Renewals and Fines

University of Bedfordshire operates an automatic renewals service unless the item is reserved by another customer. Your items will be renewed up to 25 times on your behalf.

  • please monitor your loans for any reservation recalls (you will get an email too via the library catalogue. You will need your student ID number and your library password to access your library account.
  • be sure to reserve any item currently on loan to ensure that the book you need is recalled

Maximum renewals

When you have had 25 automatic renewals you must return the item to the University.

Renewals - full details [PDF]


If an item you have on loan is reserved by another person you must return it on or before the due date. You will not be able to renew it.


Fines are charged for items that are returned late:

50p per standard loan

75p per 7 day loan

£1 per overnight loan

An overdue reminder will be sent to your university email account in the first instance.


If your loan is more than 5 weeks overdue, a bill for the replacement cost of the loan will be put on your library account.


University of Bedfordshire students on placement in the NHS, are privileged to be allowed to use the NHS libraries in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire to borrow books.

If any loans become badly overdue University of Bedfordshire Library accounts will be sanctioned until the books are returned and the fines are paid

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