Knox College Library Policies and Procedures
Loan periods for Knox items checked out to Knox patrons:
Item | Patron Type | Loan Period |
General Circulating items | Students | 35 days |
Honors students | 90 days | |
Faculty, staff | 180 days | |
Community patrons | 14 days | |
Current Interest collection | Faculty, staff, all students, community patrons | 14 days |
DVDs | Faculty, staff, all students | 3 days |
Music CDs | Faculty, staff, all students, community patrons | 7 days |
Other non-print material | All borrowers | usually matches loan period general circulating items |
Reserves | All students | Either 2, 3, 4, or 24 hours |
Reserves | Faculty | 24 hours |
The notice schedule for items borrowed by Knox students, faculty, staff, and, local borrowers from the Knox libraries is as follows. This applies to items with a loan period measured in days.
For items with a loan period measured in hours (reserves, mostly) a courtesy notice is sent out 30 minutes before the items is due. An overdue notice is sent out one hour after the item's due date.
I-Share loans are 28 days for all borrowers for regular circulating materials.
Patrons may be blocked from requesting materials at individual I-Share libraries if they have incurred any one of a number of blocks based on failure to pay fines or return materials on time. In Alma, blocks will be applied at the item's library, to the I-Share patron's record. Ways patrons may be blocked from borrowing at individual libraries:
For I-Share items CARLI has set up the notice schedule like this: