Sandbox:Library:Law Use of Collection

Borrowing Privileges

You must have a valid UBCcard to borrow any book. Only students and faculty can sign out course reserve materials.

Loan periods & Fines for Overdue Books

Loan periods vary, depending on the type of material and category of borrower. Generally, the loan period for books is 2 weeks and journals circulate for 2 days. Most reserve materials circulate for 2 hours and may be borrowed for overnight use 2 hours before closing. They are due 1 hour after opening the following day. The Library system imposes fines automatically from the first day a book is overdue (from the first hour that a Reserve book is overdue). For further information, refer to UBC Library Loan Regulations.

Competitive Moots

Students in competitive moots may be assigned carrel or table space at the time that their moot problem is distributed. Please see the Law Librarian in Room 109C for further information.

Non Circulating Materials

Primary legal materials (law reports, statutes, regulations, legislative materials) generally do not circulate because it is important that they always be available for study and research. All users are requested to reshelve these books. Materials shelved in the Reference collection and in the Special Collections cabinets do not circulate and it may be necessary, on occasion, to restrict other materials.

Reserve Room

Course readings and high-demand materials are shelved in the Reserve Room. Materials that a professor has put "on reserve" may be found in the Online Catalogue by doing a "Course Reserve search". Other types of material in the Reserve Room include current issues of law journals, old exams, statutes and regulations for British Columbia, and recent texts on subjects taught at this law school.