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Background
Policy Statement
- For Campuses on Semester System: 16 week total checkout (8 weeks with 1 auto renewal)
- For Campuses on Quarter System: 12 week total checkout (6 weeks with 1 auto renewal)
A semester long loan period facilitates the needs of students who require library materials for research and study. Undergraduate students often require items for semester long research projects and Graduate students generally require research material throughout a semester and often have multiple items checked out concurrently. The automatic renewal will carry the loan period to the end of a semester and relieve staff of having to deal with issues relating to unsuccessful renewal attempts. Students will no longer have to remember to renew their material mid-semester. Checked out items can be requested through Resource Sharing. Longer loan periods also mean more items are off of the shelves, meaning there is more shelf space available for newer items. We understand that some campuses may have more generous loan periods, and for those campuses that do, we are not recommending you limit access.
Best practice recommendations
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