SCONUL Access Scheme
Users wishing to join the Library through the SCONUL Access scheme should bring a passport-sized photo with them, as well as an authorised SCONUL Access card and their library card from their home institution.
University of Chester library cards will be produced the next working day so new users cannot borrow material immediately. Those who join the Library through the SCONUL Access scheme are entitled to borrow up to four items at a time from the main collections excluding the short and one week loan collections, children's books, school experience material, and audio-visual equipment and material.
Normal library regulations, including fines for late return of books, will apply. Journals are not available for loan to any borrower. Photocopying facilities are available and copy cards can be purchased from the Helpdesk.
The University is also a member of LEARN (Libraries for Educational Access Regional Network) which allows reference access for users registered at any of the libraries in the scheme.
Special agreements exist where specified staff from certain local NHS Trusts and health care providers may register as external borrowers at the Library or at hospital libraries maintained by the University of Chester. Please contact the Helpdesk for more information about these agreements.