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Library and Information Services
You pay a fine of R30
Databases are accessible on this link and listed in alphabetical order.
https://libguides.mandela.ac.za/az/databases
Yes, accessible on this link
https://library.mandela.ac.za/
A locker is a storage cupboard where books and personal things can be locked away and a cubicle is a study room for one person.
For lockers at the cash office on the South Campus ground floor and for cubicles at the first floor office of the Director's Secretary
Contact Numbers:
Lockers are available at R100.00 per year of which R70.00 will be refunded if the key is returned before 1 December Cubicles are available at South Campus only at R90.00 per year. If you wish to keep the cubicle during the December/January recess the cost is an additional R20.00
Lockers are available to all students but only post graduate students may apply for study cubicles
The following sites are zero rated:
• https://learn.mandela.ac.za
• https://Incoko.mandela.ac.za
• http://unitube.mandela.ac.za/
• https://wowza.l.nmmu.ac.za
• https://www.mandela.ac.za
• https://assessment.mandela.ac.za
• https://students.mandela.ac.za
• https://webservices.nmmu.ac.za
• https://itsweb.mandela.ac.za
• https://webapps.nmmu.ac.za
• https://applyonline.mandela.ac.za
MTN, Cell C and Telkom has confirmed implementation of the zero-rate service on all the above URLs Vodacom has indicated that they will be making a public announcement once they have activated.
A new book is in process when the cataloguers are preparing it for the shelves.
Anyone can fill in the online form or place an order on a card available at all campuses. The decision to buy a book or subscribe to a journal depends on the budget, the acquisitions department of the library or a faculty librarian.
Yes, once they have been processed and sent to the new books shelves
Go to the Customer Services Office and ask them to inquire when the book will be returned from the binders.
Clients
Maximum number of items allowed to be borrowed
Loan Period
1st - 3rd year students
10 items max
14 days
4th - 5th year students
15 items max
30 days
Distance undergraduates
M&D students
20 items max
60 days
Academic staff
30 items max
90 days
Admin & Technical staff
Paper Size
2025 Price
Proposed 2026 Price
A3 – Colour Single Sided
R6.90
A3 – Mono Single Sided
R1.60
R1.76
A3 – Colour Double Sided (per side)
R6.71
A3 – Mono Double Sided (per side)
R1.40
R1.59
A4 – Colour Single Sided
R3.27
A4 – Mono Single Sided
R0.66
R0.73
A4 – Colour Double Sided (per side)
R3.20
A4 – Mono Double Sided (per side)
R0.59
Scanning
R0.10
R0.13
That a book is being transfered from one branch to another
Only post-graduate students and staff
About 2 weeks
Loans from South African libraries: between R5.00 - R35.00 per book Articles per A4 copy: from R1.00 - R35.00 Loans from overseas libraries: R220.00 per book and R110.00 per article
A book loaned from South African libraries: the due date is determined by the lending library. Some libraries do not allow renewals. A book from overseas libraries must be returned in three weeks.
You will receive notice via email.
Interlibrary material must be returned to the Interlibrary Loans office at South Campus