Services

Registration

Register for SLSP: https://registration.slsp.ch/?iz=rzs


Instructions (in german only)


Registration for companies and organizations

A non-natural person, such as a company or a non-profit organization, as well as a chair, institute or moot court can open a user account at SLSP


Registration as a Short Term User
Users who are only in Switzerland for a short time can register as Short Term Users. The account is automatically deleted after one month if there are no more loans and fees on it.

Please fill in the registration form and hand it in at the information desk of one of our libraries.

Registration form
 

Informations about registration

Registration and borrowing of media with the corresponding loan periods is free of charge.

If you already have a library card, you can enter the number during registration and continue to use the card for borrowing. If you do not yet have a library card, you can leave the corresponding field blank and obtain a card on your first visit to the library. The library card is free of charge and valid in all SLSP libraries throughout Switzerland. If you have several library cards, you can link the additional card numbers on the SLSP registration platform or ask a librarian to do so..


Change address
You can update your information at Switch edu-ID at any time.


Reset your Passwort
You can reset your password at Switch Edu-ID.

 

Loan Periods

  • 28 days: regular items
  • 14 days: items of the Law collection

Provided there are no reservations or outstanding charges, the loan period of 28 days is automatically renewed up to a total of 168 days (6 loan periods). After this, the loan period cannot be renewed and the item must be returned to the library. If no holds are placed on the item, you can borrow it again.

Items from the law collection: Provided there are no reservations or outstanding charges, the loan period of 14 days is automatically renewed up to a total of 84 days (6 loan periods). After this, the loan period cannot be renewed and the item must be returned to the library. If no holds are placed on the item, you can borrow it again.

You can also extend the loan period of your borrowed items in your user account.

Notebooks an charging cables can only be borrowed for the use on site and have to be returned at the end of the day.

 

Fees

Overdue items and fines
Please check the return dates for media you have borrowed and your address information (including e-mail) in your library account regularly. You can make changes to your personal details online in your SWITCH edu-ID account.

  • Reminder: free of charge
    (1st day after due date)
  • First overdue notice: CHF 5 per item
    (one week after reminder)
  • Second overdue notice: an additional CHF 5 per item
    (one week after first overdue notice)
  • Third overdue notice: an additional CHF 10 per item
    (one week after second overdue notice)

Usually the reminders will be delivered by e-mail. After the third overdue notice, your user account will be automatically blocked. The items will be considered lost after 14 days and can no longer be returned.

For your open library fees, you will receive a monthly e-mail invoice for the chargeable services of the penultimate month (i.e. in May for March) from the  Swiss Library Service Platform (SLSP). If you do not pay the invoice, your account will be blocked.

If your user account is blocked, this means that you can no longer order, borrow, reserve or renew media. A block will be lifted after the media in question have been returned or after the outstanding fees have been paid.


Lost items
If you fail to return your items after having received the third overdue notice, your user account will be blocked automatically. The items in question will be considered as lost. The library will replace them and you will be charged for the costs incurred. Items will no longer be accepted if they are returned after they have been replaced.

  • Total fee for replacing items: effective cost of replacement + standard processing fee of CHF 30
  • Applicable fines

We do not accept replacements offered by users themselves.

 

Courier

  • Delivery of items between libraries connected to the Central Switzerland Courier is free of charge.
  • The fee for items delivered by SLSP Courier (other regions than Central Switzerland) is CHF 6 per item.


Postal delivery

  • Items sent by mail (delivery next working day): CHF 12 per item


Digital copies

  • Non-commercial user: Per article or chapter up to 20 pages: CHF 5 / Up to 20 additional pages: CHF 5
  • Commercial user: Per article or chapter up to 20 pages: CHF 25 / Up to 20 additional pages: CHF 25


Interlibrary Loans

  • Original items from Switzerland: CHF 12 per item
  • Original items from other countries: costs vary per article/country, minimum fee of CHF 10
  • Digital copy from Switzerland: CHF 5 per article and per 20 original pages
  • Digital copy from other countries:  costs vary per article/country, minimum fee of CHF 16
  • Example: The fee for digital copies ordered from the British Library is CHF 50 per article.


Other fees

  • Lost inserts: CHF 10
  • Broken or missing plastic boxes: CHF 10
  • Broken CD cases (audio books and CD-ROMs): are not subject to a fine
  • Standard fee for repairs: CHF 30
  • Cost of replacement in the event of irreparable damage: see Lost Items
  • Library Card: free of charge

 

For further information regarding our borrowing services, please check our information in German.

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