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Aleph Circulation Procedures - Loaning Items - Reference

General Guidelines:

  • Reference material check-out is limited to faculty and graduate students

  • Normal check-out is for 48 hours, but with the Librarian’s discretion, may be extended to up to five working days plus the weekend

  • Patrons may renew materials with Librarian approval, but must bring the item(s) back to Library to do this (no online or phone renewals)

  • Librarians may deny check-out if the material is a high-use  or high-need item

  • Fines for overdue Reference materials are $5/day

Procedures:

  • A Reference Librarian (or other librarian with desk-duty) fills out a “Reference Special Permission” form (currently pink and located in the “Reference Material Check-Out” folder in the file drawer at the Reference Desk)

  • The patron takes the book and slip to the Circulation Desk, and a Circulation staff member does an override in ALEPH to manually adjust the due date, then the material is checked out to the patron

  • The item is desensitized as usual (no special security desk alert necessary)

  • Items are returned to the Circulation Desk and checked in there, re-sensitized,  then handled like any other Reference item

 


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