Lockers
Eligibility
Library lockers are available on a per-semester basis for:
- postgraduate students by application (the process varies by semester)
- students with disability.
Contact an Accessibility and Welfare Adviser to arrange access to a library locker.
Locations
Lockers are available in libraries at the St Lucia campus and Gatton campus:
- Biological Sciences Library – Level 4
- Central Library – Level 4
- Duhig Tower – Level 4
- JK Murray Library (UQ Gatton) – Level 1.
Central Library upgrade works
There are some changes to Central Library lockers due to upgrade works.
Visit the AskUs desk in Dorothy Hill Engineering and Science Library during staffed hours to:
- return overdue Central Library locker keys from Monday 24 November.
- collect belongings you had left in Central Library lockers from Tuesday 25 November.
During Summer Semester there will be a reduced number of lockers available due to the works.
How to get a locker
Lockers for Summer Semester (from 1 December to 13 February 2026) will be allocated on a first come first serve basis starting on Monday 1 December. Keys can be loaned from:
- St Lucia: Level 2 of Dorothy Hill Engineering and Sciences Library.
- Gatton: Level 2 of JK Murray Library.
St Lucia campus
- Applications for lockers open at the start of the semester.
- We will advertise when applications are open. Look for updates on the Library website, digital screens and social media!
- We will draw locker winners, 'lottery style', from the pool of applicants.
Conditions
- Limit of 1 application per person.
- Winning applicants will be assigned a locker based on their selected location preference.
- Locker location preferences cannot be changed.
- Keys are to be collected from the AskUs service point on level 1 of Central Library
- Lockers unclaimed after 2 draws will be available for loan from the AskUs service point in Central Library on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Lockers are available for loan to postgraduate students on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Keys can be loaned at the AskUs service point on Level 2 of Dorothy Hill Engineering and Sciences Library.
Gatton campus
- Lockers are available for loan to postgraduate students on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Keys can be loaned at the AskUs service point on level 2 of JK Murray Library.
Locker conditions of use
- Lockers are available to use for 1 semester.
- There is a limit of 1 locker per student, per semester.
- The Library reserves the right to determine the allocation of lockers, taking into consideration individual needs and circumstances, and to open lockers at any time when required.
- Food and drink must not be stored in lockers.
- The locker holder will be loaned a key to a numbered locker. You are responsible for the key.
- The key must be returned to the Library at the end of the loan or the key holder will be charged a replacement fee of $145 (including an administration fee of $20). Additional charges may apply. Visit borrowing rules and charges.