Borrowing Policies

This chart indicates what items are available to be checked out and the locations, such as the circulation desk, the music desk or the information commons desk. The checkout location of each item type is in parentheses. Under the user type (i.e. faculty) are the total number of items that can be checked out of each type, how long the items can be checked out, and whether the items can be renewed.

		Faculty	Staff	Graduate	Undergraduate	Clark	Friends	Alumni	Visitor
Books (Circulation/Music)	Items	200	200	100	50	50	10	5	5
	Loan	120 Days	120 Days	90 Days	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days
	Renew	5	5	2	2	2	In Person
On Reserve (Circulation/Music)	Items	2	2	2	2
	Loan	Varies	Varies	Varies	Varies
	Renew
DVDs (Music)	Items	10	10	10	10	10
	Loan	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
	Renew	2	2	2	2
CDs (Music)	Items	10	10	10	10	10
	Loan	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days	14 Days
	Renew	2	2	2	2	2
VHS (Music)	Items	10	10	10	10	10
	Loan	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days	7 Days
	Renew	2	2	2	2
Government documents (Circulation)	Items	200	200	100	50	25	10	5	5
	Loan	120 Days	120 Days	90 Days	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days	28 Days
	Renew	5	5	2	2	2	In Person
Group study rooms (Circulation)	Items	1	1	1	1
	Loan	3 Hours	3 Hours	3 Hours	3 Hours
	Renew
IC Frog Pods (Information Commons)	Items	1	1	1	1
	Loan	3 Hours	3 Hours	3 Hours	3 Hours
	Renew	1	1	1	1
Laptops (Information Commons)	Items	1	1	1	1
	Loan	3 Hours	3 Hours	3 Hours	3 Hours
	Renew	1	1	1	1
Headphones (Information Commons)	Items	1	1	1	1
	Loan	4 Hours	4 Hours	4 Hours	4 Hours
	Renew	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Current journals (Periodicals)	Items	5	5	5 - Note
	Loan	24 Hours	24 Hours	24 Hours
	Renew
Bound journals (Periodicals)	Items	5	5	5 - Note
	Loan	24 Hours	24 Hours	24 Hours
	Renew
Music scores (Music)	Items	50	50	50	30	30
	Loan	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days	30 Days
	Renew	2	2	2	1	1
Ready reference (Information Commons)	Items	5	5	5	5
	Loan	4 Hours	4 Hours	4 Hours	4 Hours
	Renew
Special Collections (Use by appointment)	Items
	Loan
	Renew

As indicated above, you may renew your items online or in-person at the circulation or music desks. Faculty may also renew by phone at 817.257.7112.

Reviewed 7/27/2012 by James Lutz .

Notices

Courtesy

A courtesy notice is emailed 3 to 4 days prior to your materials due date. A link to renew your items will be in the email. Not all items can be renewed.

Recall

You may receive a recall notice on an item you have checked out. You can receive this notice after you have had the item for 14 days.

Overdue (Fine)

An overdue notice is emailed after the due date has expired. It will let you know which items are to be returned. A second notice is emailed after the item(s) have been overdue for 11 days.

Lost

A lost notice is emailed 22 days after the due date. Receipt of a lost notice indicates that the library has forwarded the information to TCU Financial Services to begin billing. The cost to replace material will be billed in addition to accumulated fines. If you locate and return the materials the lost charges will be refunded.

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Fines

Fine rates for most items are $0.75 per day per item. Items are assumed lost after 22 days overdue. A $15.00 non-refundable processing charge in addition to the replacement cost of the item is assessed. The replacement cost is refunded if the item is returned. Fines for reserve materials are strictly enforced and are sent to TCU Financial Services. Excessive fines block library privileges until resolved.

Fine disputes may be resolved by contacting the Circulation Department. It may be necessary to refer fine queries to other departments such as the Music/Media Library or the Information Commons to resolve.

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Reviewed 7/27/2012 by James Lutz .