Starting in fall semester, students, staff, and faculty will see an increase in the length of loan periods for the books they borrow from the UFV Library.
Undergraduate students can now check out books for three weeks. The initial three-week loan period is guaranteed; however, renewed items are subject to recall if someone else requests them. Students may renew books online twice. (Graduate student loan periods for books remain 4 weeks.)
Faculty and staff, too, will see changes as their borrowing privileges are extended to four months. The first three weeks are guaranteed. After that, these books are also subject to recall. Faculty and staff can renew items online twice. Books then have to be returned to the library before they can be checked out again.
That means students, staff, or other faculty can recall books that are currently checked out by other borrowers, including faculty. If an item is recalled, UFV library users will receive an email via their UFV email account notifying them of the new due date. Please be sure to check your UFV email regularly! (You can also check your library account online.) Recalled items with a loan period of 7 or fewer days will be due back within 3 days. Recalled items with a loan period of more than 7 days will be due back within 5 days.
As previously, overdue items are subject to overdue fines for students and recalled items are subject to a $1/day fine for all users. Loan periods for videos and journals have not changed. See the Borrowing Materials webpage for complete details.
We encourage Library users to self- renew all items online through their Library Account which is available on the Library homepage. Each item can be renewed online twice, provided no other library user has requested the item by placing a hold on it. We will not be renewing items at the circulation desk, with the exception of those items that have reached the maximum online renewals. With the new policies, library users will have more opportunity to access the library items they need. Just place a hold on an item that is checked out and we will recall it for you.
Posted by Brenda
