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