Library:Help for Distance Students/Library from Home/Borrowing Books

Borrowing Books

To request home delivery of a UBC Library book:

• Step One: Apply to get your barcode online if you don't already have one and cannot come to campus to pick your UBC card up in person.

• Step Two: register for delivery services.

• Step Three: Find the item you want in the UBC Library catalogue.
  • If the status is "available", click on Order via Document Delivery (DocDel) and note that you want it sent to a non-library location.
  • If the status is "on loan", click on "Request this Item: Recall" and choose extension library as the pickup location. The item will then be forwarded to you asap.

As a registered Distance Education student your loan period for UBC books is 28 days (undergraduate) or 56 days (graduate). Both are subject to recall by another borrower.

• You can renew library materials online through the My Library Account portal except for items recalled by another borrower.

• Books and other materials are delivered by mail free of charge within Canada and the US and take from 10 days to 2 weeks for processing and delivery. Please allow adequate time.