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Borrowing

Books:

	The following borrowing periods are for regular book checkouts. Other items may be restricted depending on the item and/or location.
	Undergraduate - 6 weeks Graduate - 6 weeks Graduate Assistant - Semester Part-time Faculty/Staff - Semester Full-time Faculty/Staff - One year from date of checkout Alumni/Community ** - 6 weeks (see below), limit of 10 books

CDs:

3-week checkout. (All categories above)

Extended Borrowing:

Students working on Capstone Courses, Theses, Dissertations Or Incompletes who wish to have an extended borrowing period for library books, must do the following:

Bring a letter on departmental letterhead, signed by the professor supervising the activity, requesting an extended loan period for not more than one semester at a time. The letter should have the professor's name, phone number and e-mail address clearly printed. A new letter should be brought to the library each semester if the capstone/thesis/dissertation lasts longer than a single semester.
The letter must be presented prior to or at the time books are first checked out. If this is not done, any books checked out will have the normal loan period. Any books checked out prior to this will NOT have the due dates changed. They will have to be checked in and checked out again.

Graduate Assistants Working For Faculty:

Graduate Assistants working for Faculty members and checking out items with Faculty member identification must do the following:

Bring a letter on departmental letterhead, signed by the supervising professor. The letter should have the professor's name, phone number and e-mail address clearly printed. A new letter should be brought to the library every semester.
The letter must be presented prior to or at the time books are first checked out.
The Faculty ID must be presented each time a Graduate Assistant wants to check out items for that Faculty member.

Videos / DVDs:

	Popular Video/DVD titles are located on 1st floor in Reference area; all other titles are located in regular Drinko Stacks on floors 2 and 3.
	3-day video checkout. (All categories above) 6 title limit Faculty can request longer checkout times if needed for classroom use.

WVU-MU Doctoral Students:

To borrow materials from Marshall University Libraries and request items via Document Delivery, students must provide a letter, on University letterhead, from their advisor, indicating the program in which they are enrolled and for which semesters.
This letter must be presented to the Circulation Desk at either Drinko Library or the Graduate College Library.
A special card will then be issued and the student will fill out a form to enable him/her to be placed in the Document Delivery system.