At the beginning of July, Sheffield Hallam is changing the way students and staff borrow books from the library.

In preparation for this change, we need to make sure that our records are all as up to date as possible. This means that we need students and staff to return any overdue items to either the Adsetts or Collegiate Libraries as a matter of urgency.

Records show that we need 8,230 overdue books to be returned so that others can use them. To replace them, it would cost £228,064!

Therefore, to encourage you to return items, we’re having a fines amnesty – this means that if students return these items to us before Monday 1 June, any fines for items which are currently overdue will not be charged.

So there really has never been a better time to return your library books!