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Academic Staff

Your Library card is sent to you when you take up your appointment.

Issued by Borrowing Entitlement CFS Access/eResources
The University Library 40 items for 6 months Yes

Other University Staff

Please enquire at the Library Reception Desk.


Proof of ID required
Borrowing Entitlement
CFS Access /eResources
  • Academic-related
  • Administrative
  • Computer
  • Library
  • Research Assistants
  • Technical staff
We will need to verify your details against University records before issuing your card 40 items for 6 months Yes

Academic Staff at specific Colleges


Proof of ID required
Borrowing Entitlement
CFS Access /eResources
  • Newman University College
  • Bishop Grosseteste University College
A valid College ID/Library card 40 items for 6 months
No Inter-Library Loans
No

Clerical, Secretarial and Manual Staff


Proof of ID required
Borrowing Entitlement
CFS Access /eResources
  • Clerical
  • Secretarial
  • Manual Staff
We will need to verify your details against University records before issuing your card 15 items for 4 weeks Yes

Council Members


Proof of ID required
Borrowing Entitlement
CFS Access /eResources
  • Council Members
Proof of membership and confirmation of its duration 40 items for 6 months Yes

Professors


Proof of ID required
Borrowing Entitlement
CFS Access /eResources
  • Emeritus Professors
  • Honorary Professors
  • Lecturers
A letter of introduction from the University of Leicester Personnel Office or your Department confirming your status 40 items for 6 months Yes

Members of Staff


Proof of ID required
Borrowing Entitlement
CFS Access /eResources
  • Members of staff
Valid proof of ID Reference card free of charge. External borrowing card (4 items for 4 weeks excluding short loans)
£60 for 12 months
No
  • Occasional Lecturers
  • Teaching Assistants
  • Distance Learning Tutors
A letter of introduction from your University of Leicester Department confirming the nature and duration of your employment 15 items for 4 weeks Yes

Retired Members


Proof of ID required
Borrowing Entitlement
CFS Access /eResources
  • Academic
  • Academic-related
  • Technical staff
Confirmation of your retirement from the University 40 items for 6 months No
  • Clerical
  • Secretarial
  • Manual Staff
Confirmation of your retirement from the University 15 items for 4 weeks No

Tutors of Vaughan Colleges and the Institute of LifeLong Learning


Proof of ID required
Borrowing Entitlement
CFS Access /eResources
  • Tutors of short courses with Vaughan College and the Institute of LifeLong Learning
A letter of introduction from your Department confirming the nature and duration of your employment 4 items for 4 weeks at Vaughan Library, reference at the University Library Yes

Staff on Short/Casual Contracts


Proof of ID required
Borrowing Entitlement
CFS Access /eResources
Staff on:
  • short term
  • casual contracts
ID needed: A letter of introduction from your University of Leicester Department confirming the nature and duration of your employment 15 items for 4 weeks if employed for more than 8 weeks, otherwise reference only. Yes

Visiting Lectures, Fellows and Professors


Proof of ID required
Borrowing Entitlement
CFS Access /eResources

Visiting staff attached to, but not paid by the University, including:

  • Honorary Visiting Professors
  • Fellows
  • Research Fellows
  • National Space Science Centre
A letter of introduction from the University of Leicester Personnel Office or your Department confirming the nature and duration of your stay with the University 15 items for 4 weeks Yes

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