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