Borrowing media
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Borrowing: do it yourself
In these branch libraries, you borrow your media yourself at our terminals for self checkout:
- BA Library (Duisburg campus)
- LK Library (Duisburg campus)
- Humanities and Social Sciences Library (Essen campus)
- Medical Library (Essen University Hospital).
To do so, you will need your user number/university ID and your PIN.
In the branch libraries BA and MC, you can borrow your media at the lending desks.
More information:
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Borrowing by an authorised person
You can authorise a person to borrow or collect media for you.
Please note:
- Your library card and a signed certificate of authority has to be presented.
- The certificate of authority has to contain the name of the authorised person.
- It is only valid for one borrowing transaction.
- The authorisedperson has to present a photo id.
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Borrowing by student assistants or assistant professors
UDE academics can assign borrowing and collecting media to assistants by providing a limited certificate of authority.
Please note:
- The account holder´s library card has to be presented.
- The certificate of authority has to include the name of the authorised person and the date of the limitation.
- The assistant has to present his own photo ID, too.