Distance Learning Students
Here you can find information the rules that apply for distance learning students at the University of Gävle who are based in Sweden but live outside of Gävle municipality. To access the library’s e-books or other electronic resources, log in with your user account. Your library card is only required for borrowing printed books.
Creating a library account
Distance learning students at the University of Gävle living outside Gävle municipality can register online. You can also have books sent to you by post within Sweden.
- Complete the registration form.
- Send an email to biblioteket@hig.se stating your name, that you have completed the registration form.
- We will send you a library card once we have completed your registration.
Books Sent to Your Home
If you’re enrolled in a distance learning program at the University of Gävle and live outside the municipality of Gävle, you can order books from the university library and have them shipped to your home.
To order books from the university library, you must:
- be registered as a borrower at the library
- be enrolled in a distance learning program at the University of Gävle
- be registered in the Swedish Population Register and live outside the municipality of Gävle
How to Order Books
Start by searching for the book in our library catalog and checking if it’s available. You’ll need to search for the books you want to order yourself. We don’t accept entire reading lists and won’t perform the search for you.
If the book is currently checked out, you can reserve it yourself in the library catalog. You’ll need to be logged in to your library account to do so.
When it’s your turn to receive the book, you’ll first get an email letting you know that the book is waiting for you. We’ll send the book to you the next business day unless you let us know that you no longer want it.
If the book is available , send an email to biblioteket@hig.se and paste a link to the catalogue record, which is the information about the book in our catalogue.
We will then send the book to the home address you provided when you created your library account.
Consider the following before placing an order
Please order primarily the books you need over the coming weeks and will be able to use within the standard loan period. If another borrower places a hold on a book you have at home, you won’t be able to renew it.
We recommend that you first contact a library near you to see if they have the book or can purchase it. This can help reduce the number of books and packages that need to be shipped. It’s also possible that a nearby library can obtain the book through interlibrary loan, in which case you wouldn’t have to pay the return postage.
You can search for books in Swedish libraries using the national library catalog, Libris.
Please note: We do not send printed books that we also have in electronic form, in such cases, we refer you to the e-book.
Returning Books
You are responsible for returning books on time. Course books must reach us no later than the due date to avoid late fees. Return postage is at your own expense.
Return your books by posting them to this address:
Högskolan i Gävle
Biblioteket
Kungsbäcksvägen 47
801 76 GÄVLE
E-mail: biblioteket@hig.se
When returning the book to us (parcels up to 3 kg), please select the service: Home Small Prio
See more information on the Postnord websiteExternal link. External link. (or in the Postnord app)
(The webpage is only available in Swedish)
NOTE! Please ensure that our post code is correct. We are unable to collect packages from postal agents, therefore the book needs to be sent directly to us.
Always include your name and address on the package.
Update your contact details when you move
Remember to update your contact details when you move, as we are not automatically informed of a change of address. You can change your contact details by logging into your library account.
Loan Period
The loan period is 2 weeks for course books and 4 weeks for general literature. You receive a 7-day extension on the first loan period to compensate for postage time. Log in to your library account to check the due date.
Course books must reach us no later than the due date to avoid late fees. Late fees amount to 10 kr per day and item for all course books marked KURS with a yellow sticker.
You can log in to your library account to check the due date.
Paying late fees
The late fee for course books is 10 kr per book and day, the maximum amount per return and book is 300 kr and 1200 kr per borrower.
If you come to the library during our staffed opening hours, you can pay the fee by card or Swish.
Alternatively, you can make the payment to Högskolan i Gävle's bank account number: 5050-5809. Enter 3146-9701-9101-200-9 as the payment message, then send an e-mail to biblioteket@hig.se with your name and a copy of the payment details as confirmation.
Renewals and reservations
You can log in to your library account using your library card number or your personal ID number and PIN to renew your loans if they are not reserved by someone else. You can renew your loans a maximum of ten times.
If the book you wish to borrow is on loan, you may join the queue by placing a reservation on the book yourself. Reservations can only be made on books that are on loan.
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Returning books
Return your books by sending them to the address:
Högskolan i Gävle
Biblioteket
Kungsbäcksvägen 47
801 76 GÄVLE
E-mail: biblioteket@hig.se
When returning the book to us (parcels up to 3 kg), please select the service: Home Small Prio
More information on the Postnord website External link. (or in the Postnord app)
(The webpage is only available in Swedish)
NOTE! Please ensure that our post code is correct.
This page was last updated 2026-09-02