The borrower can check out items through the following ways:

• The borrower must show his/her valid campus card or institutional library card at the Circulation Services Counter, in order to borrow library items.

• Self-service machines

• WeMust APP

General books and their attachments (such as CD-Roms) are available for borrowing. Further, some of the other collections can also be borrowed for a stipulated temporary loan period.

Borrowing quotas and loan period for different borrowers are as follows:

Please refer to the details of the loan rule at MUST Library Loan Rule for Users.

The patron may check out the attachments, such as CD-ROMs, of general books at the Circulation Counter.

The patron should make sure that the library items checked out are in good condition before they leave the Circulation Counter.

Borrowers may renew the library item on loan for unlimited number of times and the loan period remains the same.

No item on loan will be renewed if it has been requested or is overdue.

Borrowers can click "Transfer" in the "Library" section of the WeMust APP to lend books to other readers.

During the Transferring process, the latest borrower should check and ensure the integrity of the book.

After the Transfer is completed, the new due date will be recalculated from the current day according to the "MUST Library Loan Rule for Users".

The borrowed item(s) should be returned on or before the due date.

⚠️ Important: A fine will be levied for overdue items. If the item(s) is/are returned in 3 days after the due date, the fine may be waived; otherwise the fine will be accumulated on a daily basis from the first day overdue.

When a due date for returning falls on summer and winter recess, borrowers may return the library items in a week after summer and winter recess.

Readers can reserve the required books through the Hold a request online by self-services at https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com on the library website or the "Library" application in the WeMust APP. When the books are available for pick-up, the system will send an email notification. Readers are required to collect them by scanning the QR code at the Library Holds Pick-up Locker within three days. Reservations for books not collected within the time limit will be cancelled.

A first-come-first-served policy will be adopted in sending e-mail notices if very many borrowers request the same item.

Self-service machines are available in the library. For the first time to use, the borrower need to set an initial pin for their own library accounts in person at the 1/F circulation counter before borrowing books.

Faculty, staff, and students of the University may check out books by scanning the QR code with the WeMust APP.