Circulation Services News

Statement of Fines and Fees Notices

On Wednesday, May 7th, 2008, NU Main Library will be sending out Statements of Fines and Fees to all patrons with unpaid balances on their Library accounts. Other libraries in the NU system will be sending out notices later this week. These notices will be sent automatically by email to all patrons with an active email address listed in their Library record. Patrons without an active email address will receive paper notices through the mail.

The deadline for payment of outstanding fines and fees is Friday, May 30th, 2008. Students who leave balances unpaid after this date may have their total sent to Student Financial Services, along with an additional $10 reporting fee. Students whose unpaid Library account balance have been sent to SFS will have a hold placed on their registration and/or transcript records.

For more information, see our FAQ about these quarterly Fine and Fee Statements, or contact the owning Library of the item(s) listed on your statement.

Book Location Assistance

The layout of the NU Main Library stacks can be confusing to patrons who are unfamiliar with it, due to the unique architectural features of the building and the necessity of rearranging our growing collections over the years.

The Book Location Assistance Service is a new offering from Main Library Circulation staff. While we have helped patrons learn how to physically locate books in our stacks by call number on an ad hoc basis over the years, we are now officially on call to go with patrons into the stacks Monday through Friday between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm. If you are having problems locating an item that NUcat says should be on the shelf, please come to the Circulation desk and we will do our best to help you find it.*

For more information on all the services and resources we offer related to locating our books, as well as tips on how to best look for them on your own, see our Book Location Assistance Service page.

*NOTE: This service is for patrons who have already determined what books they want from NUcat, our online catalog. If you need help learning to use NUcat, please contact the InfoCommons desk; or for help with more in-depth research, please contact the Reference desk instead.

Faculty Book Retrieval

Since Fall of 2007, full-time NU Evanston campus faculty have been able to request that up to 4 books per day be retrieved from the stacks for them. These books may either be held at the Main Library Circulation Desk, the Science and Engineering Circulation Desk, or sent to the faculty member's Evanston campus office through University mail.

Books will be retrieved from the following collections and libraries: SEL, Main, Transportation, Africana, Music, Art, Curriculum, Core Leisure Reading, East Asian Collection, Government Information, and Library Storage Facility.

This former pilot project has been approved for continued service, and is currently offered only to full-time NU Faculty with offices on the Evanston campus. Eligible faculty may request up to 4 items per day Monday through Friday, from listed Evanston campus library collections ONLY. These items may be picked up at the Main Library or the Science and Engineering Library, or delivered to an Evanston campus office.

For more information and to fill out your request, please see the Evanston Campus Faculty Book Retrieval form on our website.