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I took out a lot of summer reading for my dissertation (I'm at uni in Glasgow, I live up in the north east of Scotland when I'm not at uni) and took it home with me. The uni's website says you're not allowed to leave the country with library books but no mention of leaving the city with it so I figured that was fine. I checked them out of the library in June and got told I could have them until the middle of September, with receipts proving as much. Brilliant news - I then took out lots of other books because why not take advantage of how long I can have them for; and took them all home.

I got an email this morning from the library saying that someone else had requested one of the books and I had to return it by the end of July. Now, don't get me wrong, I have been on the other end of this, needing a book that someone's taken out of the library and not being able to access it for an important essay or some revision; but how is it fair that the library can tell me a date in September and then bring it forward by six weeks?! I am not making a 7 hour round trip at a weekend just to return a bloody library book; they don't have a postal return service and I am absolutely not paying a fine when they told me I could have it until September and have changed their minds all of a sudden. They shouldn't let people have extended summer loans if they're going to issue "no you must return this now" notices at the drop of a hat. So I've emailed the library in a bit of a rage asking for some advice on what to do because I think it was just an automated message but it's so bloody annoying - because there's no guarantee this is going to be the only one. Even if I go down before the end of July to return this, there's every chance the same day someone's going to request another book that will have to be back in August. I'm not back at uni until September and I can't afford to take time off work just to go and take a book back, and I'm not spending £30 minimum on transport just to do that. Fuming!!