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LADC Student Employees Guide

This website is intended to provide information regarding the various tasks, duties, and functions performed by student workers at the LADC.

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Recalls

If a patron requests a book that is already checked out to another patron, they may place a "Recall" on the item.  Once the Recall is placed, the patron who currently has the item has 14 days to return it once the Recall request has been placed.

Recall fines are 50¢ per day with no accrual limit.

A recall notice indicating the new due date is e-mailed or mailed the next business day to the patron who currently has the book checked out. Once the item is returned, an "item available notice" indicating the name of the item being held will be e-mailed or mailed to the patron who has placed the recall.

For instructions on how to place a recall on an item through AubieCat, please refer to the LADC Student Employee Handbook. Section III-B-2 (pgs. 18-19)

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Renewals

Patrons can renew items online or by presenting each item to the circulation desk.  Patrons cannot renew online if they have exceeded their item limit, if someone has placed a recall on one of their items, or if they have reached the maximum fine limit for their patron group.

PATRONS RENEWAL LIMIT
Grads, Undergrads, Staff, Alumni, Special Borrowers 3
Faculty 6
ITEMS THAT CANNOT BE RENEWED
Bound journals, 7-day reserves, 3-day reserves, and items with a check out length of less than 30 days (DVDs, Materials from the Materials Lab, etc.) can only be checked out again after 1-day

For instructions on how to renew items online, please refer to the LADC Student Employee Handbook. (Section IV.3.a; )

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Missing Traces

  • If an item cannot be located when sought after, place a "Missing Trace" on the book to let patrons know that the item is not currently available.
    • A student may also place a "Missing Trace" on a book they are unable to locate; i.e. a book that is marked available, but is not on the shelf)
  • When a "Missing Trace" has been placed on an item library staff is notified and a search will be conducted for the missing item.
  • Part of the job of student employees is to assist in the search of missing items from the collection.

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Purchase Requests

  • If students, faculty, or staff wish to request a book that is not currently owned by the AU Libraries, refer them to lib.auburn.edu/purchase/ or refer them directly to the Head of the LADC.
  • Patrons who request a book are not guaranteed to have that the requested book become part of the collection!!! 
    • If the library does not wish to add a requested book to the collection, we can still request the book for the patron through an InterLibrary Loan request.  See the section regarding InterLibrary Loans for details.