Request a book loan or an article

We'll send you an email to your UOC address.

You need to book an appointment to pick up books from the UOC's centres in Barcelona, Lleida, Reus, Salt or Tortosa.

You'll need to show your university card or photo ID to pick up the books. 

If you want to pick a library book from another Catalan university, you'll have to show your UOC card. Check the opening hours for each of the places.

Before going the first time, you'll need to sign in to My account with your Virtual Campus username and password to automatically update your details as a user of the loan service.  

An appointment is necessary when returning books at the UOC's network of centres in Barcelona, Lleida, Reus, Salt or Tortosa.

When using the Jaume Fuster Library and the returns boxes at the UOC centres in Barcelona, Salt and Tortosa, no appointment is necessary.

You can do this within five days after you have received notification that the book is available for collection, by making an appointment via the following links:

• UOC centre in Barcelona
• UOC centre in Lleida
• UOC centre in Reus
• UOC centre in Salt
• UOC centre in Tortosa

If you are unable to collect a UOC book in person, you can get someone else to do it by giving them a written authorization, but ultimate responsibility for the document will always lie with you.

The collection of books from other national or international institutions cannot be delegated to anyone else.

To pick up a book at the Jaume Fuster Library, simply select it from the drop-down menu when requesting the loan.

We will send an email to your UOC address to notify you when the book arrives. You can pick it up from the desk at the Jaume Fuster Library. You will need identify yourself with your UOC card or your identity card.

Check the opening hours for the Jaume Fuster Library. If you cannot get to the libary, you can authorize someone else to pick it up for you.

You can use the mailbox at the Jaume Fuster Library to return the book,. If you cannot return it yourself, you can get someone else to return it for you.

You will receive a reminder at your UOC email address before the loan due date. If you're late returning a title, the service will be temporarily suspended by one calendar day per book, per day of delay.

If you lose a book, damage it or fail to return it, you must replace it and inform the Library team as soon as possible.

For more details, see the loan service regulations.

You can pick up the book in person at the university library which owns it. In this case, no appointment is necessary.

You will always have to prove your identity with your UOC card.

Before going, and only the first time, you'll need to sign in to My account with your Virtual Campus username and password to automatically update your details as a user of the loan service.

When returning borrowed books, you can go to another university and hand them in at the library's lending desk or place them in their external returns box. 

If you live in Spain or Andorra, you should select the home delivery option when requesting your loan. We will send the book to the address listed in your account at no cost to you. You must return the book at your own cost by courier or registered post to the following address:

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Biblioteca DISNET. Central de Préstec
Polígon Industrial Riu Sec
08205 Sabadell (Barcelona)
Spain

If you work at the UOC, you have the option of returning it to our 22@ or Tibidabo buildings.

You must put the book in an internal mail envelope, address it to the Library's "Central de Préstec", and then leave it in the "Central de Préstec" pigeon hole for returns.

Write on the envelope:

DATA: day, month, year

DE/D': your name and surname

A: CENTRAL DE PRÉSTEC

DEPT.: Préstec

EDIFICI: DISNET (Sabadell)

Only if you are a student or teacher of the Psychology and Health Studies
(check the terms and conditions).