What can I borrow from the library?

If you have lost your card, we will ask for £1 in cash for producing a replacement card. It is probably best if you email us in advance of your visit. We will normally expect you to show us some photo ID when you come to collect the replacement card. Without a card you cannot borrow from us.

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Initially, the standard borrowing length for our books is 4 weeks. Unless someone else requests a book, our system will automatically renew books 5 times (at 4 weeks each; instructions on how to check how many times a book has been renewed). So in theory, you might be able to borrow a book for 6 months. After that you will need to remember to renew books manually.

To renew books manually:

1. Go to our catalogue (https://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/search~S3/‍)

2. Click on "Login to your account"

3. Use your first name and surname (with a space, so "Joseph Bloggs")

4. The Heythrop Library card number, without spaces: 019.... (see the back of your Heythrop Library card)

5. Click on '[x] Item currently checked out'

6. Renew all, or select those you wish to renew, and click on 'Renew selected'.

7. The system will show the new due date.

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If the above does not work, please contact us:

heythroplibrary@jesuit.org.uk

or via 020 7529 4843

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When to request a book
‍If you find a book in our catalogue with the location given as ‘Heythrop Mount Street', it is 'Available' to be borrowed from our reading room (the only other location description for books on-site is 'Heythrop New Acquisitions'). If a book’s location is marked as either

Heythrop Deepstore [up to 2 working days]

or

Heythrop Crown [up to 2 working days]

this means that the book needs to be requested from an off-site store.

‍Requesting books from off-site stores
‍In the catalogue, please click on the request option.

Please note that when requesting books from the off-site storage facility, every request defaults to being delivered to Senate House Library. However, Heythrop Library staff will check each request, and manually process them according to the requester’s home library. The following video illustrates this process: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k7F2pvIDSaPs9VxeAXWkfp5YD9w-ipt5/view .

Such requests can take up to 2 working days to be delivered. Since 1 July 2023 the normal delivery days are Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays

Requests get processed 3 times per week:

If a request is placed before 2pm on a

Tuesday -> the book(s) will be delivered on Wednesday

Thursday -> the book(s) will be delivered on Friday

Friday -> the book(s) will be delivered on Monday

Please always wait for the email confirming that the book(s) has/have arrived.