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Overall borrowing allowance
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Course students: 20 items (undergraduate and taught course postgraduate students)
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Research students: 30 items (M Phil and PHD students)
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Staff: 40 items
A combination of certain amounts of the following materials may be borrowed totalling 20, 30 or 40 as above.
To renew your loans, please renew them online using the Self-Service option on the Library's online catalogue| (you will need your Library card number and PIN). If you do not have access to a computer please telephone 020-7955 7229 (Monday-Friday, 9.00-17.00) .
Please note that renewals and further borrowing is not possible if a user has accumulated £10 or more in fines on their account.
If another user requests/reserves items that you have on your Library account, then you will not be able to renew and extend the loans, In the case of items that have been loaned for more than one week we will contact you with an amended date for return. Failure to return the item(s) by the original or revised due dates will result in recall fines being incurred at the rate of £1.00 a day.
Course Collection
The Course Collection contains books that are cited on LSE course reading lists - staff and students may borrow up to 15 items at a time.
All books are now 3 day loans (regardless of the colour of the spine label). Part-time staff and students can borrow items for 7 days.
A fine of 30p per day is charged on overdue items, rising to £1 per day on items that have been requested/reserved by other library users.
Main Collection
Normal loans
(white labels)
Course students: 3 week loan.
Staff and Research students: 105 day loan.
A fine of 30p per day is charged on overdue normal loans, rising to £1 per day on items that have been requested/reserved by other library users.
Recommended texts
(yellow labels or yellow strips)
These are books recommended as background reading on LSE course reading lists
and are 1 week loans.
A fine of 30p per day is charged on overdue items, rising to £1 per day on items that have been requested/reserved by other library users.