Rome Center Library Services

Library Privileges: Faculty & Administration | Students & Staff

Library Services: Renewals | Recalls | Overdue Fines | Lost Materials | Reserves | Overdue Reserves Fines Intercampus Loan | Videos

Library Privileges

Loyola Rome Center students, faculty and staff may borrow materials and use other library services at the Rome Center Library. Materials from the general collection circulate as follows:

Faculty and Administration:

• Materials checked out during the fall semester will be due on December 10th.
• Materials checked out during the Spring semester will be due on May 1st.

Students & Staff:

• During the Fall and Spring semesters, materials will be charged for a 28 day loan period.
• During the summer session, materials will be charged for a 14 day loan period.

Library Services

Renewals:

• General Collection materials may be renewed as often as needed, provided no one has placed a recall on the item.
• No phone renewals. All materials must be brought into the library to be renewed.

Recalls:

• Materials may be recalled after they have been charged to another patron for two weeks.
• When an item is recalled, the patron holding the item is notified of the due date by mail.
• The patron who placed the recall will be notified by mail when the item has been returned. Material are held for 10 days before being reshelved.
• All materials needed for reserve will be recalled immediately.

Overdue Book Fines:

• Over due books € .25 Euro cents/day/book.
• Overdue recall fines are € .25 Euro a day after the recall due date and € .50 Lire per day after the original due date.
• The max fine for overdue books is € 5.00 euro dollars
  
  See Reserves for fines on Reserve materials. See the Video section for overdue video fines.

Lost Materials

• The charge for a lost item is the current replacement cost of the material plus a non refundable€15.00 euro dollars processing fee.
• Books not currently in print will be accessed a € 50.00 euro dollars replacement fee, plus the €15.00 euro dollars processing fee.

Reserves:

• Course materials that Loyola faculty have placed on reserve are kept at the Circulation Desk and are arranged alphabetically by the instructor's last name.
• A currently valid ID is required to charge reserve items.
• Reserve items are not eligible for renewal.

There are four categories of reserve materials:

1. Two-hour: materials may be used for a 2 hour period and may not be removed from the library.
2. Room-Use: materials may be used for up to one day, but may not be removed from the library.
3. Three-day: materials may be charged for a 3 day period.
4. Seven-day: materials may be charged for a 7 day period.
   

Fines for Overdue Reserve Materials

• €.05 per minute for 2hours reserve items
• € 2.50 per day for Room reserves, 3 day reserve and 7 day reserve items

Intercampus Loan:

• Books and periodicals housed at one of the other Loyola campuses may be requested through intercampus loan.
• If materials can be transmitted electronically, requests can be processed within 48 hours or two working days.
• Patrons will be notified by mail when Intercampus Loan materials arrive.
• Please direct all intercampus loan requests to Elise Aversa at eaversa@luc.edu

Videos:

• Videos are on reserve at the circulation desk.
• A valid ID is required to charge out a video.
• The video must be returned by 9am the next day.
• Please rewind videos before returning them.
• There is a € 3.00 Euro dollars fine per day for overdue videos.