Reserve Loan Policies

Loans

• Items in the reserve collection are available upon request at the circulation desk during regular library hours.
• Please provide library staff with a book call number from InfoHawk or the course number and title of the item needed.
• Library users are welcome to look at reserve materials at the circulation desk. However, users who wish to take reserve items away from the circulation desk must present a valid University of Iowa ID card to check the items out .
• Most items on reserve may be checked out for 2 hours only; some items are available for 1-day or 3-day loans.
• Some course reserve material may be for library-use only (i.e. cannot be taken out of the library).
• Items with 2-hour loans may be checked out overnight if requested within 2 hours of closing time. Overnight loans are due back 1 hour after opening on the next day the library is open.
• Please be aware, the Biological Sciences Library does not have an external book return. So, the only way to return overnight loans on time is during the first hour the library is open.

Renewals

• Items on reserve may be renewed either in person or by telephone, as long other users have not requested an item while it was out on loan.

Holds

• Reserve items cannot be recalled or held for users, due to short loan periods and high demand.

Fines

• 2-hour loan overdue fines are $0.60 per hour per item
• 1-day loan overdue fines are $2.00 per day per item
• 3-day reserve item are $2.00 per day per item