Make items available for students

If we only have limited physical copies of an item, then you can flag the resource as High Demand. To give more students a chance to access the item we will limit these to a 1-day loan. 

This is great practice if you expect the demand of a resource to be particularly high. 

We can add material as High Demand that is held in the Libraries or unpublished material you own. We can also label items as High Demand if copies have not arrived. 

How to label as High Demand

Use the Library Discussion function in the Reading List system to tell us if you think an item should be flagged as High Demand.

What items can be labelled High Demand

We keep the following items as High Demand:

• books and periodicals transferred temporarily from Main and Core Text collections
• books bought specifically as High Demand
• CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray and VHS tapes
• Ordnance Survey maps.

High Demand items are shelved in the Laidlaw Library. AV resources are kept in the Brotherton Library and maps are stored in the Edward Boyle Library.

Removal of items

Due to space restrictions we expect to hold 10–15 essential items per course at any one time. We regularly review and move items that are no longer in high demand. 

Contact us

If you have any queries, please contact the Acquisitions and Reading Lists team.