Tier 1: Faculty, Emeritus Faculty, Graduate Students, Dental School [External]

• Regular Circulating Collection:  16 weeks, unlimited renewals
• Closed Stacks Collection: 3 weeks
• Reserves and Equipment: 3 hours, 7 days, or end-of-day (depending on the material)
• Non Circ: Cannot check out

Tier 2: Undergraduate Students, Retired, Support Staff, Academic Employees [External]

• Regular Circulating Collection:  8 weeks, unlimited renewals
• Closed Stacks Collection: end-of-day
• Reserves and Equipment: 3 hours, 7 days, or end-of-day (depending on the material)
• Non Circ: Cannot check out

Tier 3: Local Low Privilege [Internal]

(Alumni, Friends of Lovejoy Library Members, Courtesy/Affiliate Borrowers)

• Regular Circulating Collection:  4 weeks, 4 renewals
• Closed Stacks Collection: end-of-day
• Reserves and Equipment: Cannot check out
• Non Circ: Cannot check out

Policies for all User Groups

• Amount owed before block: $75.00
• Number of overdue items before block: 10
• Number of overdue recalled items before block: 5
• Limit of physical item requests: None
• $20.00 processing fee for all lost or replaced materials.
• Cost for replacement items is equal to the cost of the item, not a flat fee (default Billed amount $75, refer all inquiries to Evening Circulation Manager).
• Overdue fines for items that have a status of Claimed Returned are suspended.
• Overdue fines for items that are subsequently declared Lost are suspended. The patron is still charged the processing fee and the replacement cost.
• Overdue fines for recalled items are set at $1.00 per day with a maximum fine of $15.00

Internal: A local user managed by us locally within Alma.

External: Users imported from and managed by an external system. The core user details are managed in the external system but can be viewed in Alma.