Borrowing from the Library

Faculty Loan Policy for AUS Library Material

• AUS Faculty may borrow up to 75 items.
• General and Arabic Collection books are loaned for the semester with 1 renewal between fall and spring semesters.
  • These books are subject to recall after one week. If your book is recalled you will be notified and given time to return the book to the library. You can reclaim recalled items after 1 week.
• Loans of Videos, DVDs, CDs and tapes are limited to 5 items (of each type) and can be borrowed for 1 week with no renewals.
• Special Collection material may be borrowed for 1 week.
• Reference material may be borrowed for 1 day after consultation with a librarian.
• Selected journals may be borrowed, limited to 3 items for 3 days with no renewals.

You are responsible for all materials checked out to your account.  In the event of loss, you will be liable for the applicable replacement fees.

Faculty Proxies
Faculty may apply to have a proxy sign material out for them. To assign a proxy, return the completed proxy authorization form to the library:

Proxy Authorization Form

Interlibrary Loan Material
Periodical articles and books not found in the library collection may be obtained through interlibrary loan (ILL) or document delivery.

• Interlibrary loan and document delivery services are limited to AUS faculty and graduate students.
• Requestors should first check to make sure that the materials are not available at AUS.
• Requests for materials should be made to the Interlibrary Loan Department. Please be sure to include full and correct bibliographic details.

Due to the cost of providing this service, faculty are asked to exercise restraint when submitting requests. The library will endeavor to fulfill all reasonable requests but reserves the right to restrict the number of orders submitted per faculty member.