6.40 LIBRARY CIRCULATION

 
Effective: February 9, 1998

PURPOSE
To define policies with regard to access to library resources for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the general public.

AUTHORITY/SOURCE
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

POLICY
Borrowing policies at Florida International University Libraries are generally restricted to students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Florida International University; and to students, faculty, and staff of other institutions in the State University System and libraries with whom reciprocal borrowing agreements have been established. Active F.I.U. Library Associates have borrowing privileges. Members of the general public are allowed to use library materials only within the library.

FIU students, alumni and emeritus faculty; students, faculty, and staff of the SUS; and authorized members of the general public are permitted to check out library materials for a three week period. FIU graduate students may borrow items for six weeks. FIU faculty and staff are permitted to borrow library materials for a three month period.

Courtesy borrowing privileges may be extended to visiting faculty with the approval of appropriate department chairperson and library staff.

Adjunct faculty have borrowing privileges for the period of their employment with the University. Privileges will be extended with presentation of a valid University ID card, or the form "Request for Library Privileges, North Campus and University Park Libraries, Adjunct Faculty." This form, which must be signed by the Department Chairperson, is available in academic departments or at the Library Circulation Desk. Adjunct faculty can borrow library materials for three months.

Borrowers who wish to renew library materials must return them to the library to be renewed. FIU Faculty and staff may renew materials by returning only the overdue notice with the following exception: materials with a due date that falls within the Spring Semester must be physically returned to the library for renewal.

Periodicals, reference books, and some AV materials normally are not permitted to circulate outside the confines of the library.
 

PROCEDURE
Students, faculty, and staff of Florida International University must present current University photo identification cards at the Circulation Desk. Students, faculty, and staff of other SUS institutions must present current and validated identification from their respective institutions.

Alumni of FIU must present proof of graduation to receive a borrower's card. A member of the general public who wishes to become a Library Associate will be issued a borrower's card and provided with a set of instructions outlining the rights and privileges of membership.

Detailed access policies and procedures are found in the following:
Library Circulation Policies for Faculty & Staff
Library Circulation Policies for FIU Students
Library Circulation Policies for Consortium and Non-Affiliated Borrowers
What You Should Know as a Library Associate
SEFLIN Access Rules

Forms used include:
Library Card Application form
SEFLIN Application for Library Card
Request for Library Privileges, North Campus and University Park Libraries, Adjunct Faculty

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