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Document status	Feb 2017
Area covered	e.g., cataloging, ERM, resource sharing, etc.
Lead Author	Primary author
Co-authors	Other people working on the policy

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.

For all students (both undergraduate and graduate), set the following loan periods for all regular circulating main stack items:

Find a How-to Article to create appropriate TOUs, policies and Fulfillment unit rules on the Fulfillment Functional Committee page.

Section	Point Person	Expected Completion Date	Last action taken	Next action required
Articulate the need for the policy (background)	person's name	14 Oct 2016	9/15/16 - Met with the working group. Discussed that this is a policy being considered by the leads group?	Mallory will draft the need for the policy and send to the leads on 9/26/16. After review it will be sent to the working group listserv for approval/additions by 10/10/16.
Create a Policy Statement	person's name	11 Nov 2016
Identify and create best practice recommendations	person's name	11 Nov 2016
Where applicable, identify and write up procedures in Alma	person's name	11 Nov 2016
Approved by COLD		09 Feb 2017	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

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