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Policies and Procedures
 
Additional policies and procedures exist that might be applicable.
 
Purpose
 
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, and group study rooms.
 
 
Patrons
 
  • We serve everyone involved with the University in addition to the general public. The UL Lafayette faculty, staff and students are required to have a current and validated University ID to borrow materials.
  • Among those patrons who are not associated with the University, only those who wish to purchase a Friends of the Library card (at the annual cost of $35.00) may borrow library materials.
  • Alumni who possess an "alumni card" are also extended borrowing privileges.
  • Finally, the Louisiana Academic Library Information Consortium (LALINC), which consists of faculty, staff and graduate students from all state institutions in good standing are issued a LALINC card allowing them cooperative borrowing privileges. See attachment for library circulation regulations applying to LALINC users.
 
 
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 checkout period. Bound periodicals are loaned only to faculty, staff and graduate students. Faculty and staff have a seven-day loan period, while graduate students are limited to overnight checkout. Videos and compact disks are charged out for a 3-week period. 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.
 
 
Circulation Limits
 
The total number of library materials (books, CDs, government documents, etc.) patrons are allowed to have checked out at one time varies depending on the patron's classification with the University. The limits are as follows:
 
  • Undergraduates and staff: 30 items
  • Graduate students: 75 items
  • Faculty: 100 items
Friends of the Library members are allowed 30 items checked out at one time. LALINC card holders are allowed to have 10 items checked out at one time.
 
 
Fines and Penalties
 
Fines on books : $ .25 per day, per book. Maximum fine after 30 days is $15.00 per book. Fines must be paid with Cajun Cash.
 
Lost books : Full replacement cost plus $15.00 service charge.
 
Mutilation :
 
  • Books and bound periodicals – full repair or replacement costs plus $15.00 per item service charge.
  • Individual pages – $5.00 per page (when the source is not identified).
 
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).
 
 
Other Services
 
  • The staff of the Circulation Services Department provides keys for several Group Study rooms located on the 1st and 2nd floors. These rooms are for use by groups of two or more students for study purposes. A two-hour time limit will be enforced as demand requires. A current validated University of Louisiana at Lafayette ID is required to use a study room. Fines: $5.00 for leaving with a key; and $20.00 for replacement of a lost key.
  • Circulation Services also includes the stacks area where library materials are shelved on each floor. These areas are maintained by 2 full-time employees, plus assigned student assistants. Their responsibility includes the upkeep of these areas and offering assistance as needed by patrons.
  • Photocopiers are maintained by Circulation staff and copier technicians; a Cajun Card ATM machine is located in the 1st floor Copy Center, allowing patrons to add funds to their Cajun Card.
  • Intercom paging of patrons will be allowed in case of medical emergency only.
 
 
 
Circulation Department, Dupré 107
(337.482.6025; circulation@louisiana.edu)
 
 
UL Lafayette   
 
 

Document last revised Monday, August 6, 2012 4:30 PM hcp
 
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