Tuesday, June 3, 2008

New checkout dates for I-Share on hold

ILLians may wish to plan ahead. Check out time will be shorter beginning in the in the future for I-Share items.

Four renewals will be allowed, but check will not be beyond 12 or 20 weeks from your check out date.

I-Share items for :
staff, graduates, & faculty can be checked out for a total of 20 weeks.
undergraduates can be checked out for a total of 12 weeks.

Example for undergraduates:

An items is checked out for an undergraduate on August 18, 2008.
1st renewal September 8, 2008
Each renewal will set the date forward 3 weeks.

2nd renewal 9/29/2008
3rd renewal 10/20/2008
4th renewal 11/10/2008 Final renewal and due date. Renewals will not extend the date beyond 11/10/2008. Twelve weeks from the check out date is the final due date.

NOTE: Waiting close to the due date will not extend your time beyond 12 weeks.
NOTE: ONLY two renewals will be allowed for ILLiad materials.


You can submit all four I-Share renewals all at once for the final due date rather than, waiting till the item is due.
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Example for Faculty, Staff, and graduates:

An items is checked out for this group of customers on August 18, 2008.
1st renewal September 22, 2008
Each renewal will set the date forward 5 weeks.

2nd renewal 10/27/2008
3rd renewal 12/01/2008
4th renewal 01/05/2009 Final renewal and due date. Renewals will not extend the date beyond 1/05/2009. Twenty weeks from the check out date is the final due date.

NOTE: Waiting close to the due date will not extend your time beyond 20 weeks.
NOTE: ONLY two renewals will be allowed for ILLiad materials.


You can submit all four I-Share renewals all at once for the final due date rather than, waiting till the item is due.


If you have any questions, please contact interlibrary loan.

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