Borrowing terms
| You are | You can borrow | For | Extend loan period |
| Undergraduate/ Master student | 20 items | 3 weeks | twice , for 3 weeks |
| PhD student and staff | 30 items | 5 weeks | twice , for 3 weeks |
| External registered user | 20 items | 3 weeks | twice , for 3 weeks |
Special cases
| Types of document | Maximum items | For | Extend loan period | Reservation |
| Legal code (BU Centre [Center Library]) | 5 items | 2 weeks | No | No |
| French national medical exam (ECN) | 5 items | 2 weeks | No | No |
The number of documents you can borrow is the same in every Rennes 1 libraries.
Types of document you can borrow
You can borrow the following in the 3 university libraries:
- All books except those labelled “not for loan” and old books (published before 1920)
- All journal issues, except the very latest one, unless it's a specific legal journal or a daily magazine
- Theses and dissertations, except in the case of specific confidentiality provisions
- DVD
Extend my loan
You can renew items:
- online, via your library account,
- at the library reception desk,
- using the self-service machines
You can renew your library items 2 times each.
The extension is possible only during the last week of loan and adds a period of three weeks after the planned date of return.
| You are | Initial duration of the loan | Extend loan period |
| Undergraduate / Master student | 3 weeks | 3 weeks |
| PhD student and staff | 5 weeks | 3 weeks |
| External registered user | 3 sweeks | 3 weeks |
Renewal is not possible if...
You cannot renew your library items if:
- you have overdue items,
- your library account has been suspended,
- the item you wish to keep has been reserved by another user,
- it is a legal code from the BU Centre [Center Library],
- it is a French national medical exam (ECN) document from the BU Villejean Santé [Villejean Health Library].