OSF Library Circulation
Frequently Asked Questions
Who Can Borrow Books?
1 . University of St. Thomas (UST) faculty, staff, and currently
enrolled students may borrow circulating books from any of the three UST libraries with
their valid UST identification card. UST identification cards are issued only by the UST
Card Office at 259 Murray-Herrick Hall on the St. Paul campus and by the Security Desk on
the Minneapolis campus.
2. Faculty, staff, and currently
enrolled students of the other schools in CLIC (Cooperating Libraries in Consortium) may
also borrow books from the UST libraries with a valid patron card from their school. The
other CLIC schools are Augsburg College, Bethel College, Bethel Seminary, Concordia
University, Hamline University, Macalester College, Northwestern College, and St.
Catherine's.
3. Spouses of UST faculty and staff may
also obtain valid UST identification cards at the UST Card Office. A UST faculty or staff
spouse with a valid card has the same borrowing privileges as a UST faculty or staff
member.
4.
Alumni of UST may borrow books from
any of the three UST libraries with an Alumni Library card. An
Alumni Library card can only be obtained at the circulation counter of one of the three UST
libraries. Before issuing a card to an alumnus, a circulation
supervisor must confirm this status using either the most recent edition of the UST Alumni
Directory or the ADS system of the UST VAX computer service. If we cannot confirm your
alumnus status in either way, we will ask you to provide us with confirmation of your
status by the UST Registrar.
5.
Seniors attending
classes through the "Senior Citizens Go To College"
program have the same library privileges as UST students,
including reserves. Seniors are asked to first obtain a UST identification
card from the Card Office before availing themselves of
library services.
6.
Friends of the Library/Neighbors
Neighbors of the University of St.
Thomas who are not alumni may borrow books from the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library with a
valid Friends of the Library card. A Neighbor is any person at least eighteen years of age
who lives south of Marshall Avenue, north of St. Clair Avenue, west of Prior Avenue, and
east of the Mississippi River. If you live within this area, you may apply for a Friends
card at the O'Shaughnessy-Frey circulation counter. Before issuing a card, we may ask that
you provide us with proof of your address. Members of your immediate family (adult or
child) may also use your Friends card, but we ask that you provide us with their names
when you apply for a card.
Boundaries for Friends of the Library
Cards
Prior
Ave to the East; The Mississippi River to the West; Marshall
Ave to the North; St. Clair Ave to the South
7. Other Friends of the Library cards
are issued to certain non-alumni patrons by the Archbishop Ireland Library on the St. Paul
campus. See the Borrowing Privileges information for the Archbishop Ireland Library
Friends of the Library policies. Note that Friends of the Library cards held by non-alumni
are valid only at the library where issued. UST ALUMNI can check out books at
O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, Archbishop Ireland Library and Charles J. Keffer Library on
the Minneapolis Campus. Keffer Library and Ireland Library ALUMNI cards are also honored
at O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library.
My Library
Barcode Doesn't Work. What Do I Do?
If you have a new card or have never used the library
before, you may need to have your barcode linked to your
patron record in the system. Call or stop by
the Circulation Desk.
How Many Books Can I Check
Out?
There is no limit to the number of books that UST or
other CLIC school faculty, staff, and students may check out. We do ask all patrons to
limit their borrowing to the books they currently need, and to return books promptly when
they no longer need them.
Any patron using a Friends of the Library card, whether
alumnus or non-alumnus, is limited to six books checked out at any time.
What Are The Loan Periods For
Books?
1 . Books checked out by UST faculty and staff or their spouses during
the regular school year are due at the end of the current semester. Books checked out by
the same patrons during the summer are due at the end of the summer. (The actual due dates
change slightly each year.)
2. Books checked out by UST students are
due six weeks from the date of check-out.
3. Books checked out by UST alumni and
other Friends of the Library are due six weeks from the date of check-out.
4. Books checked out by faculty, staff,
and students of the other CLIC schools are due on the dates set for each patron status by
the patron's school. With a few exceptions, these dates are the same as for UST patrons of
the same statuses.
5. Books on reserve at a UST library are
subject to other, more restricted loan periods, as decided by the instructor placing the
book on reserve and by the Reserves supervisor. See Reserve Books for more information.
An Important Note: Any book checked out to a patron may
be recalled by the circulation staff of any of the three libraries at any time. (We
sometime need a book for a professor's reserve list, or for another special purpose.) If
we recall a book checked out to you, we will include a new due date with the notice we
send you.
Can I Renew The Books I Have
Checked Out?
Any non-reserve book that does not have a hold on it for
another patron can have its loan period renewed. See Reserve Books for information on
renewing a reserve book.
Non-reserve books checked out to UST faculty, staff, and
students may be renewed twice for the same loan period before they must be returned.
Non-reserve books checked out to other CLIC faculty, staff, and students may also be
renewed twice. Non-reserve books checked out to any Friends of the Library card holder,
whether alumnus or non-alumnus, may be renewed once.
If a book has exceeded the maximum number of renewals but
no hold has been placed on it, you can check it out again after you bring it to the
Circulation desk to have it checked in.
A non-reserve book can be renewed in any of three ways:
1 . Bring your UST identification card to the Circulation desk and a
circulation attendant will renew your books for you.
2. Call the Circulation desk at any of
the three UST libraries and ask to have your books renewed.
3. http://clicnet.clic.edu
Where Can I Return Books?
Any book checked out at a CLIC library can be returned to
any CLIC library. This applies to the three UST libraries and to any UST book (except
Reserve books: see below). A book returned to a library other than the library that owns
it is carried to the owning library by the CLIC courier. The other CLIC libraries are
those at Augsburg College, Bethel College, Bethel Seminary, Concordia University, Hamline
University, Macalester College, Northwestern College, and the College of St. Catherine.
Books on reserve at a UST library must be returned
directly to the Reserve desk at the lending library. Never use a book drop for a Reserve
book: the due date and time will pass before the book is properly checked in and fines
will accrue to your patron record. See Reserve Books for more information.
How Can I Find A Book That Is Not
On The Shelf?
If the status of a book on CLICnet is "checked
in" but you cannot find it on the shelf, try each of the following:
1. Scan the call numbers of a few books
to either side of where the book should be. Despite our best efforts, books are sometimes
shelved incorrectly.
2. Look on the browsing cart nearest the
book's shelf location. Another patron may have consulted the book recently and placed it
there to be reshelved.
3. Ask an attendant at the Circulation
desk to check any shelving carts held there.
4. Ask to fill out a Missing Book slip,
so that you will be notified when we locate the book. We search for Missing Books weekly;
if you need a book more quickly, see Requesting A
Book From Another Library.
How Do I Renew Books On
CLICnet By Myself?
If the CLICnet terminal you are using is not
logged in, follow the log-in instructions at the terminal:
- From the CLICnet main
page, click on MyAccount.
- Enter your name and the
14-digit barcode number on the back of your UST
identification card. If your barcode begins and ends with the letters A and B, do not
include those letters.
- Click the Display
Record for Person Named Above button.
- Click on the Items
Currently Checked Out button. This brings up a
list of the books you currently have checked out.
- From the command line at the bottom of the screen, select
R for renewal.
- Enter the line number of the book you want to renew. If
you want to renew more than one book, you may enter the range of line numbers; for
example, 1-12.
- To see which items are
due the earliest, you can use the Sort By Due Date
button.
CLICnet will not renew a book if :
- The book has already been renewed the maximum number of
times.
- There is a hold on the book by another patron.
- The book is a Reserves book.
- The book was ordered through Interlibrary Loan.
http://clicnet.clic.edu
How Can
I Cancel a Request?
If you need to cancel a
request, here's how:
- From the CLICnet main
page, click on View Your Record at the bottom center of the page.
- Enter your name and the 14-digit barcode number found on the
back of your St. Thomas I.D.
- Click the Display record for person named above button.
- Click on the Request (hold) outstanding button. You will see a list of the items you have
requested.
- If you wish to cancel all your holds, click the
Cancel All button.
-
Otherwise, find the item(s) you wish to cancel and put a check mark in the box in front of them.
Then click the Cancel Selected Items button.
Why
Should I Care About Copyright?
If you have a question or problem when renewing your
books, see an attendant at the Circulation desk or call (651) 962-5494.
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