Higher Education (HE) students studying at Lincoln College who do not live locally can request up to 4 items at a time via our postal loan service. Any number of requests may be submitted up to the maximum loan limit. Students who live within a 40 mile radius of the College are not eligible to use the service.
To reserve an item, simply follow the process for Click & Collect. You will need to select your home Library as a pick up location. Then add a note to the form stating ‘distance learner – please post’ to make it clear you require the item to be posted, along with your address. Please discard any automated collection emails sent via the Library Management System. The item will be issued to your Library account on the day of posting and you will receive an email confirmation.
We will post items to addresses in the UK using Royal Mail Signed For delivery. Students using the postal loan service are responsible for the books from the point they receive the items until they are checked back into the Library. Students can return loaned items in person when they visit the campus. If they choose to return items by post they must pay any associated charges themselves. We recommend returned items are sent via a tracked service please.
HE students receive four unseen automatic renewals. However, if an item cannot be renewed because it has been reserved by someone else it must be returned to the Library as soon as possible.
If there is an eBook available of the title requested, we will not offer a Postal Loan for this item. We have a large selection of e-books which can be accessed via the Library Catalogue.
Students attending campus within the next 7 days are to use the Click & Collect service and not to request items by Postal Loan.
Full details of all our loan procedures can be found under Borrowing items.