Media/Reserve Borrowing Privileges & Loan Periods
Borrowing Procedure: All Items must be properly charged out.
Reserve Access: Items on reserve for a course are available only to current Fairfield University students and professors. Professors needing to use an item on reserve for another professor's course must ask the Reserve staff to contact the professor for permission.
Item Limits: Patrons may borrow any combination of media items, but in each category, up to: 3 music or spoken word CDs, 3 audiocassette tapes, 2 video recordings (DVDs/video cassette tapes), 2 reserve items, 1 kit, 1 floppy disk, and 2 multimedia CD-ROMs or DVD-ROMs.
Renewals: All materials except "Reserve" items may be renewed once.
Please see the chart below for details.
Media/Reserves Borrowing Privileges & Loan Periods Table*:
Note: Feature films are marked with purple tape on the spine.
Material |
Fairfield University Students |
Faculty & Staff |
Other |
Fines |
CD, music |
7 days (3 max) |
7 days |
non-circ |
.05/day |
CD, spoken word |
28 days |
28 days |
non-circ |
.05/day |
CD-ROM |
28 days |
28 days |
28 days* |
.05/day |
DVD, Feature Film |
7 days |
7 days |
non-circ |
1.00/day |
DVD, Educational |
7 days |
7 days |
4 hrs in Lib |
1.00/day |
DVD-ROM, computer |
28 days |
28 days |
non-circ |
.05/day |
Equipment |
4 hrs in Library |
4 hrs in Lib |
4 hrs in Lib |
.05/day |
Floppy Disk |
28 days |
28 days |
28 days* |
.05/day |
Kit |
28 days |
28 days |
non-circ |
.05/day |
Microforms |
in Lib use |
in Lib use |
in Lib use |
N/A |
Reserve, in house |
4 hrs in Lib (2 max) |
4 hrs in Lib |
non-circ |
.20/hr |
Reserve, overnight |
overnight (2 max) |
overnight |
non-circ |
.20/hr |
Reserve, 3 day |
3 days (2 max) |
3 days |
non-circ |
.20/hr |
Reserve, 7 day |
7 days (2 max) |
7 days |
non-circ |
.20/hr |
Video, Feature Film |
7 days |
7 days |
non-circ |
1.00/day |
Video, Educational |
7 days |
7 days |
4 hrs in Lib |
1.00/day |
*Fairfield Prep students & Guest card carriers fall within the "Other" column.
* Fairfield Prep faculty fall within the "Faculty & Staff" column.
* Adjunct faculty fall within the "Faculty & Staff" column.
* A longer circulation period may be granted to Fairfield University faculty members upon request.
* Guest may have these if it goes with the book. There will be a sticker on the front of the book to indicate that.
For consideration of a special borrowing request, please contact the Reference and Media Librarian, Philip Bahr
at (203) 254-4206.
