Membership

Just because you've left our University doesn't mean you lose the valuable resources of the University Library. Alumni Library membership enables you to access selected electronic resources and borrow library items.

Library membership is free for 12 months, from January to December.

Alumni members can apply for and renew Library membership online through myAlumni Centre by clicking on the Alumni Library membership tile and following the prompts.

For further information about Library membership, download the Federation Alumni Library Membership guide (pdf, 318kb).

More information can be found on the Federation Alumni web page.

Our community borrower memberships enable people who are not Federation University staff or students, or eligible for membership through the reciprocal borrowing schemes, to borrow from Federation Library.

To register, please complete the Community borrower registration form (pdf, 83kb) and present to the staff at the InfoPoint.

Please note that membership does not include access to the internet or other electronic resources.

You can access a range of physical resources held at our campus libraries. Use QuickSearch to search for physical resources, open access journal articles and Federation University research of interest.

Membership cost

To register, complete the  VCE borrower registration form (pdf, 46kb). Students must have the form signed by the designated representative at the school, and a parent/guardian if under 18 years of age. Teachers must include proof of employment with the school as a VCE teacher.

There are three schemes that allow staff and students from other Australian tertiary institutions to borrow from the Federation University Library free of change.

The schemes are:

• CAVAL Reciprocal Borrowing Program (Victorian institutions)
• University Libraries of Australia and New Zealand (ULANZ) (Australia and New Zealand institutions)
• TAFE National Reciprocal Borrowing Scheme (TAFE NRBS)

Membership through these schemes does not allow access to the internet or other electronic resources.

Students enrolled via Open Universities Australia are not eligible for borrowing. To borrow from our collection they will need to take out a community borrower membership.

Registration

To register, please present the following to staff at the InfoPoint:

Associate Library membership is available for all academic staff at Australian and overseas Federation partner providers for the term of your engagement with your partner provider.

The associates scheme provides access via login to Federation University electronic resources for people associated with the University, though not directly employed by the University.

Use your Federation ID card as your library card to access:

• Federation email
• Library databases and electronic resources, including eBooks, eJournals, and journal article databases
• other applications as needed, such as Moodle.

In addition, you are also able to request items be made available via Learning Resources for your students.

Your supervisor will be able to apply for Associate Membership for you through the Partner Portal by logging a job. Please contact the library if you need some assistance.