Circulation: Services for Members of the York Community

Borrowing Privileges

The YU-card (students; full-time faculty; full-time staff) or York Universities' library card (part-time faculty; part-time staff) provides borrowing privileges at all York University Libraries, including the Osgoode Hall Law School Library.

YU-card and Passport York account / Library Card and PIN

The YU-card and a Passport York account or a library card together with the PIN enables access to services in the library and remotely including access to some library resources. The PIN can be retrieved online through the library’s home page at http://www.library.yorku.ca if you have supplied the library with an e-mail address. Click on SERVICES then go to My Account.

Borrowing Regulations

All materials taken from the Law Library must be recorded at the Circulation Desk. With the exception of Reserves, Microforms, CDs, and Videos, materials may be returned to any York University Library. Materials must be returned on or before the due date and time to avoid overdue fines. For York University Libraries' Lending Code and more detailed Circulationi nformation, click here.

Current E-mail Address

Borrowers are requested to supply a current e-mail address to the library.
This e-mail address would be used for communications such as courtesy reminders for materials becoming due (excluding items from the Reserve collection) and notices of availability of items for which a Hold was placed .E-mail addresses can be kept current by use of the online form Update My E-Mail Address.

Loans

Loans are limited to 50 items for undergraduate students and 80 items for faculty and graduate students.

MATERIALS	UNDERGRADUATE	GRADUATE	FACULTY	HOLDS	RENEWALS
General Texts	14 days	*100 days	*100 days	Yes	Yes
Reserve	3 hours /Overnight /Weekend	3 hours /Overnight /Weekend	3 hours /Overnight /Weekend	No	No
Special Collections	3 hours	3 hours/TBA	3 hours/TBA	No	No
Restricted Items e.g Law Reports	Not available	Not available	Not available	No	No
Fiction Collection	14 days	100 days	100 days	Yes	Yes
DVDs	14 days	100 days	100 days	Yes	Yes
DVDs - Fiction	Not available	Not available	Not available	No	No
CD-ROM	14 days	*100 days	*100days	Yes	Yes
Laptop & Power supply	Not available	Not available	Not Available	No	No
Video	14 days	*100 days	*100 days	Yes	Yes
Microfiche/Film (Text)	14 days	*100 days	*100 days	Yes	Yes

*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.

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, Under Renew, click on Online. A valid YU-card and Passport York account or library card and your PIN are required for this service.
In Person – At the Circulation Desk at any of the libraries. Materials and a valid YU-card or library card must be available in order to provide the information required for renewal transactions.

14 day loans are limited to a maximum of six renewals while 100 day loans may be renewed twice provided there are no other requests for those items.

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 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 the Circulation Desk of any York University Library.

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.

Reserve Collection

The Library Catalogue will indicate LAW-RESV as the location for these materials. Please obtain call number from the online catalogue and request at the Circulation Desk. Designated Reserve items may be borrowed after 3:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday on overnight loan and after 12:00 noon on Friday for overnight or weekend loan. Materials borrowed overnight must be returned to the Circulation Desk within one hour after the library opens on the following day, and those borrowed on weekend loan must be returned by 10:00 am on Monday. Overdue fines are calculated at $3.00 per hour or any part thereof on all Reserve items. Some Reserve materials are designated READING ROOM ONLY. They may be borrowed for a period of 3 hours, but they must be used in the Library.

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 books which were not checked out at the Circulation Desk but were used in the reading area or at the photocopiers should be returned to the book trucks in the area after use. Please do not reshelve books. Library materials with the exception of Reserves, Microform, CDs and Videos can be returned to the book drop at any York University Library. Reserves, Microform, CDs and Videos must be returned to the Circulation Desk from which they were borrowed. A book drop is located at the southern entrance to the building to facilitate return of materials when the library is closed. The after-hours book drop is cleared one hour after the library opens.

Inter-Campus Borrowing (ICB)

Inter-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.