All fees and charges are inclusive of VAT and postage.
Free Services:
At least the following library services are free of charge:
- Library lending facilities for people living or studying in Switzerland
- Guided tours, presentations of the HSG Library services
- Reservations
- Reminders after the borrowing period has expired
- Recalls of reserved documents
- Usage of Library research PCs
- Reserved carrels for PhD students and Master's students (thesis) to work
- Lockers for a week
- Shipment of documents from the HSG storage facility to the HSG Library
- Shipment of documents to and from the Hauptpost Library
Paid Services:
Obtaining documents
Ordering via HSGswisscovery
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Document via SLSP Courier
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CHF 6.- |
per document
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Dispatch by post (Switzerland)
|
CHF 12.-
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per document
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Magazine article from an SLSP-Library
(incl. HSG and Speicherbibliothek) (digital) |
CHF 5.- |
per 20 pages |
Magazine article from an SLSP-Library
(incl. HSG and Speicherbibliothek) (paper) |
CHF 7.50 |
per 20 pages |
Obtaining documents from other libraries (inter-library loan)
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| Document from Swiss library |
CHF 12.- |
per document |
| Document from foreign library (Europe, except for UK) |
CHF 24.- |
per document |
| Document from foreign library (UK and remaining countries) |
CHF 36.- |
per document |
| Magazine article from Swiss library (digital) |
CHF 5.- |
per 20 pages |
| Magazine article from Swiss library (paper) |
CHF 7.50 |
per 20 pages |
| Magazine article from foreign library (digital) |
CHF 8.- |
per 20 pages |
Magazine article from foreign library (paper)
|
CHF 10.50 |
per 20 pages |
Additional Fees for Shipping Costs
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| Postal surcharge to a foreign country (Europe) |
CHF 10.- |
each delivery |
| Express postal surcharge (Switzerland) |
CHF 16.- |
each delivery |
| Sales of HSG doctoral theses |
| Switzerland (incl. shipping costs) |
CHF 39.-
|
each delivery |
Abroad (incl. shipping costs)
|
CHF 53.-
|
each delivery |
General services
| Printing and photocopying with a smart card or with coin-operated machine |
| A4 b/w |
CHF 0.10 |
A4 coloured |
CHF 0.40 |
| A3 b/w |
CHF 0.20 |
A3 coloured |
CHF 0.80 |
Duplex printing will be charged with twice the amount.
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Overdue fines / replacement costs
Overdue fines for loans via HSGswisscovery
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1st reminder
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CHF 5.- per document
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2nd reminder
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+ CHF 5.- per document
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3rd reminder
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+ CHF 10.- 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 + CHF 80.- admin fee
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Special fines
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Late return of special loans (e.g. reference copies)
for each overdue day
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CHF 5.-
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Opening a barred locker
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CHF 10.-
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Forcing open a padlock
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CHF 10.-
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| Registered letter not collected |
CHF 6.- each letter |
| Replacement costs for lost documents |
Damage to a document
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Actual repair costs
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| Loss of a document available in bookshops |
Actual costs
+ CHF 80.- admin fee if purchased by the library
+ any overdue fines
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| Loss of a document that is out of print |
CHF 80.- admin fee
+ any overdue fines
+ actual reproduction costs (book binding, etc.) |
Loss of key
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CHF 100.-
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Loss of laptop lock
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CHF 100.-
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Debt recovery and debt recovery costs
|
at cost
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