How to borrow

Everything you need to know about borrowing

• Can I borrow from the library?

  If you are a student at the NPUC or are an employee of the Norwegian police service, you can borrow items from us.
  
  

   

• How do I register?

  As a student, you are automatically registered once you have paid your semester fee. Employees of the Norwegian police service must contact the library. You can come by in person, phone +47 23 19 98 93 or send an e-mail to biblioteket@phs.no.

• Where do I find course books?

  We purchase a limited number of copies of all the compulsory course books. You may borrow course books for a period of 14 days. They are listed in the library’s collection.

  We also have one copy that can be borrowed just for the day. Contact the library’s reception desk if you would like to do so.

  Use our search engine Oria to check if your course book is available.

• How do I borrow books?

  If you are a student at the NPUC, your keycard acts as a borrowing card and a copying card. Your borrower ID (username) is printed on the back of the keycard, under the barcode. It starts with PHS…

  
  If you are an employee of the Norwegian police service, you can register as a library user by phoning 23 19 98 93 or sending an e-mail to biblioteket@phs.no.

  
  Use the library’s search engine Oria to find out what we have available to borrow

   

• How long can I borrow items for?

  If you are an undergraduate in Oslo or Bodø, you can borrow items for a period of 2 weeks. If you are an undergraduate in Stavern, you can borrow items for 3 weeks.

  If you work for the Norwegian police service, you can borrow items for 4 weeks.

• What happens when the borrowing period expires?

  If you are an undergraduate or postgraduate student, your borrowing period will automatically be renewed up to a maximum of 180 days, as long as no one else is waiting for the book.

  All other borrowers must manually renew their book loans.

  If the books have been borrowed from other libraries or have waiting lists, you will receive a reminder to return them. The third reminder will be sent by letter to your postal address, with notification of a claim for compensation.

• How do I renew a book loan?

  You can renew it via:

  your account in Oria,

  or by coming in person to the library,

  phoning us on +47 23 19 98 93,

  sending an e-mail to biblioteket@phs.no or replying to the reminder you receive by e-mail.

• What happens if I lose or damage a book?

  If you do not return, lose or damage the library’s books, you will have to pay compensation. The compensation fee is set at NOK 500 per document.

• I am not entitled to become a borrower at the NPUC library, how then can I borrow items from you?

  We do not lend material directly to private individuals. However, we do belong to a national library network and lend to all Norwegian libraries.

  
  If you want to borrow something from our collection, you must contact the library where you are registered, and they will borrow the book for you. If you have no library card anywhere – contact your nearest public library.