Our staff, postgraduate and undergraduate students may now request circulating books from the other seven UGC libraries, and have them delivered to the University Library for checking out easily and conveniently through the HKALL service.To find the desired books, those eligible users may search the HKALL union catalogue by clicking on the HKALL button at our Library Online Catalogue, and placing a hold on the desired books with the usual placing hold procedures. A Hold Pickup Notice will be sent to users when the requested book is available for checking out. All students will receive an email Hold Pickup Notice.
The HKALL loan quota for each eligible user is 10 which will be taken from the user's individual loan quota.
Please also note the following for the HKALL Service:
| 1. Pickup & Return | MUST be picked up at and returned to the Circulation Counter, University Library |
| 2. Loan period | 30 days for teaching staff, research staff and postgraduate students
15 days for all other eligible HKALL users |
| 3. Renewal | One time |
| 4. Recall | All HKALL books subject to recall by the owning library |
| 5. Fines | Overdue : HK$2/day/item
Late renewal : HK$2/day/item
Recall : HK$4/day/item |
| 6. Hold pickup waiting period | 5 days |
