Borrowing Privileges - Package H

Applies to individuals who are currently:

employed by the University of Lethbridge to provide instruction in courses offered on the University of Lethbridge Calgary Campus or the University of Lethbridge Edmonton campus, or
employed as University of Lethbridge faculty or staff on the Lethbridge campus and are temporarily engaged in work- or research-related study that places them at an off-campus location that is more than 90 kilometres outside the city limits of Lethbridge*

*Individuals in category B. above, should apply for extended library services by completing the Library Borrowing Privileges Application form, choosing "UofL Distance" as their "primary campus".

Annual Fee:

none

NOTE: Loan periods are for the period specified or to the expiration date of your borrowing privileges, whichever comes first.

On-site Collections of Resources	Loan Period	Renewals	Holds/Recalls/Bookings
Main Circulating items (except non-current periodicals)	20 weeks (includes transit time), subject to recall after initial 6 weeks	1, subject to immediate recall	Accepted
Non-current periodicals	document delivery	Not permitted	Requests for copy accepted
Current periodicals	document delivery	Not permitted	Requests for copy accepted
Reference, Government Documents, Microforms	non-circulating	Not permitted	Not accepted
Reserve collections	hourly or daily (in person)	Not permitted	Not accepted
Audiovisual software	14 days, unless already booked (includes transit time)	Not permitted	Booking advised
Audiovisual equipment (high-demand)	non-circulating	Not permitted	Not accepted
Audiovisual equipment (low-demand)	non-circulating	Not permitted	Not accepted
Special Collections, University Archives, University Records	non-circulating	Not permitted	Not accepted
Curriculum Laboratory circulating items	6 weeks (see Loan Limits; includes transit time)	Not permitted	Holds only accepted on items IN PROCESS or IN LIBRARY

Loan limits:

unlimited items from reserve collections
specific items may not be available at certain times of the year, based on high-demand
Curriculum Laboratory collections;
- limit of 5 items at one time from Curriculum Laboratory collections
- the following types of materials are not available for loan by distance users: Art prints and art bin materials, reference, fiction, oversize and picture file materials
- all Curriculum Laboratory materials are subject to variable, discretionary loan periods when in high demand by students enrolled in the teacher-education program

Holds/Recalls/Bookings:

holds/recalls accepted for items currently on loan to another borrower
holds accepted for items with a status of IN PROCESS or ON ORDER
holds accepted for items listed with an RSTOR (Off-site Main Circulating collection) location
requests for copies accepted on periodicals
holds/recalls not accepted on reserve materials
bookings accepted for audiovisual software
bookings not accepted for audiovisual hardware

Interlibrary Loan:

NOTE: Some restrictions apply to distance faculty (not including faculty on Calgary or Edmonton campuses)

number of fully subsidized requests filled per fiscal year = 1.0 X Quota*
cost per filled request over per user quota = average lending fee paid by the University Library to lending institutions**.
may apply for the Special Needs Quota of 1.5 X Quota
may request from any location

*Quota is established on an annual basis according to the available budget, average cost of the lending fees and the number of eligible users. Quota will be prorated for appointments of less than a year in duration.

** The average lending fee is established on an annual basis in conjunction with the establishment of Quota.

Access to Electronic Resources Off-campus:

permitted

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Content Revised: March 3, 2010