These administrative fee regulation of the University of St. Gallen takes effect on 1 August 2018 and replaces the previous fee schedule of the HSG Library.
All fees and charges are inclusive of VAT and postage.
You can find detailed information and important regulations in the downloads section.
Free Services:
- Library lending facilities for people living or studying in Switzerland and neighbouring countries, based on Art. 4 of the Library regulations.
- Guided tours, presentations of the HSG Library services
- Reservations
- Reminders after the borrowing period elapses
- Recalls of reserved documents
- Usage of Library research PCs
- Reserved carrels for PhD students and Master's students (thesis) to work (deposit: Fr. 100.-)
- Lockers bookable for a day/a week
- Shipment of documents from the HSG storage facility
- Shipment of documents to and from the Hauptpost Library (only Vadiana Cantonal Library collection)
Paid Services:
Obtaining documents
Dispatching documents ordered from the Library catalogue
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Picking up the document in an IDS Courier Library
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5 Fr.
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per document
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Dispatch by post Switzerland
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12 Fr.
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per document
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| Postal surcharge to abroad (Europe) |
10 Fr.
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each delivery
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Express postal surcharge (Switzerland)
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16 Fr.
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each delivery
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Supplying magazine articles
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| Magazine articles from HSG stocks and all Swiss libraries including the Speicherbibliothek |
5 Fr. |
per 20 pages
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| Magazine articles from abroad (photocopy) |
at least 10 Fr. |
at cost
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| Obtaining books from other libraries (inter-library loan) |
from Swiss libraries
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12 Fr.
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per document
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| from foreign libraries (Europe except for the UK) |
20 Fr.
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per document
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| from foreign libraries (UK, other countries) |
at least 35 Fr.
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at cost
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| Sales of HSG doctoral theses |
| Switzerland (incl. shipping costs) |
39 Fr.
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Abroad (incl. shipping costs)
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53 Fr.
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General services
| Printing and photocopying with a smart card or with coin-operated machine |
| A4 b/w |
0.10 Fr. |
A4 coloured |
0.40 Fr. |
| A3 b/w |
0.20 Fr. |
A3 coloured |
0.80 Fr. |
Duplex printing will be charged with twice the amount.
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Overdue fines / replacement costs
Overdue fines for late return of documents
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1st reminder
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10 Fr. per document
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2nd reminder
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+ 10 Fr. per document
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3rd reminder
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+ 15 Fr. per document
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After the 3rd reminder without a response, the Library reserves the right to purchase the medium at the user’s expense. Costs: actual purchasing costs + Fr. 80.00 admin fee
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Special fines
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Late return of reference copies, day loans and locker keys for each day overdue
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5 Fr. per document
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Books not picked up from other IDS Courier Libraries
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5 Fr. per document
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Opening secured day lockers
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5 Fr. per day (max. charge 30 Fr.) |
Opening secured week lockers
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30 Fr.
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Forcing open padlocks
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10 Fr.
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| Replacement costs for lost documents |
If a document is damaged
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Actual repair costs
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| If a document is lost that is available in book shops |
Actual costs
+ 80 Fr. admin fee if purchased by the library
+ any overdue fines
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| If a document is lost that is out of print |
Fr. 80.- admin fee
+ any overdue fines
+ actual reproduction costs (book binding, etc.) |
By loss of key
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100 Fr.
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By loss of laptop lock
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100 Fr.
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Debt recovery and debt recovery costs
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at cost
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