ACCESS SERVICES

Interlibrary Loans

Interlibrary loan is a free service provided to MUW and MSMS faculty, staff, students and alumni. Requests for materials not located in Fant Library may be requested through e-mail (ggunter@muw.edu) or filling out a request form in the library. Materials, such as books, journal articles, theses or dissertations, may be ordered. Normally ILL is a free service, but if there is a charge, it is passed on to the patron. Information is ordered within 24 hours of receiving the request.

If theses or dissertations are not available through interlibrary loan, they can be purchased by the patron from University Microfilm either in book or microform format. Ms. Gunter will provide a telephone number to the patron who wishes to purchase the material.

When material is received, Ms. Gunter will notify the patron by either e-mail or telephone and it is their responsibility to come to the library and retrieve it. Articles that are received become the property of the patron that requested them, books that have been ordered have a date due written on a band and must be returned to the library on or before that date, in some cases books can be renewed if necessary.

Circulation

The circulation desk is located to the left of the front doors upon entering Fant Library. New or returning students need to come to Fant Library to have new barcodes placed on the back of their current I.D. cards. This should be done early in the semester; a new barcode is necessary to check out materials from Fant Library or MSU Library where students have reciprocal borrowing privileges with an MUW I.D.

Faculty members place books and articles on reserve; these can be retrieved at the circulation desk. Most materials are placed on reserve to insure the use by all students. A notebook is kept with lists containing all reserves, these lists are alphabetized by the faculty members last name. Photocopying machines are available for copying materials, change is available at the circulation desk as well as special change makers attached to photocopiers.

Circulating books are located on the second floor of Fant Library. All students and faculty are limited to a total of ten books. For undergraduate students the check-out time is two weeks, graduate students have a three week check-out period, and faculty have 90 days. Fines are $.25 per day per book and must be paid when books are returned. Books can be renewed, but must be brought into the library and cannot be renewed over the phone. If a book is lost, the cost of the book is $40.00 plus whatever fine has accumulated. Therefore, it is important to notify the library when material is lost, so the fine can be stopped. Faculty and staff do not have fines accessed, but are responsible for the cost of any lost materials