Background
A term-long loan period facilitates the needs of students who require library materials for research and study.
All campuses having a standardized loan period avoids confusion for library users
Eliminates need for frequent renewals and problems resulting from unsuccessful renewal attempts
Checked out items can be requested through CSU+ where patrons will likely receive items faster than if they place a hold or recall on locally owned materials
For those campuses with more generous loan periods, we are not recommending you shorten loan periods to coincide with this policy.
Policy Statement
For all students (both undergraduate and graduate), set the following loan periods for all regular circulating main stack items:
For Campuses on Semester System: 16 week minimum total checkout
For Campuses on Quarter System: 12 week minimum total checkout
Procedures in Alma
Find a How-to Article to create appropriate TOUs, policies and Fulfillment unit rules on the Fulfillment Functional Committee page.
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Action log
Section | Point Person | Expected Completion Date | Last action taken | Next action required |
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Articulate the need for the policy (background) |
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Create a Policy Statement |
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Identify and create best practice recommendations |
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Where applicable, identify and write up procedures in Alma |
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Approved by COLD |
| COLD approved a minimum one semester/quarter loan period for students | Working group will need to document setup of Terms of Use to make this change |
Tasks to be completed
- Type your task here, using "@" to assign to a user and "//" to select a due date