To be able to borrow printed books, you need to be a registered user. If you are a student or member of staff at University of Gävle, use your HiG card as your library card. Here you also will find information about our service to distance students.
You can create a library account by using our form to register. If you are a student or member of staff at University of Gävle, you can sign the loan contract by using digital signing.
The simplest way to find our books is via the library catalogue.
You can check out your books yourself in our Self-Issue machines.
Textbooks can be borrowed for 14 days and other books for 28 days.
All textbooks can be found on the ground floor. The other books can be found on the first floor (named floor 3).
Please note that there is a fine (10 SEK/day) for overdue textbooks.
During the Library’s opening hours, you can return your books in the Library’s Self-Issue machines, When the Library is closed, you can return your books in one of our book drops. One can be found indoors, near the entrance to the Student Centre and the other one is located outdoors, outside the Library’s east entrance.
Please note that you need to have your HiG card to enter the University campus.
Please note that your books will not be removed from your account until staff has deregistered when the Library opens again.
Printed books in our possession can be sent to you through the post if you are a distant student who lives more than 50 km from Gävle here in Sweden. We only send books within Sweden, and please note that return postage will be at your own expense.
Please observe that textbooks need to be returned to us by the due date for you to avoid the fine (10 SEK/day) for overdue textbooks.
Our printed books and all e-books on a reading list can be found in our library catalogue. Check if the book is available on the shelf, and if so you can order it by e-mail at our adress: biblioteket@hig.se
If the book is checked out, you can reserve it yourself in the library catalogue. When it is available, we will notify you via e-mail and you can cancel a request within 24 hours if it is no longer needed. If you don’t cancel your request, we will send the book to you the next day.
Some material is available for reference only and cannot be borrowed. This applies to reference literature, printed journals and daily publications. As a distance student you can, for a fee, order copies of printed journal articles. The fee is 40 kr per article.
Literature unavailable at the university library can be borrowed from other libraries inside or outside of Sweden. Articles are sent home directly but books must be collected from the university library.
Telephone: 026-64 85 48
e-mail: biblioteket@hig.se
Postal address: Högskolan i Gävle, Biblioteket, 801 76 Gävle
Visiting address: Kungsbäcksvägen 47, Gävle
