Library Services

A Short Summary of the Special Library Service

• Requested books from Uppsala University Library's collections will be registered in the loan system by library staff and sent to SCAS if you have chosen Carolina Rediviva as pick-up location.
  
  
• Transports to and from SCAS twice a week
  
  
• All interlibrary loans and document deliveries are free of charge, and will be sent to SCAS.
  
  
• A contact person at Uppsala University Library for all your questions.

Library Account/Card
A library account/card has been create for you upon arrival - attached to the card you get a note with your password and your pin code. If you want to change your password or pin code do so by logging in to "My Loans" at the library website External link, opens in new window.. (If you already have a library account as an UU Employee you continue to use that account, you are now registered as a SCAS Fellow on your account).

How to Borrow Books Using the Special Service

• Visit the library website External link, opens in new window.

• Request the books you want to borrow in the Library Search. You need to login to the library system to be able to make requests. Choose "Other/ Public User" (unless you also are an Uppsala University Employee).

• As pick-up location, you must choose Carolina Rediviva to get the books sent to SCAS.

• Library staff will collect the material that you have ordered, register the loans in the library loan system and send them to SCAS.

• As a SCAS Fellow it is possible to request books between all branch libraries belonging to Uppsala University Library, both those that are available in open shelves and those that are placed in closed stacks. If you choose "Carolina Rediviva" as the pick-up location they will be sent to SCAS.

• NB! The library system will send you automatically generated messages when the requested book is ready for pick. Please just ignore these messages.
  
  
• Deliveries of requested books to SCAS and pick-up of returned books will be on Tuesdays and Fridays.

• Printed journals are normally not possible to borrow. You need to go to the subject library in order to read and/or make copies at site. The Carolina Library will make exceptions for older printed journal volumes and lend them to SCAS for shorter periods. (N.B. this does not include the volumes in the Journal Reading Room ="TLS".)
  
  

Interlibrary Loans and Document Deliveries

• We use a service called Libris User-Initiated Interlibrary Loans. You create your patron account in LIBRIS (the national catalogue), and must choose the Karin Boye Library as your home library. When you have created the account, you can make your ILL requests directly in LIBRIS. If you cannot find the title you are looking for in Libris, please use the "Empty Request Form". You will find it in your Libris account in the upper right corner when you are logged in.

• You will find more information about how to create your user account in Libris and how to make interlibrary loans on the library's website - click on "Borrow and request" in the left margin and scroll down to the information about "Request interlibrary loans and articles" External link, opens in new window.

• Interlibrary loan staff will take care of your ILL requests; order them, register them in the library system and send them to SCAS when they arrive.

• The ILL service is free of charge for SCAS Fellows.

• NB! Please note that interlibrary loans and document deliveries will always be sent to SCAS.

• Every time you make an ILL request, the Libris system will send you several automatically generated messages. You will also receive a message when the book is ready for pick-up. Unfortunately these messages cannot be stopped, so please just ignore them. The book will arrive at SCAS after a few days.

Useful Information

• Loan Periods and Renewals
  The loan period is normally 30 days, with automatic renewals as long as no new patron requests the book or the maximum loan period is reached (one year for guest researchers).

• My Loans
  Here you can manage your requests and see your loans

• Older Books and Book Collections
  Older books and book collections at the library may also, and sometimes only be found in other catalogues than the web catalogue.You will find older catalogues at Uppsala University Library in the left margin under "Finding materials" and then you choose "Special collections finding aids and catalogues. Some examples:

Catalogue -1962: printed books and journals for the period 1796-1962. The catalogue is digitized, and it is possible to place requests directly in the catalogue.

Alvin: Platform for digital collections and digitized cultural heritage.

Contact Person at Uppsala University Library
Please contact Ulrika Haak at the Uppsala University Library if you have any questions.