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Phone: 346-2540 | E-Mail:
libcirc@uwsp.edu
Location: University Library, First Floor on North side of Main Lobby
Normal Hours |
Staff | Circulation Policies
LOAN PERIODS
(for more
detailed information on loan periods, click here)
STACK BOOKS (books on floors 3-5):
- Undergraduate and Non-University Borrowers: four weeks with a
renewal of an additional four weeks if there is no hold on the book.
"A hold" means that another library user has requested the material.
- Graduate Students: four weeks with unlimited four week renewals as
long as there are no holds on the material.
- Faculty: until the end of the current term and may be renewed
after that date. Books must be returned promptly if anyone asks for
them after the first three weeks.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
Books located in the Reference Reading Room must be used in the
building during the day unless special permission is given by the
Reference Librarian. Those reference books that may circulate may be
checked out after 8:00pm until 9:00 the next morning.
IF THE LIBRARY CATALOG SAYS A BOOK IS
"NOT CHECKED OUT" AND YOU ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE BOOK ON THE SHELF...
Please ask us to check the books that are waiting to be shelved. If
we do not find it, we will put a "search" on it and notify you of its
status later.
IF THE CATALOG INDICATES A BOOK IS
"CHARGED"...
Ask us to reserve a book that is out. We can put a "hold" on an item
and notify you when it has been returned. We cannot tell you who has a
book out, but we will try to get it back before the due date in extreme
cases. You may wish to try UB.
RENEWALS
Renewals may be requested by phone (Extension 2540), or by e-mail:
libcirc@uwsp.edu
RETURNS
Materials should be returned to the areas from which they were
borrowed. Stack books and reference materials are returned to the two
slots to the right of the Main Circulation Desk. Materials returned
before or after hours may be returned to the outside book drops on
either end of the building. These drops are checked by Circulation Desk
personnel, who will return these items to the appropriate departments.
Items borrowed from the Reserve and Periodical Departments that are
returned before 9:00 a.m. will be delivered to those departments
immediately. However we cannot guarantee the materials returned later
will be taken to these areas promptly.
OVERDUE BOOKS & FINES...
- STACK BOOKS--10¢ per day per item
- REFERENCE BOOKS--$2 per day
- LOST OR DAMAGED BARCODE--$5
You will be fined for overdue, lost, or damaged materials. Fines are
payable upon return of materials, but the fines are not assessed until
the item is checked in. ALL FINES ARE PAYABLE AT THE MAIN CIRCULATION
DESK. Disputes involving fines are to be reconciled at the circulation
desk where the items were borrowed.
Two notices are sent for overdue items. Please notify us upon receipt
of an overdue notice if you believe the item was returned. Notices are
also generated for fines not paid when overdues are returned. You will
be billed for replacement costs plus the accrued fines if a book is held
thirty days past the due date. Failure to receive a notice does not
relieve the borrower of the obligation to return material on the due
date or to pay the fines accrued. A special fine may be assessed if
overdue material is held after a user is notified that another person
needs it.
ANYONE OWING FINES & FEES AMOUNTING TO $15 OR
MORE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED BORROWING PRIVILEGES UNTIL THE MATTER IS
RESOLVED.
PROXY PATRONS
What is a proxy patron? Proxy patron allows one patron to
check out books under another patron's identification number.
Who needs such a strange thing? Professors who have assistants they
wish to extend faculty privileges and any faculty/staff member who
wishes to let someone else pick-up or checkout their materials for them.
In order to set up someone as a proxy, you must submit a written
letter or
e-mail
to the University Library Circulation Desk. Include your name and UWSP
ID number and the names and ID numbers of the people you would like on
your proxy list. Also, include the date you want the proxy privileges to
expire, i.e. the end of fall semester 2000.
STUDENT REQUESTS TO PURCHASE BOOKS
Students may suggest titles for the library to consider for purchase.
Ask for order cards at the Main Circulation Desk.
SPECIAL MATERIALS KEPT AT OR NEAR
THE MAIN CIRCULATION DESK
- UWSP Masters Theses--The theses and some of the graduate seminar
reports done for the masters' programs at the university are kept at the
Main Circulation Desk and may circulate for three weeks.
- Leisure Reading Collection--This paperback browsing collections is
located in the lobby in front of the desk. Titles may include books that
are topical, faddish or on the best seller lists that may not be in the
general stacks. Loan period is three weeks.
- New Book Shelf--A sampling of new books being added to the
collection is on shelves near the west end of the desk.
- Ongoing Library Book Sale--50 cents to buy books that were donated
to the library. New books are placed on the book sale shelf each
Friday.
RESERVING CARRELS AND
GROUP STUDY ROOMS
Locked study cubicles on the fifth floor are available to faculty and
graduate students. Applications are taken in the Library Administrative
Office on the 5th floor and assignments made for a semester at a time.
The group study rooms on the fourth floor are for the use of patrons who
need to confer without disturbing others. You may sign up for regular
use of a room at the Main Circulation Desk. Any groups may use the study
rooms during hours that they are not reserved.
GROUP COMPUTER WORK ROOMS
The Group Computer Work Rooms on the Fourth floor are for the use of
groups of (2 or more) University faculty, staff, and students who need
to work on class projects without disturbing others. There is a
limit of six hours per week per group. Printing is not available
from these stations, users have to save their work to a zip disk or
email it to themselves and print it out from a lab or office.
Groups may reserve the rooms and sign out a key at the Main Circulation
Desk, First Floor. Two University IDs are required
as security for the key.
Any group may use the rooms during hours that they are not reserved.
If you experience problems with the equipment, please contact the
Information Technology
Help Desk for assistance (346-HELP)
LOST & FOUND
Lost textbooks and personal items are kept at the Main Circulation
Desk for a day or two and then returned to Text Rental or the campus
Lost & Found at the University Center.
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM
The public address system is used to clear the building at closing
and in case of emergency. An emergency is defined as a situation in
which property or human life are endangered.
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