Join the library

1.1 These terms and conditions for library use apply to the use of, and the lending of items from the following library services:

• County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
• Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
• Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
• Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust
• North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
• Northumbria Health Care NHS Foundation Trust
• South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust
• Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

2.1 All NHS staff working for the above Trusts are eligible to join the NHS Library & Knowledge Services, and use any of the libraries in the Trusts listed above.

2.2 All NHS students on placement in the Trusts listed above are eligible to join the NHS Library & Knowledge Services, and use any of the libraries in those Trusts for the duration of their course.  Other students may be eligible to join for the duration of their placement.

3.1 Staff should register with one library at their Trust library service listed above.  Students should register at the library nearest to their main placement.  This is their home library.

3.2 Other local rules and regulations specific to the individual library service may be given out at registration. Members who infringe any regulation may have their borrowing privileges suspended by all the libraries listed above. Serious infringements may be reported to the appropriate authority.

3.3 If the user wishes to use other libraries it is their responsibility to ask for, and familiarise themselves with, any additional local rules and regulations on arrival at the new library.

4.1 Members must possess a current library ticket and produce this ticket in order to borrow items.

4.2 Members are responsible for items borrowed in their name with their library ticket. Therefore, members should not lend their library ticket, or items borrowed with it, to any other party.

4.3 Members can use any of the libraries in the Trusts listed above to borrow items. Members have an overall loan limit of 10 items.

4.4 No item of stock may be removed from the library unless it has been issued by a member of library staff or through a self-issue procedure.

4.5 Members should return all items by the due date in good condition.

4.6 Members may be invoiced for the full cost of replacing damaged and non-returned items, plus an additional administrative and handling charge in some Trusts. Some Trusts use salary deduction to reclaim costs from staff.

4.7 Most items will be automatically renewed up to six times unless requested by another library user. After six renewals items need to presented to library staff for further renewal.

4.8 Some services, such as inter library loan requests and reservation requests may only be available from the members home library.