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| The purpose of the Circulation Department is to provide friendly and courteous service to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette community and the general public in lending library materials. Additionally, staff members are responsible for answering directional questions, maintaining photocopiers, the photocopier room change machine, and group study rooms. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Allowances are made at the beginning of every semester or session for students who have not yet been able to secure a current validated ID. During this time, any form of pictured ID is acceptable. This period of "allowance" lasts for two weeks into each semester or session. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Loan Periods | |||||||||||||||||||
| Materials lent through the Circulation Department include: books, bound periodicals, compact disks (CDs), video cassettes, and DVDs. Books are loaned to faculty members for an academic year, to graduate students for one semester, and undergraduate students are allowed a twenty-one (21) day check-out period. Bound periodicals are loaned only to faculty, staff and graduate studentsfaculty and staff have a seven day loan period, while graduate students are limited to overnight checkout. Videos and compact disks are charged out to faculty and graduate students for a 3-day period, and to staff and undergraduates for 1 day only. Books and CD-ROMs have a loan period of twenty-one days. Renewals of library materials are allowed as long as there has been no request for that material by any other patron. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fines and Penalties | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fines on books : $ .25 per day, per book, unless returned within the 3-day grace period. Minimum fine is $1.00 per book; maximum fine after 30 days is $10.00 per book. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lost books : Full replacement cost plus $10.00 service charge. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Patrons leaving with uncharged library materials or mutilated materials will be referred either to Student Personnel (university students) or University Police (persons not affiliated with the university). | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Linda A. Desormeaux, Head of Circulation Services (circulation@louisiana.edu) Departmental Telephone 337.482.6025 |
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Document last revised Tuesday, September 4, 2007 10:59 AM
© Copyright 2003 by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Edith Garland Dupré Library, PO Box 40199, Lafayette LA 70504
Circulation Desk: 337/482-6025 · Reference Desk: 337/482-6030
Location: 302 E Saint Mary Blvd · E-Mail: reference@louisiana.edu