BYU Graduate and Honor's Thesis Students

• Checkout Identification
• Loan Period
• Maximum Items Checked Out
• Renewals
• Recalls and Holds
• Notices
• Overdue Fines
• Billing for Lost Items
• Proxy Users

• You must have a valid BYU ID card for receive services at the Circulation Desk
• Graduate students not currently enrolled but working on a thesis or dissertation need a letter on BYU letterhead verifying their status, signed by their graduate committee chair for each semester

• 13 weeks for most library materials
• Shorter deadlines for specific items (juvenile literature, special collections, etc.)
• There is no grace period.

• You can check out up to 50 items simultaneously

• You can renew most materials two times
• You need your BYU NetID and password to renew online
• You must return materials for inventory, but if you still need the items, the library will re-check it out to you and reset the renewal counter to zero

• Three-week minimum checkout time before an item can be recalled
• 24-hour recall period for items needed for Course Reserve
• Recall fine (starting at $10 and increasing each day) for recalls not returned by new due date

• First e-mail reminder: 7 days before the due date
• Courtesy e-mail notice: 5 days after the due date
• You must return or renew materials by the due date or lose your library privileges
• You will lose your library privileges if you owe over $3 in library fees

• $1.00 per day, per book, with a maximum fine of $10.00, per book
• Your library account is blocked when one item is overdue
• Pay fees at the Circulation Desk by check, signature card, or money order

• Billing notice for lost library materials for items more than four weeks overdue
• Bill includes the replacement cost of the book and a non-refundable $25 processing fee

• Patrons with disabilities can designate another person to check out books on their account
• Visit the Circulation Desk to pick up the request form for a proxy card
• You need to renew proxy privileges by submitting a new form at the beginning of each semester
• The other person needs a proxy card and his/her own BYU ID to check out material
• Patrons are responsible for any materials checked out on their account