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Services for Individuals with Disabilities

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Frequently Used Tools:


Loan Periods, Renewals & Overdue Fines

Integrated User Services


Materials
Check out period for:
Overdue Fines
Undergraduate Students
Graduate & Honors Students
Faculty / Lecturers
Staff
Non-UT Borrowers
Books - Regular
4 weeks
16 weeks
1 year
1 year
4 weeks
None unless recalled .50¢/day
Books - Children's & Leisure Reading
4 weeks
4 weeks
4 weeks
4 weeks
4 weeks
None unless recalled .50¢/day
Books - Reserve - 2 hours / Overnight
2 hour/Overnight or 1 day depending on Instructor.
Materials that circulate for 2 hours can be checked out for overnight use during the last 2 hours of the library's operation; they are due one hour after the library opens the next day.
N/A
.25¢/hour
Books - Reserve - 1 day
Periodicals
7 days
7 days
7 days
7 days
N/A
None unless recalled .50¢/day
Video (VHS/DVD)
3 hours
3 days
3 days
3 hours
N/A
.25¢/hour


Fines may be paid at the Main Hodges Library Circulation Desk or at the AgVet-Med Pendergrass Library Circulation Desk. We accept AllStar, Credit Card, or Checks at these two locations. You may also pay over the phone with a Credit Card by calling 865-974-4351.

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Equipment
Check out period for:
Overdue Fines
Undergraduate Students
Graduate & Honors Students
Faculty & Staff
Non-UT Borrowers
Commons:
Scanners, Media Projectors, Headphones
4 hours
4 hours
4 hours
N/A
.25¢/hour
Laptops
N/A
Circ/Media/Reserve
Slide Projector
24 hours
24 hours
24 hours
N/A
.25¢/hour
Studio
Cameras, Audio Records, Microphones, Tripods, Lighting Kits, etc.
3 days
3 days
3 days
N/A
.25¢/hour +
$20.00 fee


Fines may be paid at the Main Hodges Library Circulation Desk or at the AgVet-Med Pendergrass Library Circulation Desk. We accept AllStar, Credit Card, or Checks at these two locations. You may also pay over the phone with a Credit Card by calling 865-974-4351.

Renewals by Item Type

Undergraduate

Graduate

Faculty & Staff

Non-UT Borrowers
Books
Circulation Desk or 3 remote renewals
Circulation Desk or 1 remote renewal
Circulation Desk or 2 remote renewals
Circulation Desk or 3 remote renewals
Books: Children's and Leisure Reading
Circulation Desk or 1 remote renewal
Equipment - Commons:
Scanners, Media Projectors, Headphones
May be checked out again at the Commons checkout desk if no one else is waiting to use.
May be checked out again at the Commons checkout desk if no one else is waiting to use.
N/A
Laptops
N/A
Equipment - Studio:
Cameras, Audio Recorders, Microphones, Lighting Kits, etc.
May be checked out again at The Studio desk if it is not reserved for someone else.
Periodicals
No Renewals
Reserve Materials
May be checked out again at the Circulation Desk if no one else is waiting to use.
Video (DVD & VHS)
May be checked out again at the Circulation Desk if it is not reserved for a class and no one is waiting to use.

Recalling Items

If someone requests an item you have checked out, a recall will be issued. A Recall changes your due date from the original date to 10 days from the moment the book is recalled. For example, if a book is recalled on September 10th, it will be due on September 20th of that same month.

Recalls generate overdue fines of fifty cents per day.

If you place a Recall, UT Libraries will notify you via email when the item becomes available.

To Recall a book, contact any of our libraries or use the UT Library Catalog 'Request' service.

Receiving a UT Libraries Recall Notice

When you receive a "UT Libraries Recall Notice" this means another patron has requested an item that is checked out to you. The original due date has been changed to a shorter loan period. It is important to return the item by the new due date. If the item is not returned by the new due date your library transactions are blocked and a fifty cents per day fine begins to accrue to the maximum of twenty dollars per item. You may request the item back when you return it. This will limit the loan period of the person who requested it from you to seven days from the date they pick up the item.