room, during the Reading Room opening hours (home loan is not available for ILL/EIB service)

 

Payments and table of costs:

For requests made by users registered in the Library:

• The cost is determined by the supplying library and paid exclusively by the user that makes the request
• The user must choose one of the available methods to carry out the payment: bank transfer to the NIB: 0035 0824 00005247630 04 (CGD account), or in the Treasury of the Financial and Patrimonial Management Division, through an expense documentissued by the ILL/EIB Service.
• Every time a payment is made through bank transfer, proof of payment must be sent to bib.eib@letras.ulisboa.pt

 

For external requests, from Portuguese or foreign libraries:

• Between libraries, we prefer payment via IFLA vouchers
• Every time the payment is made by bank transfer, proof payment must be sent to bib.eib@letras.ulisboa.pt

 

 

Table of costs:

Interlibrary Loan (Regulamento Geral, artigo 12º, nº7)
Portuguese libraries	Loan per unit, including shipping costs	1½ IFLA Voucher or €12,50
	Each copy	€0,20
Foreign libraries	Loan per unit, including shipping costs	2 IFLA Voucher or €20,00
	Each copy	½ IFLA Voucher or €5,00
Digitization/scan (Regulamento Geral, artigo 18.º, n.º 3)
Foreign or Portuguese libraries	Each copy	€0,20

 

Borrowing Documents from the Storage  

Any user who accesses the Library can request a document from the Storage for local reading. To do so, simply go to the Service Desk on the 2^nd Floor, during the Storage's opening hours.

 

General conditions:

• Storage loans are granted for consultation in the Reading Room, on the same day, until the Service Desk on the 2^nd Floor closes
• Only documents with “Storage” status can be requested under these conditions
• When ordering at the counter, you must indicate the barcode(s) of the document(s) you wish to consult
• You can request up to 10 documents simultaneously, with no daily loan limit
• If you intend to consult a book for more than one day, you can ask the operator for the document to remain reserved in your name, at the Service Desk, during that period of time

 

Loan of Bibliography Reserved for Course Support 

Some copies available in the Library are part of bibliographies reserved to courses support. When searching in the SIBUL catalogue, they will be identified by a note for the public "Solicitar obra no balcão do PISO 2" (Request work at the 2^nd Floor counter). Access to these copies is restricted, and they can only be borrowed for local consultation by readers registered at the Library at the Service Desk on the 2nd Floor.

To request these documents, go to the Service Desk on Floor 2 during its opening hours.

General conditions:

• The loan is granted for consultation on the same day, until the Service Desk on the 2^nd Floor closes
• Only documents with the status “Sala de Leitura” (Reading Room) and with the public note “Solicitar obra no balcão do PISO 2” (Request work at the 2nd Floor counter) can be requested under these conditions
• You can request up to 2 documents simultaneously, with no daily loan limit

 

Borrowing Language Dictionaries (for exams only) 

Exceptionally, readers registered at the Library are authorized to borrow selected language dictionaries for exams/tests. If in need one of these dictionaries, you can request its loan at the Service Desk on the 2^nd Floor, during the Reading Room's opening hours.

 

General conditions:

• The loan is only granted for exams/tests taken at FLUL facilities
• Only language dictionaries with “Sala de Leitura” (Reading Room) status can be requested under these conditions
• You can request up to 1 or 2 volumes at the same time (depending on whether it is a dictionary of languages in a single volume or in two volumes), with no daily loan limit

 

Equipment Loan 

Service temporarily suspended

There’s a set of auxiliary study equipment at your disposal, namely:

• Stereo headphones [exclusively available to users registered in the Library]
• Electrical extensions-triple plugs [available to any user of the Library, internal or external]
• Network cables [available to any Library user, internal or external]

Request them at the Service Desk on the 2^nd Floor, during its opening hours.

General conditions:

• The loan is granted for use on the same day, until the Service Desk on the 2^nd Floor closes
• Each reader can simultaneously request 1 piece of equipment of each type

 

Consultation of Reserved items and Archive 

This service allows you to consult, locally, books and periodicals with "Reserved" status, items belonging to the Old Book collection (with a publication date equal to or before 1900), rare works, and documents from the Archive. Access to documents with this status is subject to prior authorization. Requests must be made using the respective form. Once authorized, consultation takes place in the Reserved Reading Room located in the Library's Technical Services area (Ground Floor), at an agreed time.

General conditions:

• Consultation requires prior authorization from the Head of Library Division
• Only documents with “Reserved” status are subject to these loan procedures for local consultation

See detailed information regarding the consultation of “Reserved” items in Regulamento de Consulta de Reservados