Circulation: Osgoode Full - Time Faculty
Library Card
The YU-card is the library card for the Osgoode Hall Law School library and for all other York University libraries. For information on obtaining a YU-card click here.
Passport York Account
A Passport York account provides access to online library services and resources both on campus and remotely. You may apply for a Passport York account here.
Access to library workstations
An Acadlabs account is required for access to the workstations in the library (excluding ones with access to the library catalogue only). If you have a Passport York account, you can obtain an Acadlabs account here.
Research Assistants
The upper portion of the application for a Research Assistant's card should be completed by the faculty member before a borrowing card with Research Assistant’s privileges is issued.
Library accounts issued to your previous Research Assistants must be clear of all charges before a card for the current Research Assistant is processed.
Research Assistants must also be free of library fines and overdue library materials before a Research Assistant’s library card could be issued. Research assistants are required to register with the library. A registration form can be downloaded here.
Mooting Teams
The Mooting Director advises the Law Library of selected team members. A special borrower's card is prepared for each team representative. The loan period associated with these cards is 100 days, or the date of expiry of the card, whichever comes first. This loan period does not apply to reserve materials, for which the normal reserve loan period remains in effect.
The team representative is responsible for seeing that all library materials are returned on time.
Placing Materials On Reserve
Books and photocopied articles assigned for required course readings are shelved behind the Circulation Desk and are loaned for short periods. Faculty may place materials in the Reserve collection for the use of their students. Please contact John Thomas at jthomas@osgoode.yorku.ca or by phone at 416-736-5206 or by fax at 416-736-5298. You may also fill out the attached form and return it to John Thomas by email or fax - Request Form .
Loans
Loans are limited to a maximum of 80 items.
General texts |
100 days* |
Reserve Items |
3 days |
Current Periodicals |
3 days |
Special Collections |
3 hours /TBA |
DVDs |
100 days |
| DVDs - Fiction | 7 days |
| CD - ROMs | 100 days |
| Videos | 100 days |
| Microfilm/fiche | 100 days |
Restricted Materials |
14 days |
*Subject to recall for the use of other borrowers. Recalled items become due 14 days from the date that the RECALL was placed. Loans are subject to immediate recall if needed for the Reserve collection.
The following books may be loaned to Law Faculty for use in their offices:
- Statutes(call number begins with Stats)
- Reports (call number begins with Rep)
- Periodicals (call number begins with Per)
- Volumes stamped Restricted Circulation
- Federal and Ontario Bills and Committee Reports — current session only
- CD-ROM manuals
The following books may not be removed from the Library except for use in a class or for photocopying purposes:
- Digests (call number begins with Dig)
- Reference Books (call number begins with Ref)
- Statute Citators
Loan Renewals
Loans can be renewed using the following methods:
Online – An online self-renewal service is available on http://www.library.yorku.ca . Under the heading SERVICES, select Borrow and Renew, click on renew Online.
A YU-card and a Passport York account are required for this service.
IIn Person – At the Circulation Desk at any of the libraries. Materials and a YU- card must be available in order to provide the information required for renewal transactions.
Holds
Materials can be placed on hold if you locate an item in the library catalogue that has been checked out. Please complete an online HOLD request by clicking on the HOLD ITEM button at the bottom or top of the screen. If the item is out on a 14 day loan, a HOLD will be placed for you. If it is out on a 100 day loan a RECALL will be made. When the item is returned, it will be held for you for 7 days. If there is an additional hold request for an item the normal loan period will be reduced to 7 days.
Online requests are placed on the next working day.
HOLD requests can also be placed at any of the Circulation Desks of the York University Libraries.
Searches
If you are unable to locate an item, please enquire at the Circulation Desk. If the item is not out on loan, you can request a SEARCH. You will be notified by email when the book is located and it will be held for you for 7 days.
SEARCH request forms are available at the Circulation Desk.
Microforms
Microfilm and microfiche collections and readers are located in the Reading Room, east of the courtyard. Printing is available on the reader-printer by use of a copy card only at 9 cents per exposure. Circulating microform may be borrowed for the same loan period as circulating books.
Special and Retrospective Collection
Materials from the Special and Retrospective Collection can be requested at the Circulation Desk and they will be retrieved within one to two hours. Loan period is 3 hours and use is restricted to the Reading Room only. Photocopying or other types of reproduction of material by borrowers is not allowed, however, photocopying arrangements can be made through the library staff. If making notes while reading these materials, please avoid using pens or other instruments which could cause inadvertent damage.
Backlog
For items designated LAWBACKLOG in the library catalogue, please request at the Circulation Desk and allow up to one hour for retrieval.
In Process
Materials displayed as IN-PROCESS in the library catalogue may be requested by following the online instructions.
On Order
Materials displayed as ON-ORDER in the library catalogue indicate that the items have been ordered but have not yet been received and are therefore unavailable.
Return of Books
All materials from the Special Collection must be returned to the staff at the Circulation Desk.
Inter-Campus Borrowing (ICB)
IInter-campus borrowing is a service provided to transport library materials between the Keele campus libraries (Law, Peter F. Bronfman Business Library, Scott and Steacie) and the Glendon campus library (Frost). If you locate a circulating item from the Frost collection in the Libraries’ Catalogue and you would like to have it transferred here, click on the ICB button at the bottom or top of the screen and complete the online request form. When the item from Frost arrives at the Law Library, you will be notified and it will be held for you for a period of 7 days.
Privileges at Other Universities
Osgoode faculty are eligible to apply for privileges under Direct Borrowing Agreements between York University and the underlisted Ontario and Canadian universities. To register, present your library card to the Circulation Desk of the library you are using. Collateral identification may be required. Please contact the library from which you wish to borrow to obtain details in advance. For additional information about Direct Borrowing click here.
Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) OCUL will lend directly in person to York faculty. Osgoode faculty are eligible to borrow books directly from participating OCUL libraries. |
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Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) COPPUL will lend directly in person to York faculty. Osgoode faculty are eligible to borrow books directly from participating COPPUL libraries. |
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Council of Atlantic University Libraries/Conseil des Bibliotheques Universitaires de l’Atlantique (CAUL/CBUA) CAUL/CBUA will lend directly in person to York faculty. Osgoode faculty are eligible to borrow books directly from participating CAUL/CBUA libraries.
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Conférence des Recteurs et des Principaux des Universities du Québec (CREPUQ) CREPUQ will lend directly to faculty with an IUBP card. Apply in advance at the Circulation Desk in the Law Library for an IUBP card. |
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Inter-library Loans
The Law Library will obtain any material required by Osgoode faculty that is not held by any of the libraries at York and/or is not available from electronic journals or online sources. There is no charge for this service.
To place inter-library loan, please use RACER, our online inter-library loan service. Please register to use RACER on http://library.osgoode.yorku.ca/serv_inter.html or contact the inter-library loan staff.
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