Loan periods and fees

If you borrow material from us, please make sure to check our guidelines for loan periods and fees for exceeding these.

Books and hourglasses

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Loan period

The loan period is usually one month, unless otherwise stated.

You can renew your loan several times when you are logged in to your account - up to a total of six months.

Reminders and recall notices

We will send out a reminder five days before the due date.

  1. We send you a recall notice two days after the due date.
  2. We send you a recall notice eight days after the due date. A fee of DKK 25 is added.
  3. We send you a recall notice 31 days after the due date and an additional fee of DKK 25 is added.

Certain types of users are exempt from recall fees. See Regulations for Royal Danish Library.

If the material is still not returned, we create a compensation case. The compensation case includes the book's price and a collection fee of DKK 150. You can see the amount under Fees in your account.

We do not accept another copy of the material as a replacement.

We block the user if the amount due is DKK 200 or more.

We block companies if the amount due is DKK 5,000 or more.