University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point University Library
Phone: 346-2540 | E-Mail: libcirc@uwsp.edu
Location: University Library, First Floor on North side of Main Lobby
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Staff | Circulation Policies
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(for more detailed information on loan periods, click here.)
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 8:00 PM until 9:00 AM the next morning.
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If the catalogue says an item is "not checked out" and it is not 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 at a later date.
If the catalogue says an item is "charged", you can 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 also wish to try Universal Borrowing.
Renewals may be requested by phone (Extension 2540), or by e-mail: libcirc@uwsp.edu.
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.
| Stack Books | $0.10 per day per item |
| Reference Books | $2.00 per day |
| Lost or Damaged Barcode | $5.00 |
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 or fees amounting to $15.00 or more will not be allowed borrowing privileges until the matter is resolved.
Proxy patron status 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 2012.
Students may suggest titles for the library to consider for purchase. Ask for order cards at the Main Circulation Desk.
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.
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 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.
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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