Brown University Library News

We are pleased to anounce that the University Library will no longer charge routine fines of $0.20 per day on overdue library material. We view this change as yet another way to support students in their use of library collections. Courtesy reminder notices are emailed 5 days prior to due dates and many library materials are renewable online. Normal loan periods for Brown students: Graduate students have two loan periods: academic year and summer loan. For undergraduate students, books borrowed in one month are due on the last day of the following month. Most material is renewable online at: https://library.brown.edu/patroninfo~S7. Library charges: No daily fines for regular overdue materials. Fine for overdue recalled material: $1 per day. Fine for overdue course reserve material: $0.50 per hour. Replacement charge for lost library material: $150, as below: Library material that is more than 30 days overdue will prompt a JOSIAH bill for $150 per item ($125 for the material + $25 processing fee). If the bill is not addressed promptly, the bill is sent to the Bursar for collection and the $25 fee is not refunded when the billed item is returned. For further information contact Steven_Lavallee@brown.edu

Are you wondering which new titles have been added to our collections recently? Are you curious about the subject breakdown of these titles? Just check the quarterly update of the list of new titles cataloged for July-Sept. 2006: http://dl.lib.brown.edu/newtitles/
Would you like to know which films are available? The list of the 5,768 films available at Media Services, the Language Resource Center, Orwig Music and the John Hay libraries can be browsed at: http://dl.lib.brown.edu/collatoz/videos.php
For further information contact your subject specialist librarian or libweb@brown.edu

The Library is in the process of redesigning its website. Although our work is far from complete, we are making our progress public in order to solicit feedback while design and content are still evolving. Aworking prototype of the new site is available at: http://dl.lib.brown.edu/libweb.
Our redesign process began with an accessibility review and usability testing of the old site. Test results and focus group feedback is available at: http://dl.lib.brown.edu/libweb/redesign
The old site will continue to be available at least until Intersession. We plan to switch to the new site by the beginning of Spring semester. We will continue to do usability testing and run focus groups throughout Spring semester as we work toward the completion of this redesign process.
Please send comments to libweb@brown.edu or complete our feedback form at: http://dl.lib.brown.edu/libweb/forms/feedback.php