Borrowing Books and Music Materials

University Libraries, Unt Policy And Procedure Memorandum.

Summary

The Borrowing Books and Music Materials Policy of the UNT Libraries describes the patrons’ borrowing privileges, loan periods, and fine rates for regular circulating and music materials.

Definitions

  1. Library Patron: an individual who is eligible to use the UNT Libraries.
  2. Regular Circulating Materials: library materials that can be circulated regularly such as books, music scores, government documents, Curriculum Material Collection (CMC) items.
  3. Loan Period: the time period that an item can be checked out to a library patron.
  4. Lib Use Only: an item status which indicates that the item is not circulating and must be used in the library building.

General Borrowing Guidelines

Most items within the UNT Libraries collections, unless noted as “Lib Use Only” or placed on reserves, are available for borrowing by library patrons. Borrowing policies vary based on the type of material and library patron.

Books and other regular circulating materials

1. Undergraduate Students

  • Loan period: 6 weeks
  • Renewals allowed: Yes
  • Checkouts allowed: Unlimited
  • Fines rate: No fines

2. Graduate and Honors Students

  • Loan period: Semester
  • Renewals allowed: Yes
  • Checkouts allowed: Unlimited
  • Fines rate: No fines

3. UNT Faculty and Staff including retirees

  • Loan period: Semester
  • Renewals allowed: Yes
  • Checkouts allowed: Unlimited
  • Fines rate: No fines

4. Courtesy and TexShare Public Library Card Holders

  • Loan period: 6 weeks
  • Renewals allowed: Yes
  • Checkouts allowed: 10 items
  • Fines rate: No fines

5. TexShare Academic Library Card Holders

  • Loan period: 6 weeks
  • Renewals allowed: Yes
  • Checkouts allowed: Unlimited
  • Fines rate: No fines

Music audio and video recordings

1. UNT Students

  • Loan period: 7 days
  • Renewals allowed: 1 time
  • Checkouts allowed: 10 items
  • Fines rate: No fines

2. UNT Faculty and Staff including retirees

  • Loan period: 7 days
  • Renewals allowed: 1 time
  • Checkouts allowed: Unlimited
  • Fines rate: No fines

Dates

  • Created/Approved: 05/29/12
  • Revised: 04/17/20

License Information

This Policy: "Borrowing Books and Music Materials" by UNT Libraries is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.