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Borrowing Privileges - Package H

Applies to individuals who are currently:

  1. employed by the University of Lethbridge to provide instruction in courses offered on the University of Lethbridge Calgary Campus, or
  2. employed as University of Lethbridge faculty or staff on the Lethbridge campus and are temporarily engaged in work- or research-related study that places them at an off-campus location that is more than 90 kilometres outside the city limits of Lethbridge*

*Individuals in category B. above, should apply for extended library services by completing the Library Borrowing Privileges Application form, choosing "UofL Distance" as their "primary campus".

Annual Fee:

  • none

NOTE: Loan periods are for the period specified or to the expiration date of your borrowing privileges, whichever comes first.

On-site Collections of Resources

Loan Period

Renewals

Holds/Recalls/Bookings

Main Circulating items (except non-current periodicals)

20 weeks (includes transit time), subject to recall after initial 6 weeks

1, subject to immediate recall

Accepted

Non-current periodicals

document delivery

Not permitted

Requests for copy accepted

Current periodicals

document delivery

Not permitted

Requests for copy accepted

Reference, Government Documents, Microforms

non-circulating

Not permitted

Not accepted

Reserve collections

hourly or daily (in person)

Not permitted

Not accepted

Audiovisual software

14 days, unless already booked (includes transit time)

Not permitted

Booking advised

Audiovisual equipment (high-demand)

non-circulating

Not permitted

Not accepted

Audiovisual equipment (low-demand)

non-circulating

Not permitted

Not accepted

Special Collections, University Archives, University Records

non-circulating

Not permitted

Not accepted

Curriculum Laboratory circulating items

6 weeks (see Loan Limits; includes transit time)

Not permitted

Holds only accepted on items IN PROCESS or IN LIBRARY

Loan limits:

  • unlimited items from reserve collections
  • specific items may not be available at certain times of the year, based on high-demand
  • Curriculum Laboratory collections;
    • limit of 5 items at one time from Curriculum Laboratory collections
    • the following types of materials are not available for loan by distance users: Art prints and art bin materials, reference, fiction, oversize and picture file materials
    • all Curriculum Laboratory materials are subject to variable, discretionary loan periods when in high demand by students enrolled in the teacher-education program

Holds/Recalls/Bookings:

  • holds/recalls accepted for items currently on loan to another borrower
  • holds accepted for items with a status of IN PROCESS or ON ORDER
  • holds accepted for items listed with an RSTOR (Off-site Main Circulating collection) location
  • requests for copies accepted on periodicals
  • holds/recalls not accepted on reserve materials
  • bookings accepted for audiovisual software
  • bookings not accepted for audiovisual hardware

Interlibrary Loan:

NOTE: Some restrictions apply to distance faculty (not including faculty on Calgary campus)

  • may be limited to 10 per week during busy periods
  • may request from any location

Access to Electronic Resources Off-campus:

  • permitted
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