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Borrowing & Renewing

How do I join the Library?

Your Student ID Card is your library card and is available from the Library.

In order to have a card made you will need to present one of the following:

  • Last year’s EIT student ID Card
  • EIT Login form
  • Fees invoice
  • EIT course Acceptance letter

You will not be issued with any library items unless you have your card with you.
Should you lose your card, replacement ID cards cost $5.00.

What can I borrow and for how long?

Item Loan Period Renewals Overdue Fee
Books 28 days 3 .20c per day
Books - Short term Loan 7 days 3 .50c per day
Journals 7 days Unable to renew .50c per day
Video/CD/DVD 7 days 3 .50c per day
Desk Reference 4 hours Unable to renew $50

We send out courtesy emails reminding you when your library books are due back. For EIT students these emails are sent to their EIT student webmail account. If you would like to change this to another email account click here.

Items marked "Reference" cannot be issued.

You may have up to 30 items on issue at one time. Books and audio-visual items can be renewed
up to 3 times, unless someone else has put in a request for the item.

How do I renew my books?

For instructions on how to renew books online click here.

You can phone 06 974 8000, ext 6040 for Twist Library in Hawke's Bay.
For Tairawhiti call (06) 869 0835.

How do I reserve books?

For instructions on how to reserve books online click here.

You can phone 06 974 8000, ext 6040 for Twist Library in Hawke's Bay.
For Tairawhiti call (06) 869 0835.

Can you get library items from other libraries for me?

We may find an alternative in the collection or we can interloan from another library.  Interloan forms are available at the Library Desk or on the display racks by each Library Catalogue computer.  Interloans take, on average, a week to arrive, so please plan ahead when requesting.

What is Desk Reference?

Desk Reference is high demand material stored behind the desk. You need to bring your Library card.  You may use only one item from Desk Reference at a time, for a period of up to 4 hours.