You can borrow printed materials once you have acquired a library card and committed to complying with the rules of use. Borrow books and other materials at the lending borrowing machine.

THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO GET A LIBRARY CARD:

1. Students of Lapland University of Applied Sciences and University of Lapland
   You will find your library card in the Tuudo app. Download Tuudo, log in and select Library. If you already have a LUC Library card, it will be automatically updated in Tuudo. You can also add a card manually. See Tuudo instructions. 
2. LUC Community Staff
   If you work at Lapland UAS or the University of Lapland, fill in the customer information form and follow the instructions. See also the Library section of the LUC intranet.
3. Other customers
   Register as a customer in LUC-Finna. Once you have filled in and submitted the form, the information will be transferred to the library's system. Come and visit our customer service in Rovaniemi or Kemi. We will add the library card to your account. At the same time, prove your identity.
   

The library card is personal, and you are responsible for the materials that you borrow. If you have any questions, please contact kirjasto@ulapland.fi

The e-resources of the library are accessible by student and staff credentials or at the library premises.

See also: LUC-Finna - Login and My account.

The loan periods vary depending on the material that you borrow. The collections also include material that you cannot borrow but can use in the library.

• Books: 28 or 14 days
• Journals, audio-visual material: 7 days
• Reading room collection: 1 day
• University Library Course Book Reading Room Collection: Reading Room Use Only

Please note that a book with the same title may have several different loan periods.
Check the loan period of the book you borrowed from the receipt, your loans from LUC-Finna or Tuudo.

Renew the loans in LUC-Finna or Tuudo. Or ask us to renew your loans. Contact us by email, phone or chat, or visit the customer service in Kemi or Rovaniemi

You cannot renew the loan

• if there is a reservation for the material.
• if you are banned from borrowing, i.e. you have fees of 5 € or more.
• if the material has been on loan to you for more than 2 years.

If the renewal is not successful, return the loan or contact customer service kirjasto@ulapland.fi

Return loans no later than the due date. Then you will not get any late fees.

You can return your loans to any unit of the LUC Library in Kemi, Rovaniemi and Tornio. An exception is the University Library's reading room loans. You can only return them to the University Library.

Return loans at the library using the returning machine. You do not need a library card. Finally, check the receipt to make sure that all loans were returned.

When the library is closed, you can return loans to the return box. Return boxes are emptied on weekday mornings, except in the Minerva Library, where it is emptied once a week. During holidays, there is a delay in emptying the return boxes.

RETURN BOX LOCATIONS:

Kosmos Library Kemi: At the door Q, on the parking area side
Minerva Library Tornio: At the E-door, on the Lappia side
University Library Rovaniemi: At the main door of wing A and outside the library door in the main lobby of the university

If you are unable to visit the library, you can also return loans by post at your own risk. See the mailing addresses of our libraries. 

If the book or magazine is available in your own campus library, pick it up from the shelf and borrow it at the borrowing machine.

In LUC-Finna, you can reserve books and magazines that are available on another campus free of charge. You can also make a reservation when all books are on loan. Remember to choose the right pickup location. Reservations are shown in your personal information in LUC-Finna and Tuudo. 

When your reservation is available for pickup, you will receive a notification by email and Tuudo. Pick up the reservation during the pick-up time from the self-service shelf and borrow at the borrowing machine. The fee for an uncollected reservation is 2 euro. Price list >>

You can cancel a reservation in LUC-Finna if the book is not yet on the pick-up shelf. If you wish to cancel your reservation after the pick-up notice has already arrived, please contact the library's customer service kirjasto@ulapland.fi.

THESE YOU CAN'T RESERVE

• Materials present in your campus library. The location of the material on the shelf and the pick-up location of the reservation cannot be the same.
• Material with a loan period of 0-1 days
• Material you already have on loan
• Material you already have a reservation for

You will get automatic email notifications from your library

• As the due date of the loan approaches
• on the due date of the loan
• when the material you have reserved is available for retrieval.

The library cannot guarantee the delivery of notifications in all situations. As a customer, you must monitor the due date of your loans and the status of your reservations in LUC-Finna or Tuudo. Please contact Customer Service if you have any problems receiving the messages kirjasto@ulapland.fi

Overdue fees

For overdue loans, we charge a late fee in accordance with the service price list. 

• Day and weekend loans 1 €/book/day, maximum 10 €/book
• Other loanable material 0.5 €/book/, maximum 5 €/book
• Laptops 10 €/day

If you get payments of 5,00 € or more, you will get a lending ban. It means you cannot borrow, reserve or renew loans until you pay the fees in full, or reduce the below the limit 5,00 €.

If you loose, damage or destroy library material, you must also replace it.

Read the instructions for online payments.

You can pay with card at the library customer service or online in LUC-Finna. 

Do you have dyslexia or is reading a regular book difficult for any other reason?
 
Ask Celia's audiobook service from the library's contact person:

• Kemi-Tornio annamari.pudas@ulapland.fi 040 575 0937
• Rovaniemi tiina.siro@ulapland.fi 040 834 4893

See also Accessibility-page.

Do you need help finding good information sources? Information specialists of the library will help you with the different stages of information retrieval and advise on the use of library materials. Guidance is free of charge for the students and staff of Lapland UAS and the University of Lapland.

The service is available online and on site at the library.

Guidance for information retrieval

• Live chat Mon–Fri 12–14
• Book an appointment for personal guidance (in the library or online)
• To support independent studying: Information retrieval guides

The e-resources of the library are available around the clock via LUC-Finna.

Contact: tietopalvelu@ulapland.fi.

STUDENTS OF LAPLAND UAS

Information retrieval teaching is included in the studies as part of other courses. Teaching is integrated to support studies at precisely those stages where it is most useful for the students.

• Start your UAS Studies
• At the beginning of studies
• At the thesis stage
• Integrated as needed at other stages of studies
  

STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND

Information retrieval teaching is organised at the university as separate courses. Enroll for the courses in Peppi.

• TUTA0401 Introduction to Information Retrieval 0.5 op 
• TUTA0402 Scientific Information Retrieval 2 op 
  
  

RESEARCHERS AND RDI STAFF

The library offers information retrieval guidance for researchers and RDI staff. Enroll for courses in Peppi.

• TUKO1289 From research design to impact 2 ECTS credits
• TUKO1203 Research Data Management 2 ECTS credits
• TUKO1306 Research data management (self-study) 1 ECTS
• YMEN1804 Scientific Information Retrieval 2 ECTS. The course, aimed at undergraduate students, is also open to doctoral researchers. The course material is freely available to researchers.

If you would like to book a guidance for your unit, work group, project group, thesis or other seminar group, please contact us by filling out the form.

THE TOPICS OF THE GUIDANCE MAY INCLUDE, FOR EXAMPLE

• Library info: getting to know the library and the services offered by the library
• How to search good information sources?
• How to publish your thesis in Theseus or Lauda?
• Sources of information in a particular discipline
• Mendeley Reference Management Guided Tour
• Other topic of your choice
  

Book a guidance using the form