Bring your book to the 循环 Desk on the 1st floor at the library entrance. You will need to present one of the following forms of identification.
Your Cardinal Village residence card or your Nursing Department badge are 不 acceptable forms of identification.
Return of materials can be made during normal business hours at the 循环 Desk and at the 2nd floor Reserves/Periodicals Desk, 24/7 at the 循环 drop box, or with prior 不ification materials can be mailed to:
Mary and John Gray 图书馆
循环 Desk
Lamar University
211 Red Bird Lane, P.O. 10021箱
Beaumont, TX 77710-0021
Please 不e that it is the responsibility of the patron to track the shipment of packages mailed to the library.
续签 can be made at the 循环 Desk during normal business hours. Or students, 教师, and staff can renew materials by logging into their library account.
The following items may NOT be renewed:
Online renewals must be made 24 hours in advance of the item being due.
罚款 for overdue books begin after a three-day grace period. After the grace period, fines are $0.每天25美元, per item. The maximum fine for each book or item is $50.
Reserve items, which generally have a two-hour checkout period, accumulate fines at $0.25 per hour, or $6.00 per 24 hour period, after they are due.
罚款 do 不 accrue for 教师 and staff.
罚款 can be paid with either cash or check at the 循环 Desk on the 1st floor.
To dispute a fine, contact the 循环 Desk by email, in person or by phone.
Charges will be incurred by all borrowers for lost or damaged materials in accordance with the existing Mary and John Gray 图书馆 policy. The borrower will be charged the actual replacement price if the book is still in print (or a default price if it is no longer in print) plus a $20.00 processing fee.
If a book is listed as "No copies currently available" and has an estimated wait period indicated, a不her library patron has checked out the book.
You may place a hold on checked out items by selecting "Full Details --> Hold." You will need to login to 我的账户 与你的 L数量 (Lamar students, 教师 and staff) or T数量 (LIT students, 教师 and staff) 和销. Your PIN should be your date of birth in the format: MMDD.
After you place a hold on an item, the patron who has the item may keep it until it is due, but they can不 renew the item. This time period is indicated by the estimated wait period. If others have placed holds on the item before you, their potential checkout periods are also calculated in the estimated wait period. When the item is returned to the library and your hold request is next, you will be 不ified via email to retrieve the item from the stacks. You will have 48 hours to retrieve the item from the stacks. After that time, the hold will be removed.
Putting a book on hold in an effort to avoid pulling your own book will result in an email to you stating that we confirmed that the book is on the shelf and you will have 48 hours to retrieve the book from the stacks. Generally speaking, the 循环 Desk does 不 pull materials for patrons.
Disabled patrons: 图书馆 staff are happy to assist patrons with disabilities who need aid retrieving books from the library shelves. Please ask for help at the 循环 Desk in the 1st floor lobby. For other inquiries about Accessibility on campus, please visit the Disability Resource Center's webpage.
You may also place a hold on a book that is available at the Ron E. Lewis 图书馆 at Lamar State College in Orange, Texas.
Items that need to be scanned or copied for accessibility purposes will 不 incur a fee. Photocopies will be made for disabled users in accordance with copyright regulations. 用户 needing assistance with the copy machines should request help from library staff.
图书馆 staff are happy to assist patrons with disabilities who need aid retrieving books from the library shelves. Please ask for help at the 循环 Desk in the 1st floor lobby. For other inquiries about Accessibility on campus, please visit the Accessibility Resource Center's webpage.
The TexShare Card allows our students, 教师, and staff to have direct access to books and other library materials that aren't available at the Mary and John Gray 图书馆.
To be eligible for the TexShare Card Program, you must:
Lending policies are made by the individual libraries that participate in the TexShare Card Program. Because of this, lending policies may vary from library to library. Be sure to check the lending policies for the TexShare library you wish to use.
How you can participate:
If you already have a TexShare Card issued by a不her library, please see the Mary and John Gray 图书馆's TexShare Lending Policies on the TexShare website.