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Using the learner library

Search the catalogue, reserve a resource, and manage your loans, renewals, and fines.

For: Learners
On this page(3 sections)

The learner library lets you find resources and manage your own borrowing — no need to email the librarian.

Find and reserve a resource

  1. Open Library in your portal sidebar.
  2. Type a title or author in the search box.
  3. Each result shows whether copies are available now. Press Reserve to borrow it, or to join the waiting list if all copies are out.

When you reserve an available copy — or reach the front of the waiting list — it’s held for you to collect at the desk.

Manage your loans

Open My loans (the button at the top-right of the Library page) to see three sections:

  • Borrowed — what you have out and when it’s due. Overdue items are flagged in red. Press Renew to extend a loan (unless someone else is waiting for it or you’ve hit the renewal limit).
  • Reservations — your active holds, with your queue position or a Ready for collection flag.
  • Fines — any outstanding overdue, lost, or damaged fees.

Tips

  • Renew early — you can’t renew once another learner reserves the same title.
  • Collect Ready reservations promptly; uncollected holds are released after the collection window.
  • Clear outstanding fines — they can block new loans.

What's new in skillSYMS

  1. MicroQuests in the browser, in the app and by email
    • skillsyms.com/learn: take LearnChat MicroQuests in any browser with buttons instead of chat replies. You get the same quests, wallet, progress and certificates as on WhatsApp
    • Learn by email: anyone can ask for a personal learning link on skillsyms.com/learn. There's no account and no password, and the link keeps you signed in on that device for 30 days
    + 6 more
  2. Schools & Early Learning (alpha): grades, registers, marks, promotion and SA-SAMS import
    • Learners → Schools & ECD: set up a school or ECD centre under its provincial department, with grades, classes and subjects for each academic year
    • Choose your institution type (primary, secondary, combined, independent, ECD centre and more) to switch on the matching pack
    + 12 more
  3. Schools & Early Learning: learner support, behaviour, governance, ECD development and a guardian portal
    • My classes: a teacher's registers still to take today, open assessment tasks and which learners need accommodations
    • Teaching assignments and teaching scope: start by observing captures outside a teacher's classes, then limit teachers to their own classes and subjects
    + 10 more
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