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University Library Borrowing

Borrower Registration

Loan Periods
Returning Library Materials
Overdue Fine Rates
Renewing Library Materials
Lost Library Materials
Placing Library Holds on Returned Items
Change of Address
Library Assisted Searches for Materials
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 : Gimbel Art and Design Library : Borrowing
Gimbel Library Borrowing Policies
Borrower Registration

Students, faculty, and staff must show a University ID card with a barcode and a current validation sticker to borrow materials or use other Consortium library materials.

 

New School students, faculty and staff may obtain their barcodes at any New School Library.

 

 
 
  Other Consortium borrowers must register at the libraries of their "home institutions".

 

Loan Periods

The following websites have information for checking out materials from the individual branch libraries. Questions should be directed to individual circulation managers or library circulation staff.

 

Students
 
Graduate Students  
14 days
Undergraduates
14 days
Nonmatriculated
14 days
 
Faculty and Staff
University Staff
14 days
Faculty (part-time and full-time)
60 days
Deputy Borrowers
60 days
Administrative Staff
60 days

 

Ph.D. Candidates with an approved dissertation topic may apply for 60 Day privileges


Returning Library Materials

All materials should be returned to the library from which they were borrowed. Return books to the circulation desk or the book drop outside the library on or before the due date stamped in the back of the book.

 

Overdue Fine Rates

 
Two-Week Loan  
$ .25
per day
One-Day Loan
$1.00
per day
Two-Hour Loan (Reserves)
$1.00
per hour
Recalled Items
$1.00
per day

Student Slides

$2.00
per day


Renewing Library Materials

Open stack books may be renewed twice, unless another borrower has requested the book. Overdue fines must be paid before you can renew a book. Reserve books may not be renewed. Convenient ways to renew books: You can renew books without having the books in hand. Stop by the Circulation Desk with your valid student I.D. and we'll renew your books (except Reserves and 2-hour-loan items).

You can also renew books over the telephone or over the Web (through BobCat). Have your student ID in hand, because your barcode number & student ID number will be needed.

 

View your library record in BobCat. You can now view your library record in BobCat. Check the correctness of your name, address, phone number; items checked out to you and their due dates, items on hold; and fines.


Lost Library Materials

Library material not returned within 50 days of the due date or recalled material not returned within 14 days of the first recall notice are assumed to be lost and are subject to replacement costs. A replacement bill consists of :

  1. The purchase price quoted from Books in Print or, if not in print, the replacement price as determined by the University Libraries;

     

      A $10.00 processing fee. The purchase price, but not the processing fee, will be refunded for any item returned within one year from the date the bill was paid.

Contact the Circulation Department of the appropriate library to resolve problems with lost, stolen, or long overdue books. Library delinquencies may result in suspension of borrowing privileges, withholding of grades and degree, and possible legal action.

 

Placing Library Holds on Returned Materials

If you cannot locate a book on the shelf, check in BOBCAT, the online catalog, to see if someone else has borrowed the book. If the book is on loan, you may recall the item via BOBCAT to be held for you when it is returned. When the book comes back, we will notify you and hold the book for you at the Circulation Desk.

 

Change of Address

Since you are obligated to respond to overdue, recall, and fine notices, please inform the Library of any change of address and/or telephone changes. YOU ARE LIABLE FOR FINES AND PROCESSING FEES WHETHER OR NOT MAILED NOTICES OR BILLS ARE RECEIVED.

 

Library Assisted Searches for Materials

If you cannot locate a book on the shelf even though the BobCat status is "Available", the Circulation Desk will search for the book at your request. If we locate the book, we will notify you, and hold the book at the Circulation Desk. If the book cannot be located, the library may be able to secure another copy of the book through Inter-Library Loan (ILL).

 

 
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