Knowing Your Library Series：How to Borrow Items

August 21, 2024 | Library News | WKU Library

WKU Library welcomes you to embark on a new chapter in your life! In this campus full of wisdom and dreams, the library is not only a treasure trove for you exploring the unknown and deepening your major but also a warm harbor for your rest and inspiration. To help everyone better integrate into this vast sea of books more quickly, we have prepared this borrowing guide to new students, aiming to help everyone easily master the borrowing tips and make every browsing a wonderful journey. In addition, our library has Self-service Machines to make the borrowing process conveniently. Now, let's learn more about the details of using these Self-service Machines!

Self-service Book Borrowing Process

Step 1:
Log in to your account using your campus card;

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Step 2:
Click the Borrow;

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Step 3:
Place the items you want to borrow in the designated area of the machine;

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Step 4:
Review the list on the screen to ensure everything is correctly loaned, then click the Finish;

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Step 5:
Check your WKU email and log out your account.

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Manual Book Borrowing Process

If you have trouble when using the self-service machines, you can ask the staff at the Library Service Desk on the third floor of SLAC for help! Please give the book you want to borrow and your campus card to our staff. They will be glad to help you with the borrowing process.

Here are some important points to note about the borrowing process! I guess you are also curious about the borrowing limits and loan period. So let's learn about this information together.

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Note

If you have overdue items or fines in your account, please go to the Library Service Desk to deal with them before you can proceed with borrowing procedures.
If the User does not exist after swiping the card, you will need to wait for the information to be synchronized by the Campus Card Center before you can borrow books.
Students who resume their interrupted studies can't not borrow items until their resumption process has been approved by the library.
Reference collections cannot be loaned out and can only be read in the library.
If you encounter any problems during the borrowing process, please feel free to ask the library desk staff.