Borrowing Privileges
1. Loan Quantity
User type |
Description |
General borrowing limit（volumes） |
General reservation limit （volumes） |
Overdue threshold of suspending （volumes） |
Renewing books （times） |
Limit to course reserved books （volumes） |
Restrictions based on the book’s language type |
PKU faculty and students |
Undergraduate students, master's students, doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty members who hold University ID card |
60 |
60 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
Unlimited |
Teachers for continuing education, visiting scholars |
Domestic teachers for continuing education/visiting scholars and university-level foreign visiting scholars who hold University ID card |
30 |
30 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
Unlimited |
Cooperative institutions users |
THU faculty and graduate students, BFSU faculty, etc. who apply for Library Card |
30 |
30 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
Unlimited |
Interlibrary loan users |
Libraries which apply for Interlibrary Loan Card |
30 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
Unlimited |
other users |
Short-term international students, exchange students, etc. who apply for Library Card |
10 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
One book in foreign language |
Note: PKU faculty and students who have additional needs for the borrowing limit can contact us to apply for an increase (email: zhaof@lib.pku.edu.cn). The library will review and adjust the limit based on the applicant’s needs and borrowing records.
2. Loan Period
The general borrowing period for books is one month (48 hours for reference books of the General Knowledge Reading Hall), and if there are no other readers with holds, the book can be renewed up to five times (books of the General Knowledge Reading Hall cannot be renewed). If there are special regulations announced by any service desk or reading room, those regulations should be followed accordingly.
