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Yale Science Libraries - Circulation Questions
HOURS
Listing of all library location hours.
LOAN PERIODS
The initial loan period is two months, subject to recall for another reader after two weeks. Books
needed for reserve may be recalled immediately. Journals and reserve materials do not circulate
outside the library.
LOAN PERIODS AT OTHER
YALE SCIENCE LIBRARIES MAY VARY.
RENEWALS
You may now renew library materials using Orbis. In the new Orbis, you can renew your books directly from the catalog. How?
Just click on Your Library Account and follow the instructions! For questions send e.mail to kslcirc@yale.edu.
HOLDS/RECALLS
You may now place holds and recalls on charged library materials using Orbis. In the new Orbis, you can renew your books directly from the catalog. How?
Just click on Your Library Account and follow the instructions! For questions send e.mail to kslcirc@yale.edu.
PLACING MATERIAL ON RESERVE
Readers may request that items that are either on order or in process (within the cataloging process) be placed on
Reserve for a particular course. This is done through the following Science Reserves form.
ON ORDER/IN PROCESS MATERIALS
You may now request notification for in process library materials using Orbis. In the new Orbis, you can renew your books directly from the catalog. How?
Just click on Your Library Account and follow the instructions! For questions send e.mail to kslcirc@yale.edu.
ELI EXPRESS
You may now request library materials be delivered to other Yale library locations using Orbis. In the new Orbis, you can renew your books directly from the catalog. How?
Just click on Your Library Account and follow the instructions! For questions send e.mail to kslcirc@yale.edu.
OVERDUE BOOKS
The due date receipt placed in the book at the time it is borrowed is the Library's official
notice that the book will be due on that date, unless it is called back earlier for another
reader. Official notice of due dates is available online in Orbis through "Your Library Account".
The borrower is responsible for the return or renewal of the book on or before the due date.
Fines are assessed beginning the first day the book becomes overdue.
There is NO grace period for fines.
Fine rate is:
$0.50 per day for normal overdue books,
$2.00 per day for books that have been recalled,
$2.50 for books recalled for reserve.
BINDING INFORMATION
ALL ITEMS CHARGED TO THE COMMERCIAL BINDERY WOULD BE AVAILABLE
IN
APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
If you would like to be notified when an item charged to the commercial bindery is returned to
the
library, please send email to
science.reference[at]yale.edu All items
charge to the
Bindery Hold Shelf or Bindery Prep Shelf are available and could be used by our patrons except
for
missing issues. Please ask at the circulation desk.
Books and journals that are also charged to the repair shelf could be used with careful
instructions.
Send comments to
science.reference[at]yale.edu
NOTICES
The library sends an online renewal reminder notice one week before a book is due.
A final notice, sent three weeks after a book is due, requires the return of
the overdue book by a specific date in order to avoid billing for replacement fees
which are NON-REFUNDABLE once sent to the Bursar's Office.
If there is no email address, notices are mailed to addresses supplied by university registrars and
personnel offices. The reader is responsible for notifying the library promptly
of any change in address.
Since the due date appears in each book and is also available in Orbis by viewing "Your Library Account",
failure to receive notices does not affect the assessment of fines.
Questions regarding loan periods and status of charged library materials
can be directed to the circulation department by phone: 432-3439
OR by electronic mail: kslcirc@yale.edu
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