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Membership, collections & borrowing


Reset your Library password

  • Austin Health staff - use your Austin IT credentials to log into the Library (the same username and password you log into your computer). If you need this password reset, contact Austin IT.
  • Austin Health students - use the reset password link below.
  • Mercy Heidelberg staff and students - use the reset password link below.

A reset password link will be sent to the email address on your Library account. This link expires after 24 hours.

For help, contact the Library.

Renewals

How to renew your Austin Library books

Go to your Library account to check your current loans and renew your books.
Austin staff can check their account at the top-right of the Library catalogue screen. Mercy Heidelberg staff and all students will need their Library barcode and password.

Each book can be renewed 3 times, unless another Library member has placed a hold. You cannot renew a book if it is overdue. Contact the Library for assistance.

Holds

How to place a hold on a book if it is on loan 

Place a hold on a book through the Library catalogue. 

  1. select the ‘Place Hold’ button on the book record in the catalogue
  2. log-in using your barcode and password
  3. complete the short form and:
  4. submit

You will be notified by email when the book is ready for collection.

Place hold on a book

 

How to return your Austin Library books

A return chute is at the left of the Austin Health Library entrance and in the Library, below the front reception desk.
Austin Health Library, Level 4, Lance Townsend Building.

 

Overdue Austin Library books: notification emails

if you have an overdue book you will receive an email from no-reply@oclc.org with the subject line: Austin Health Sciences Library - Overdue Notice. Contact the Library if you are unable to return a book by the due date and we can make alternative arrangements.