As promised earlier some changes to the borrowing and fines scheldule are now officially in operation. All current JCU staff and students need to read this.
To promote and encourage further use of the library
collection and to ensure that applied penalties match demand for items,
the following changes now apply to borrowing from the JCU libraries.
JCU staff and Postgraduate students can now borrow
unlimited items for 12 weeks at a time.
Items may be recalled prior to this date, however the library will notify you by email if this happens.
Items can be renewed unless someone else has placed a hold on the item.
JCU staff and Postgraduate students can now place holds on an
unlimited number of items.
JCU Undergraduates and Honours students can now borrow
unlimited items for 3 weeks at a time.
Items can be renewed unless someone else has placed a hold on the item.
JCU Undergraduates and Honours students can now place holds on an
unlimited number of items.
Fines have also been adjusted so that the penalties are now
linked to demand for library items.
The $10.00 short loan penalty has now been reduced to $2 per day.
Loan type
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Penalty
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Standard loans
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50 cents per day to a maximum of $25.00 per item
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2 day loan
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$2.00 per day to a maximum of $50.00 per item
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2 hour loans
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$1.00 per hour to a maximum of $50.00 per item
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Recalled items
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$2.00 per day to a maximum of $50.00 per item
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Multimedia equipment
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$1.00 per hour to a maximum of $50.00 per item
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More information can be found on the
Library Borrowing webpages.
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