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Distance Learners/ FEEDS, UCF Retirees/ Faculty Emeritus, and Adjunct Professor Special Borrower's Card

Your Special Borrower's card, together with a second photo ID pr a UCF ID, may be used to check out materials from the CMC library, general collection, video collection, government documents and the vertical files. The Special Borrower card is non-transferable between individuals. While reference books, newspapers, reserve materials and periodicals, do not circulate, you are welcome to use them in our Library building. Interlibrary loans are available only as described below. A missing library card should be reported to the Circulation desk immediately. Lost cards will be replaced for a $5.00 fee.

Loan Periods

Depending on whether a patron is Faculty, Staff, Graduate Student, or Undergraduate Student checkout length will vary. Books in the Browsing Collection are limited to a three week checkout. In most cases, Reference Books, Indexes, and Journals cannot be checked out. The link below will assist you in determining the proper check out periods for your Library status:

How long can library materials be checked out?

Study Rooms

The demand for study rooms is such that we must restrict their use to current UCF students only.

Renewals

Materials from the general collection may be renewed unless a hold/recall request has been placed on the item.  Library materials and your Special Borrower's Card must be presented in person at the circulation desk at time of renewal or you may renew online via your library account if you do not have any recalled or overdue library materials. Materials cannot be renewed via telephone or mail renewals.

Hold/Recall Requests

If the book is currently checked out to another patron, a HOLD request can be placed on that item. You may request a hold for an item either online or by filling out a form at the Circulation Desk. When an item becomes available for pick up, you will be notified via email or telephone*. Once you are contacted , bring your UCF Id to the Circulation Desk, where the item will be held for one week from the date of notification.

When material is recalled, the patron who has the material currently checked out is notified by mail with the adjusted due date. The adjusted due date is three weeks from original check out if you have had the item less than three weeks and ten days if you have already had the item more than three weeks. Materials needed for Course Reserve are subject to recall immediately.  When the item is thirty days overdue, borrowing privileges and databases access are suspended until the overdue material is returned and the suspension is cleared. Once the recalled item is returned the patron who placed the recall is notified via email* that the item is ready for pick up.  The materials are held behind the circulation desk for seven days.

*In order to receive notifications from us, please be sure to have your contact information filled out on myUCF. To do this, log in to myUCF, select Student SelfService, and then select Personal Information.

Missing Requests

For items that are not checked out and cannot be found on the shelf, a missing form can be requested and filled out at the Circulation Desk. Library Staff will then conduct a thorough search for the requested item over a period of several weeks.

When an item becomes available for pick up, you will be notified via email or telephone*. Once you are contacted , bring your UCF Id to the Circulation Desk, where the item will be held for one week from the date of notification.

*In order to receive notifications from us, please be sure to have your contact information filled out on myUCF. To do this, log in to myUCF, select Student SelfService, and then select Personal Information.

Overdue Material

Materials are considered overdue at 8:00am following the due date, or in the case of reserve materials, one hour after the time indicated on the due date.

Fines and Charges

All debts to the library must be paid in full before receiving or renewing a special borrower's card.

The University Library is mandated to assess the following fine for overdue materials:

• Regular Loans, $0.25 per day
• Reserve Loans, $0.25 per 15 minutes

Although the fines accrue from the stamped due date, they are not collected until the amount reaches $1.00 (four days overdue-regular loan). This three-day grace period does not apply to reserve materials. Payment can be made at the UCF Main Library Circulation Desk during normal business hours or mail by sending payment (NEVER SEND CASH) to:

University of Central Florida

Library Circulation

P.O. Box 162666

Orlando, FL 32816-2666

Interlibrary Loan

Services for Distance Learners

The UCF Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Department is committed to supporting the research of UCF online distance learners. If you have a question about a specific request, or need clarification about the following services, please contact our office.

	UCF Document Delivery	Interlibrary Loan
Description	UCF-owned articles and book chapters are scanned for electronic delivery through the ILLiad system. UCF-owned books are checked out to your library account and delivered delivered by mail to your home address.	Books and articles are located and requested from U.S. and some international libraries. Articles are delivered electronically through the ILLiad system, books are delivered by mail to your home address.
Fees	You are responsible for return postage for books.	Fees up to $35.00 per item subsidized by the ILL/DDS Dept. You are responsible for return postage for books.
Delivery Time	Articles: 24 to 48 hours Books: 5 to 10 days (Items not located at UCF Main Campus are automatically requested via interlibrary loan.)	Articles: 5 to 10 days Books: 10 to 15 days
Book Loan Period	Standard checkout (Books are checked out to your UCF library account.)	Typically 2 to 3 weeks (set by lending library)
Renewals	UCF-owned books requested through Document Delivery may be renewed by logging into your library account.	One, at the discretion of the lending library (typically 2 weeks). Choose the “Request Renewal” tab within ILLiad.

Services for Faculty

The UCF Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Department is committed to supporting the research of UCF faculty members. In addition to interlibrary loan services, we offer a faculty document delivery service which provides scanned copies of UCF-owned journals and books held at the Circulation Desk for quick pickup.  Document Delivery requests may be submitted through the ILLiad interlibrary loan system and are automatically requested via interlibrary loan if there is no copy available at the UCF Main Library.  If you have a question about a specific request, or need clarification about the following services, please contact our office.

	Faculty Document Delivery	Interlibrary Loan
Description	UCF-owned articles and book chapters are scanned for electronic delivery through the ILLiad system. UCF-owned books are checked out to your library account and placed at the Circulation Desk for pickup.	Books and articles are located and delivered from U.S. and some international libraries.
Delivery Time	24 to 48 hours (Items not located at UCF Main Campus are automatically requested via interlibrary loan.)	Articles: 5 to 10 days Books: 7 to 14 days
Book Loan Period	Standard checkout for UCF faculty.	Typically 2 to 3 weeks (set by lending library)
Renewals	UCF-owned books requested through Document Delivery may be renewed by logging into your library account.	One, at the discretion of the lending library (typically 2 weeks). Choose the “Request Renewal” tab within ILLiad.

Lost, Damaged, or Stolen Materials

Materials should be reported to the Circulation desk immediately so fines may be stopped. If material is reported lost, damaged, or stolen, or is more that 42 days overdue (assumed lost), the replacement cost of the material is billed to the borrower. Payment is made at the Circulation desk with cash, check, or smart card only.

Change of Address

Please report to the Circulation desk immediately.*

*In order to receive notifications from us, please be sure to have your contact information filled out on myUCF. To do this, log in to myUCF, select Student SelfService, and then select Personal Information.

Parking

Visitor's Parking Passes may be purchased for $5.00 a day at the security booth located in the Visitor's Parking Lot (west of Welcome Center) or kiosk machines located in the student parking lots.

Information Source Services

Computerized database searching, requests for specific journal articles or statistics, and bibliographies can be provided by Information Source for a FEE. For more information please call 407/823-5463.

Revocation of Privileges

Library privileges, including borrowing privileges may be revoked for infringement of Library rules.

Database Access

Remote access to the UCF Library Databases is also restricted to current UCF students and faculty/staff. Each week the Library patron database is updated and compared with the Registrar and Human Resources databases. Any Library patron who is not listed as a current student or current employee will have their Library ID number deactivated. Account deactivations can also occur due to outstanding Library fines or other holds on your account. If you feel that your card has been wrongly deactivated please contact the Circulation Desk at (407) 823-2580. Access to all library databases is available via terminals located throughout the Library.

Last Updated: Sep-08