 Retrieval Services
Lauinger Retrieval Service
If you are a faculty member or graduate student in a department housed
in the Reiss Science Building and you want a science journal shelved in
Lauinger Library, you may request that the item be retrieved for you. The
item will be retrieved from Lauinger Library and held for you at the Science
Library Circulation Desk. Most requests are filled in one to two days.
Service is slower when classes are not in session. Request forms can be found
at the Blommer Science
Library Circulation Desk.
Riggs Storage Retrieval
If the item you want is stored in the Science Library storage facility
(Riggs Storage), Library staff will retrieve the needed item. Material
is usually retrieved on a daily basis, in the morning and the afternoon of
each weekday and once each weekend day. Service is slower
when classes are not in session. Requests forms can be found at the Science
Library Circulation Desk.
Off
Campus Storage Retrieval
Items shelved in the off campus storage facility can be retrieved by using
the Request Item option in GEORGE. Instructions for using this option are here.
|
|
Other Services
Computer Assisted Literature Searches
This service, performed by a Librarian, provides, for a fee, bibliographies
of journal articles tailored to the specific research needs of the patron.
Computer searches can be especially useful when you are researching a complex
topic. The Library absorbs the first $75.00 of charges; requesters are responsible
for any charges over $75.00.
For more information, ask a Librarian or phone 687-5651.
Lost and Found
A "lost and found" box is kept at the Circulation Desk
in the Blommer Science Library. Valuables are transferred to the University's
lost and found area in the Department of Public Safety daily.
New Books
New books are displayed and are available for check out on a first-come,
first-serve basis. Books remain on the new book shelf for a week. A list
of new books acquired during the previous quarter is available in the Library.
Photocopiers and Printer
There are two photocopy machines and one laser printer for printing from
library databases and the Internet in the Blommer Science Library.
You have to use your GOCard to print. The cost is $0.10/page. Copy machines
work with cash and GOCard. Copies cost $0.10/copy.
There are no VTS (Value Transfer Stations) machines in the Blommer Science
Library. The closest is in the Leavey Center. Visitors can purchase guest
cards from the VTS
machines.
Reserves
Materials in high demand, such as class notes, old exams, and textbooks,
are placed on reserve at the Blommer Science Library Circulation Desk by
professors or teaching assistants. Reserve materials should be requested at
the Circulation Desk by call number. To find a call number use the Course Reserves
menu option on GEORGE.
A maximum of three reserve items may be checked out at a time.
Reserve materials are loaned for a shorter period of time, ranging from
2 hours to 3 days. Please note the time materials are due on your receipt.
To avoid
overdue fines and to show consideration for your fellow colleagues, please
return reserve materials on time to
the Circulation Desk.
Overdue fines for Reserve materials
| Type of Reserve |
Amount of Fine |
2 hour
4 hour
24 hour |
$1.00 for the first hour overdue
$0.50 for each additional hour |
| 3 day |
$2.00 for the first day overdue
$1.00 for each additional day |
A replacement fee of $200.00 will be assessed after a reserve
item is 4 days overdue. This amount will be adjusted to $40.00 if the item
is returned after 4 days. To avoid fines and to be considerate of other students,
please return reserve readings on time.
Reserve forms for Faculty:
WordPerfect
| Word
Searches
If you cannot find a book on the shelf and the book is listed as "In Library" in
GEORGE, then you
can request that library staff search for the book.
Requests may be made in person at the Science Library Circulation
Desk.
Requests can also be made using the "Request an Item" option on GEORGE. Simply
locate the item you need in GEORGE, select the option "Request
an item" and follow the instructions on the screen.
Exit
Policy
Exit Control of Library Materials
Unauthorized removal of library materials is prevented by an electronic
detection system installed at the exit of the Blommer Science Library.
If the alarm sounds or the gate locks as you exit, you are required to
speak to a library staff member.
Disciplinary action will be taken if someone attempts to remove materials
from the Blommer Science Library which are not charged out.
|
