{"id":3621,"date":"2022-10-20T08:25:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T08:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/?page_id=3621"},"modified":"2025-04-03T04:56:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T04:56:56","slug":"using-the-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/using-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\n                class=\"block cards-image block--no-indent\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n    \n\n    <div class=\"card-grid\" data-card-size=\"standard\" data-card-count=\"4\" data-card-background=\"white\">\n                    <div id=\"our-libraries\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/015-scaled-aspect-ratio-2-1-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Our libraries\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Our libraries<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Learn about our different libraries and the services available at each location:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/using-the-library\/tl-robertson-library\">TL Robertson Library<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/using-the-library\/kalgoorlie\/\">Kalgoorlie Library<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/using-the-library\/cgsb\/\">Curtin Graduate School of Business Library &#8211; Murray Street campus<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/jcpml.curtin.edu.au\/\">John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"borrowing-and-membership\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/230218-Curtin-Library-1436-aspect-ratio-2-1-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Borrowing and membership\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Borrowing and membership<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>We offer different services to you depending on your relationship to the university. Learn what services you can access through the Library: <\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/using-the-library\/borrowing\/\">Borrowing books and resources<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/using-the-library\/other-library\/\">Access resources from other libraries<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/using-the-library\/fines\/\">Learn about fines<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>We have different services and entitlements for:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/using-the-library\/join\/alumni\/\">Alumni<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/using-the-library\/join\/community\/\">Community members<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/using-the-library\/join\/reciprocal-visitors\">Students and staff from other institutions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/using-the-library\/join\/uniready-curtin-college\/\">Curtin College students<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/using-the-library\/international-campuses\/\">Students at international Curtin campuses<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/using-the-library\/off-campus\/\">Off-campus staff &#038; students<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"disability-and-accessibility-support\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/230218-Curtin-Library-346-aspect-ratio-2-1-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Disability and accessibility support\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Disability and accessibility support<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Find out how we can support your studies if you have different requirements:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/using-the-library\/services-for-people-with-disabilities\/\">Services for people with disabilities<\/a><\/li><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div id=\"book-collection-access\" class=\"card card--image\"\n         data-type=\"img\"><div class=\"card__top image-offset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/a-hand-reaches-out-to-select-a-book-from-a-well-arranged-indoor-bookshelf.-4855351-scaled-aspect-ratio-2-1-480x240.jpg\" alt=\"Book collection access\"><\/div><div class=\"card__title\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Book collection access<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Students can access the <a href=\"https:\/\/bookings.library.curtin.edu.au\/reserve\/compactus\/\" target=\"_blank\">Library\u2019s physical book collection<\/a> by appointment. You can make an individual one hour booking for borrowing from the collection in-person through our <a href=\"https:\/\/bookings.library.curtin.edu.au\/reserve\/compactus\/\" target=\"_blank\">appointment system<\/a>, and up to three bookings can be accommodated during the same time slot.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/s40311.pcdn.co\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Induction-to-the-Library-compactus-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Compactus induction information (view after booking an appointment)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block--full-width checkered-content\">\n    <div class=\"home-page__container\">\n        \n        <div class=\"checkered-content__wrapper\">\n                            <div class=\"checkered-content__item\">\n                    <div class=\"home-page__grid\">\n                                                    <div class=\"checkered-content__image\">\n                                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/007-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"This is a placeholder\">\n                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"checkered-content__content\">\n                            <h3>Book a study space<\/h3>\n                            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookings.library.curtin.edu.au\/\">Make a booking<\/a> for study spaces at TL Robertson Library. <\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"checkered-content__item\">\n                    <div class=\"home-page__grid\">\n                                                    <div class=\"checkered-content__image\">\n                                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/student-ged75b245f_1920.jpg\" alt=\"This is a placeholder\">\n                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"checkered-content__content\">\n                            <h3>Help with searching<\/h3>\n                            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.library.curtin.edu.au\/uniskills\/using-the-catalogue\">Check out our guide<\/a> for finding Library resources through the catalogue.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"checkered-content__item\">\n                    <div class=\"home-page__grid\">\n                                                    <div class=\"checkered-content__image\">\n                                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/230218-Curtin-Library-1332.jpg\" alt=\"This is a placeholder\">\n                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"checkered-content__content\">\n                            <h3>We&#8217;re happy to help<\/h3>\n                            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/help\/\">Contact us<\/a> for help with library queries online, via phone or in-person. <\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3621","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3621"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5538,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3621\/revisions\/5538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}