Borrowing

Research platform

• The research platform swisscovery University and PH Bern includes the holdings of about 500 libraries of the SLSP network.
• The search can be limited to the holdings of the University and PH Bern (including UPD, Inselspital and Swissmedic).
• Instructions for searching, borrowing and downloading can be found on our website. Answers to questions can also be found in our FAQ.

Order/pick up

• The SLSP courier delivers media to Bern at a charge.
• The free Bern courier applies to the majority of the holdings of the University Library of Bern.
• You fetch open access holdings from the shelves yourself.
• Media that you order to another location can be picked up there as soon as a pick-up notification has been sent.

Return

• Please return media from libraries that are not involved in the courier service directly to the library from which you took them.
• This also applies to interlibrary loans that you have made via the University Library of Bern.
• Media can also be returned at your own expense by post to the library from which you took them. 

Extending the loan period

• The loan period of media borrowed via swisscovery is shown in the user account.
• For further information, please refer to the regulations and the tariffs.

Overdue Notices

• The day after the loan period expires, a reminder is sent by email.
• 6 days after the reminder has been sent, a fee-based first overdue notice is automatically issued for each item. A second overdue notice is sent another 6 days later, with additional overdue fees charged per item. See the fee schedule.
• If the item is still not returned, a fee-based third overdue notice is issued for each item, and the library account is blocked.