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Microforms That Must Be Retrieved by Library Staff from the Closed Stacks

IUCAT Displays:

• Type of material: Information stored on microforms--microfilm, microcard, and microfiche.
  
  
• Where found: These items are stored in closed stack areas and must be retrieved by library staff for your use.
  
  
• How to access:
  1. Use IUCAT to find the call number of the item you wish to use.
  2. Request retrieval of the item in one of two ways:
     • Print a copy of the IUCAT record that contains the composer, title, IUCAT location, and call number. Write your name clearly on the printout and turn it in at the circulation desk. The item will be retrieved within 30 minutes and held for you until the end of the day.
     • Send an email message to libmus@indiana.edu requesting that an item or item(s) be retrieved and held for you that day. You should receive a response within 30 minutes indicating the status of your request.
  3. Once your microforms have been retrieved, you can pick them up and charge them out at the circulation desk.
  4. Take the microform to the Microform Reading Room on the second floor of the Music Library. There are several microfilm readers, one microfilm reader/printer, several microfiche readers, and one microcard reader available for your use.
  5. You may also check most microforms out of the Music Library and read them at the Main Library or other campus libraries if you find that more convenient.
  
  
• Loan periods:
  • Indiana University faculty: One semester
  • Indiana University students and staff: 3 days
  • Indiana residents: 3 days
  
  
• Overdue fines:
  • Students, staff and Indiana residents:
    • $1.25 per day for up to 10 days
    • After 10 days, we assume the material will not be returned. A bill will be sent for:
      • $50.00 standard charge for replacement of the item
      • $20.00 database adjustment fee
      • $ 5.00 billing fee
      • $25.00 maximum overdue fine
      Credit will be issued for everything but the $25.00 overdue fine and the $5.00 billing fee if the material is returned.
    
    
  • Indiana University faculty: No overdue fines unless the item has been recalled.
    
    
• Renewals: Items may be renewed twice after initial checkout unless requested by another patron. After the second renewal, items must be returned to the Music Library. If no one else has requested the item and it does not need repair, you may check it out again.
  
  
• Recalls: Any item may be recalled by another patron after it has been charged out for two weeks. If someone recalls an item you have out, you will receive a letter from the Music Library asking that you bring the item back earlier than you may have anticipated.
  
  If you choose to ignore the notice, you will be billed for the replacement of the item plus a non-refundable $25.00 fine.