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Who
can borrow
Cal State San Marcos
students, faculty and staff with limited
reciprocal borrowing for North County
Community Colleges and other CSU's.
Periodicals and reference books do not
circulate.
Readers' Circle cards are available at
a cost of $30.00.
Loan
Period
Books
Circulating library books may be checked
out at the 3rd floor circulation desk
for 13 weeks for faculty and four weeks
for all other patrons.
Barahona Center
for the Study of Books in Spanish
Most of these books may not be checked
out. However, selected duplicates may
be checked out for the same periods shown
above.
Media
Videos, DVDs, CDs, audio cassettes, and other formats
are located in the Media Library and check out for a
period of seven days.
Limits
Books
There is a maximum checkout of:
- 100 for faculty
- 40 for graduate students
- 30 for undergraduate students
- 30 for staff
- 10 for all other categories.
Circulating Media
The checkout limit for students and staff
is four of each format.
Renewals
Books
Items may be renewed two
times online, at the circulation desk
or by phone.
Media
Faculty only may renew media material. Media can be
renewed once online, at the check out desk or by phone.
Holds
/ Recalls
Patrons may place holds (recalls) on
materials checked out by another person.
All materials are subject to recall after
two weeks of use. Materials needed for
reserve may be recalled at any time. Recalled
materials are subject to fines if not
returned by the prescribed date and a
hold may be placed on the borrower’s
record.
Holds must be placed with the Circulation
Desk. When the returned item is ready
for pickup you will be notified by e-mail
or mail. The item will be held for the
requester for one week. When material
is unavailable patrons should consider
using the Circuit to obtain the item from
one of our consortial partners (SDSU,
UCSD or USD).
Overdue
Fines
Books
Overdue charges are $0.25 per day (Max.
$25.00) per item.
Media Materials
Overdue fees for circulating media materials
are $1.00/day.
Media Equipment
Overdue fees for media equipment are $5.00/day
per item.
Faculty
and Administrators
Administrators are defined in this policy
as Presidents, Vice Presidents, Associate
Vice Presidents, Deans, and Directors.
Privileges
With a current CSUSM ID faculty and administrators
are allowed the following:
- Checkout of a total of 100 items --
includes CSUSM, Circuit and Interlibrary
Loan materials
- 15 requests per week for Interlibrary
Loan materials
Check Out Periods
- 13 weeks for CSUSM materials (excluding
media) with 2 renewals allowed
- One week for media material with onerenewal
allowed
- Three weeks for Circuit materials
with one renewal allowed
- Two to three weeks for Interlibrary
Loan depending on the lending institution
with the possibility of one renewal
Responsibilities
Faculty and administrators are responsible
for the timely return of library materials.
Materials not renewed or returned by the
due date are considered overdue. A hold
will be placed on the record of anyone
who has not returned overdue materials
by the time they go to billing (21 days
after due date) and Library privileges
will be suspended until the material is
returned.
Billing amounts per
item are:
- CSUSM material $59.46 (excluding media)
- Media material replacement cost
- Circuit material $115.00
- Interlibrary Loan material $71.71
Teaching Assistants/Support
Staff
Faculty and administrators may grant
their teaching assistants or support staff
permission to check out materials in their
name. A written consent
form (PDF, 53K) must be filled out
each semester prior to these checkouts
being allowed. ID will be required at
each checkout to verify that the teaching
assistant or support staff is the one
allowed this privilege.
Be advised that materials checked out
in this manner will be on the faculty
member’s / administrator’s
record. Ultimate responsibility for the
material belongs to the faculty member/administrator.
Any overdue notices, bills or suspension
of privileges will appear on the faculty
member’s/administrator’s record.
It is important that your teaching assistants/support
staff do not abuse this privilege and
check out their materials under your name.
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