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Rome Center: Borrowing

Borrowing Privileges

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 & Administration:
    • Materials checked out during the fall semester will be due in December the last day of the semester.
    • Materials checked out during the Spring semester will be due in May on the last day of the semester.
  • Students & Staff:
    • During the Fall and Spring semesters, materials can be checked out for a 28 day loan period, during summer sessions, 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.
  • 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 7 days.
  • When an item is recalled, the patron holding the item is notified of the due date by email.
  • The patron who placed the recall will be notified by email when the item has been returned. Materials are held for one week before being reshelved.
  • All materials needed for reserve will be recalled immediately.

Overdue Book Fines:

  • Overdue books €.25 per day per item.
  • Overdue recall fines are €.25 per day after the recall due date and €.50 per day after the original due date.
  • The max fine for overdue books is €5.00.

Lost Materials

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

  1. Two-hour: These materials may be used for a 2 hour period in the IC only, including course reserves and tech devices. 
  2. 24-hour: AV materials

Fines for overdue reserve materials are as follows:

  • €.05 per minute for 2-hour reserve items
  • €2.50 per day for Room reserves

Intercampus & Interlibrary Loan:

  • Books housed at one of the other Loyola campuses may be requested through intercampus loan.  Please direct these requests to Anne Wittrick (awittrick@luc.edu).
  • Interlibrary Loan requests can be made online via ILLiad or through a librarian. If materials can be transmitted electronically, requests can be processed within 48 hours or two working days.
  • Patrons will be notified by email when Intercampus Loan materials arrive.

Audiovisual Materials:

  • DVDs can be loaned at the circulation desk.
  • There is a list of available titles.
  • Loan time is 7 days.
  • There is a €3.00 fine per day for overdue AV materials.
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