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Main Circulation

Phone: 346-2540 | E-Mail: libcirc@uwsp.edu
Location: University Library, First Floor on North side of Main Lobby
Hours | Staff | Circulation Policies

Loan Periods
Overdues & Fines
Renewals
Returns
Universal Borrowing [UB]
Reserving Carrels & Study Rooms
Group Computer Work Rooms
Student Requests
Delivery Service
Special Materials
Can't find an item that's not checked out?
Proxy
Laptops
Lost & Found

Loan Periods  [top]

(for detailed information on loan periods, click here.)

Stack Books

(books on floors 3-5):
  • Undergraduate and Non-University Borrowers: four weeks with a renewal of an additional four weeks.
  • Graduate Students: four weeks with unlimited four week renewals.
  • Faculty: until the end of the current term with unlimited renewals.

 

Reference Books

Books located in the Reference Room may be checked out for 24 hours with permission by the Reference Librarian.


Item Not on Shelf  [top]

If the catalogue says an item is "not checked out" and it is not on the shelf, please ask at the Access Services (Circulation) desk on the first floor. If we do not find it, we will put a search on it and notify you of its status at a later date.


Renewals  [top]

Renewals may be requested by phone (Extension 2540), or by e-mail: libcirc@uwsp.edu.


Returns [top]

Book returns are available at the Access Services (Circulation) desk and two outside book drops, one at each entrance.


Overdue Books & Fines  [top]

Stack Books$0.10 per day per item
Reference Books$2.00 per day

You will be fined for overdue, lost, or damaged materials. Fines are payable upon return of materials, but the fines are not assessed until the item is checked in. All fines are payable at the Access Services (Circulation) Desk. Disputes involving fines are to be reconciled at the circulation desk where the items were borrowed.

Email notices are sent for overdue items. Please notify us if you believe the item was returned. Notices are also generated for fines not paid when overdues are returned. You will be billed for replacement costs plus the accrued fines if a book is held 60 days past the due date. Failure to receive a notice does not relieve the borrower of the obligation to return material on the due date or to pay the fines accrued.

Anyone owing fines or fees amounting to $15.00 or more will not be allowed borrowing privileges until the matter is resolved.


Reserving Carrels and Group Study Rooms [top]

Locked study cubicles on the fifth floor are available to faculty and graduate students. Applications are taken in the Library Administrative Office on the 5th floor and assignments made for a semester at a time. The group study rooms on the 3rd and 4th floors are for the use of patrons who need to confer without disturbing others. You may sign up for regular use of a room at the Access Services (Circulation) Desk. Any groups may use the study rooms during hours that they are not reserved.


Group Computer Work Rooms  [top]

The Group Computer Work Rooms on the 4th floor are for the use of groups of (2 or more) faculty, staff, and students who need to work on class projects without disturbing others. There is a limit of six hours per week per group. Printing is not available from these stations, users have to save their work or email it to themselves and print it out from a lab or office.

Groups may reserve the rooms and sign out a key at the Access Services (Circulation) Desk, First Floor. Two University IDs are required as security for the key. Any group may use the rooms during hours that they are not reserved. If you experience problems with the equipment, please contact the Information Technology Help Desk for assistance (346-HELP).


Student Requests  [top]

Students may suggest titles for the library to consider for purchase. Ask for order cards at the Main Circulation Desk.


Special Materials at Access Services (Main Circulation) Desk  [top]

  • UWSP Masters Theses—The theses and some of the graduate seminar reports done for the masters' programs at UWSP are kept in the Reference Room and may circulate for three weeks.
  • Leisure Reading Collection—This paperback browsing collections is located in the lobby. Titles may include books that are topical, faddish or on the best seller lists that may not be in the general stacks. Loan period is three weeks.
  • New Book Shelf—A sampling of new books being added to the collection is on shelves in the lobby.
  • Ongoing Library Book Sale—50 cents to buy books that were donated to the library.  New books are placed on the book sale shelf each Friday.
  • Audio Books - The Library collects bestselling fictions titles on CD. These titles are also available in the lobby. 

Proxy Patrons  [top]

Proxy patron status allows one patron to check out books under another patron's identification number.

Who needs such a strange thing? Professors who have assistants they wish to extend faculty privileges and any faculty/staff member who wishes to let someone else pick-up or checkout their materials for them.

In order to set up someone as a proxy, you must submit a written letter or e-mail to Access Services (Circulation). Include your name and UWSP ID number and the names and ID numbers of the people you would like on your proxy list. Also, include the date you want the proxy privileges to expire, i.e. the end of fall semester 2012.


Lost & Found  [top]

Lost textbooks and personal items are kept at the Access Services (Circulation) Desk for a day or two and then returned to Text Rental or the campus Lost & Found at the University Center.


Public Address System  [top]

The public address system is used to clear the building at closing and in case of emergency. An emergency is defined as a situation in which property or human life are endangered.

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This page last modified: Thursday, February 02, 2012