Membership & Borrowing Privileges
Responsible adults are free to browse the Library collections. In order to borrow items, eligible individuals must fill out a Library membership application card, available from the Information Desk. Please supply photo identification and a passport size photograph when applying for membership. Pre-payment is also required. Tel. +679 323 2402.
Borrower Category | Fee (F$) | Membership Period | No. of Items | Loan Period |
USP | | | | |
Undergraduate Student | | | | |
Non-Suva DFL Student | 20 | | | |
Postgraduate Student | | | | |
Staff | | In Accordance with Contract | | |
Student - Summer School | | | | |
Academic (Visitor to Department) | Approval via letter or email from Faculty Dean specifying guarantor details | | | |
Public | | | | |
External Borrower (Pacific Collection only) | 30 | | | |
External Borrower (individual) | | | | |
External Borrower (alumni) | 50 | Per Year | 1 | 14 days |
External Borrower (individual) | | | | |
External Borrower (alumni) | 200 | Per Year | 5 | 14 days |
External Borrower (MOA/MOU) | | | | |
External Borrower (CROP Members) | | | | |
External Borrower (RCCCE) | 50 | Per Year | 1 | 14 days |
The loan periods and number of books given above apply to items from the General Collection. For other collections, the following apply to all categories of borrower:
Collection | | Loan Period |
Pacific | | 3 hours |
Reserve | | 2 hours; some items overnight* |
Audio-Visual | | 14 days |
Computer Resources | | 14 days |
* Overnight reserves can be loaned out from an hour before the Library closes, and must be returned at latest 15 minutes after the Library opens the next day in order to avoid fines.
Members of local and overseas institutions with which USP has a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) OR Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) are also eligible to use Library services.
Overseas Institutions – MOA or MOU |
Auckland University of Technology |
Australian National University |
International Christian University, Japan |
International Students Exchange Program (ISEP) |
Kagoshima University, Japan |
Landcare Research New Zealand |
Lavalle University, Canada |
Macquarie University, Australia |
Noumea Centre of the Institute of Research for Development (IRD) |
School for International Training, USA |
Simon Fraser University, Canada |
Sonoda Womens University Cultural Exchange |
Universiti Sains Malaysia |
University of Canberra |
University of Canterbury |
University of French Polynesia |
University of New Caledonia |
Staff members of CROP (Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific) who need to use the library for research or professional duties must present the USP/CROP Borrower Card issued to their Librarian and a letter from their Librarian (or their Staff ID Card) to confirm the bearer is a CROP Staff member.
CROP (Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific) Members |
Fiji School of Medicine |
Forum Fisheries Agency |
Forum Secretariat |
Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission |
Pacific Islands Development Program |
Pacific Power Association |
Pacific Regional Environment Programme |
Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment |
south-pacific.travel |
