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Borrowing / User Account

Become a user of the HSG Library and benefit from our wide range of services:

Borrowing

Any private person can register for the use of the HSG Library or swisscovery using a SWITCH edu-ID. Start the registration process here.
If you have already registered with another SLSP library, you can use the library right away.

Libraries participating in national or international interlibrary loans, as well as commercial and non-commercial organisations, can create an account here.

For detailed information, refer to SLSP help page.
We are also pleased to assist you as well at the circulation desk, on the phone, by email or in our WhatsApp chat.

Any private person can register for the use of the HSG Library or swisscovery using a SWITCH edu-ID:

  • Use the full range of our services if you live or study in Switzerland.
  • People living abroad can use the library with limited user rights.

User account

You can check your activities in the various SLSP libraries in your swisscovery user account:

  • loans and due dates
  • orders and reservations
  • copy orders
  • fees 

You can check and update your personal data as well as change your password directly in your SWITCH edu-ID.

  • You have not yet registered for swisscovery.
  • You have registered but your card number is not yet linked to your account. You can do this here.

Please note: 
HSG students: matriculation number (without dashes)
HSG members: 16-digit card number 629912... (without spaces)
External library users: number of the library card

When you register, SLSP imports your personal data (names, postal and email adresses, phone numbers, date of birth) from your SWICTH edu-ID account into the HSGswisscovery portal.

You can check and update your personal data in your SWITCH edu-ID account at any time. Changes will automatically be transmitted to HSGswisscovery. Library specific data such as loans, orders, and fees are managed directly in the library system.

You can delete your user account at any time, given that there are no more open transactions (loans or fees). All transactional data is regularly anonymised and HSGswisscovery accounts will be deleted after 10 years of inactivity.

More information on data protection can be found on the SLSP website.

Further Links

Contact

University of St.Gallen
Library
Dufourstrasse 50
CH-9000 St.Gallen
+41 71 224 22 70
bibliothekunisg.ch
 hsglibrary   HSGBibliothekSanktGallen

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