Circulation Services

Borrowing Privileges

Kraemer Family Library extends borrowing privileges to a variety of University, local, and state-affiliated individuals. Please note that in all instances, patrons must have valid ID in order to check out materials.

University of Colorado students, faculty, and staff

• University of Colorado students, faculty and staff must have a current valid University of Colorado ID card. Faculty and staff spouses may obtain a borrower's card at the circulation desk. UCCS ID cards have a barcode on the back. The barcode number is what you use to place items on hold, review your checkout record, or request items through Prospector.

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Alumni

• Alumni may obtain borrowing privileges after verification of alumni status.

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Retirees

• Kraemer Library will continue to extend borrowing privileges to all faculty and staff who retire as employees of UCCS. A special borrower's card may be obtained from the Circulation Desk. Privileges include borrowing of locally owned materials, Prospector loans and interlibrary loan. The same policies that govern current faculty/staff borrowing will apply to retired faculty/staff as well.

Listening In students

• Listening In students with appropriate identification may obtain a special borrowers card.

Colorado Library Card (CLC) Patrons

• Colorado Library Card patrons may use a public library/school card with the CLC emblem. CLC patrons are limited to the checkout of 5 items.

Other Colorado universities and colleges

• Students from other Colorado universities and colleges may use their school ID cards provided we have reciprocal borrowing agreements with their institution. Upon your first visit to the library you will be registered into our library system.

The Library has agreements with the following universities and colleges:

Registration

You must register with the library before you can take advantage of your borrowing privileges. To register:

• All current UCCS students, faculty, and staff must present their UCCS ID card to the Circulation Desk.
• UCCS Alumni must present a current state issued picture ID.
• Colorado Library Card members must present a library card issued by a participating library and a current military or state issued picture ID. Anyone 18 years and younger may present their school picture ID in lieu of a government issued ID.
• Other College and University student must present their school picture ID.

In addition to showing proof of identification as specified, anyone registering with the library's system will need to fill out a form at the Circulation Desk.

Loan Periods

* Overnight loans can only be checked out 2 hours before the Library closes and must be returned within 1 hour of the Library opening.

Interlibrary Loan

• Click here for Interlibrary Loan policies

Media Equipment Checkout

Available media equipment includes:

• projector screen
• VHS player
• DVD player
• CD/Cassette player

Media equipment is available at the Circulation Desk and may only be checked out by faculty and staff. The Library DOES NOT deliver or retrieve equipment. Call the Circulation desk at (179) 255-3286 to reserve equipment.

For information on delivery of media equipment for classroom use, please contact the Information Technology Help Desk at (719) 255-3536.

Renewals

Most items may be renewed 3 times, with the following exceptions:

• Prospector: Books may be renewed 1 time. Most videos may not be renewed.
• Interlibrary Loan: renewal policies vary by lending institution. Contact the Interlibrary Loan office at (719) 255-3285 to request a renewal.

With the exception of items requested through Interlibrary Loan, materials may be renewed over the phone by calling (719) 255-3296 or (719) 255-3286. UCCS affiliated patrons may also  renew books online from the library home page by clicking on the link for My Checkout Record. Email requests may be sent to circdesk@uccs.edu, or a response may be sent to an email circulation notice.

Holds and Recalls

Holds

You can place a hold any available, circulating library materials online in the Kraemer Library Catalog and have them retrieved by library staff and held at the Circulation Desk for you. To place a hold in the Kraemer Library Catalog, simply click on the Request/Hold link in the catalog record and put in your name and your UCCS Barcode number located on the back of your UCCS ID card. Your request will be sent to the Library's Circulation Department and you will be sent an email when your hold(s) are available to be picked up at the Circulation Desk. It takes about 24 hours for available items to be requested and fulfilled.

Read more about Placing Holds in the Kraemer Library Catalog.

Recalls

Any item is subject to recall if needed for a course reserve.

Faculty/staff checkouts are subject to recall after 6 weeks if requested by another patron.

Fines

There is a 3 day grace period for all materials except Reserve collection materials and periodicals. On the fourth day a fine of $1 is charged with fines accruing at $.50/day after that. Reminder notices are sent by e-mail 3 days before items are due. Overdue notices are sent out the day after an item is due. Library patrons are responsible for knowing when their materials are due regardless of whether or not a notice is received. Materials that are not returned automatically convert to billed status after 30 days.

Fines for reserve materials are $.50/hour for 2 and 4 hour checkouts and $2.00 /day for 1, 3 and 7 day checkouts.

Faculty and staff are not charged overdue fines; however, faculty and staff are billed for the replacement cost of any item that is overdue for more than 50 days.

Students who have more than $20.00 in fines will have their borrowing privileges suspended and will be unable to renew items, request items, or access online resources. Student must pay fines below $20.00 in order to reinstate full library privileges. For all other patrons, fines in excess of $5.00 will result in a suspension of borrowing, renewing, and requesting privileges. To reinstate privileges fines must be paid below $5.00.

Returning materials

Materials may be returned to either of the circulation desks within the library, to the outside book drop located on the south side of the library, or the book drop located along the outside west wall of the building. Materials may be returned to another library in the state that has courier service to UCCS, however the patron is responsible for all materials until the item(s) are checked in here. Courier deliveries can take several days.

Lost & damaged materials

The standard charge for lost library material is $75 or the actual replacement cost of the item, whichever is greater. In addition, there will be a $25 processing fee plus a $20 overdue fine.

If the lost material is eventually returned to the library, the charge will be lowered to a $20 overdue fine per item. If the patron has already paid for the lost items and then returns the material, the patron may receive a refund of the $75 charge or the amount paid if greater than $75. The $25 processing fee will not be refunded. However, if the library has already replaced the material no refund will be available to the patron.

A library patron may choose to replace the item with another copy of the same item. The Access Services Librarian or the Head of User Services must approve replacement copies. The $25 processing fee will still be charged.

Damaged library materials that are beyond repair will be billed as for a lost item. Damaged items that may be repaired through rebinding will be billed at $20 and a $25 processing fee will be applied.

Confidentiality of library records

Library circulation records are strictly confidential. Library records will not be made available except pursuant to legal process, order or subpoena.

Circulation Supervisors

Patrons with questions, concerns, comments should contact the Access Servcies Librarian, Circulation Manager, or Circulation Supervisor on duty. There is a Circulation Supervisor in the Library during all open hours.

Carla Myers
Access Services Librarian
(719) 255-3908
cmyers8@uccs.edu

Judy Baranowski
Circulation Manager
(719) 255-3286
jbaranow@uccs.edu

Kevin Jacobs
Circulation Supervisor
(719) 255-3286
kjacobs@uccs.edu

Carol Pacheco
Circulation Supervisor
(719) 255-3286
cpachec2@uccs.edu

Liz Taylor
Circulation Supervisor
(719) 255-3286
etaylor@uccs.edu

Christina Martinez
Head of User Services
EPC 220
(719) 255-3287
cmartine@uccs.edu