July 1, 2011 – University Libraries have extended the loan periods of books for faculty, staff, and graduate students. Faculty and staff will now be able checked out books for a one year period with up to three renewals. Graduate students will now have a six month loan period on books with up to three renewals. Faculty, staff, and graduate student can check out up to 150 items. 

Unfortunately the new loan rules are not automatically applied to your existing check outs. We have worked hard to come up with a solution that will assist everyone with this transition.

If you are affected by these new rules you will receive an email notification of the items you currently have checked out.  If you wish to renew the materials under the new loan rules, you must:

1. Send an email message to the Circulation Department
2. Verify your holdings in the email
3. Ask for the materials to be switched to the new loan period

If you do not wish to switch your materials to the new loan rules, your items will be due as listed on My Library Account.

If you are a faculty member and currently holding 10 or more items and do not wish to verify your holdings via email, please call the library circulation desk at 540-231-6340. We can schedule an appointment to come to your office and inventory your items to be placed under the new loan rule.

If an item has been recalled or placed on hold for another patron, transfers to the new loan rule cannot occur.  This change in policy is for books only.