Student Worker Training Guide

Circulation Periods

Materials may be borrowed from the collection for differing periods, depending on the material and the patron’s status. Reference books and print periodicals do not circulate outside the library. E-Z Borrow books circulate for 4 weeks and are permitted only one renewal. EZ Borrow and ILL books may not be used by faculty for course reserves, nor by students for course textbooks. The library reserves the right to refuse processing any book requests via interlibrary loan due to inappropriate content.

BOOKS

Undergraduate, Graduate Students                   4 weeks, limit of 50 books, 1 renewal

Faculty and Staff                                             90 days, unlimited number of books, 1 renewal

Alumni                                                           4 weeks, limit of 10 books, 1 renewal

Outside  (Friends, cooperating institutions)        4 weeks, limit of 10 books, no renewals

MEDIA

DVD                                                                1 week, limit of 10 total media items, no renewals              

• Media available to current students, staff, and faculty only—no outside borrowers.
• Media are not available for interlibrary loan--either lending or borrowing.

RESERVE MATERIALS                         

3 hour loan time

• Limit of 3 items; may renew once if no one else needs it
• Materials must stay in the library
• Available to students and faculty only
• Faculty may not use EZ borrow or ILL books for course reserve.

Library of Things

Each thing has its own borrowing period listed on its tag: either 3 hours, 24 hours or 1 week.