Students
If you are a student of the University of Bedfordshire, whether you are full time or part time, home or international, on campus or distance learner, undergraduate or postgraduate, or studying at a Study Centre, you are entitled to our full range of services in person at Luton, Bedford and Aylesbury campuses or on-line as described throughout LRWeb. This includes:
On campus
- Loans, maximum of 20 items at a time
- Renewals, up to 25 renewals unless reserved by another student
- Reservations, up to 6 requests for University of Bedfordshire materials from any campus
- Use our Document Supply service for items we do not have
- Library study space during advertised opening hours
- Access to support during advertised hours from:
- Customer Service desk
- Study Hub
- Use of student PCs and MACs in the Library
- Use (at cost) of Library printers
- Use of study facilities including, but not restricted to, silent study areas, group study and presentation rooms and social learning spaces
Off campus
- online support and help from LRWeb
- remote access to digital resources via DISCOVER
- Student Voice feedback
- SiD enquiries
- Service emails for service queries and IT support (48hours response time)
- Telephone support during staffed hours
- Loans, renewals and reservations
Eduroam
If you wish to use Eduroam - a wifi service which allows you to access the internet at participating UK institutions outside the University of Bedfordshire - the quickest way is to authenticate when you are on Campus. Find out more about the Eduroam wifi service
Visiting other libraries
The University of Bedfordshire is part of SCONUL Access which allows you to visit many university libraries:
- SCONUL Access: Join SCONUL Access: for access to over 170 higher education libraries in the UK and Ireland
SCONUL Access is a co-operative venture between most of the higher education libraries of the UK and Ireland. It enables staff, research students, full time postgraduates and part-time, distance learning and placement students to borrow material from other libraries.
- SCONUL Summer access: during the Summer some universities allow visits by showing a current undergraduate or taught postgraduate student ID, but you should check before visiting as local arrangements may require you to apply for SCONUL Access membership.


