University Library
Central Circulation and Bookstacks Department
Circulation Services

CAMPUS MAIL

UIUC faculty, staff and graduate students who have a campus office address can have items delivered to their office via Campus Mail. When placing a request through UIUC Online Library Catalog or I-Share, simply select “UIUC CAMPUS MAIL” from “Choose pick-up library” dropdown menu.

The Library is unable to mail library materials to any campus housing address or to postal addresses. The only exception is Beckwith Hall.

STUDY CARRELS

Over 300 study carrels are available in the Main Bookstacks. UIUC faculty and graduate students, as well as visiting scholars sponsored by a UIUC academic department, are eligible for carrel assignments. Professional college students, such as Law or Medical students, qualify for carrel assignments in the same ways that apply to other graduate students. Carrels for users with disabilities are also available. Due to high demand and limited availability, two to four persons may sometimes be assigned to share a carrel.

All library materials kept in study carrels MUST BE charged out to the carrel occupant's personal ID. Materials charged to a personal ID or materials which are the personal property of the carrel occupant must display a blue streamer. Uncharged library materials will be returned to the shelves. Carrel occupants are responsible for renewing any materials kept in their carrel.  Fire regulations prohibit any materials covering carrel windows facing into the Bookstacks. Posters and other materials will be removed if found.

Please Note: Disregard for the rules may result in the termination of the study carrel assignment.

ALL LIBRARY MATERIALS OR PERSONAL ITEMS LEFT IN CARRELS ARE LEFT AT THE RISK OF THE CARREL OCCUPANT. THE LIBRARY ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ITEMS LOST OR STOLEN FROM A STUDY CARREL.

Types of Carrels and Eligibility

• OPEN CARRELS: Located on all floors except Deck 5; unlocked; furnished with a desk, chair, lamp, and open to casual browsers.

• LOCKED CARRELS: Located on all floors; locked; furnished with a desk, chair, lamp, bookshelves and a folio cabinet in which to store library materials.

• FACULTY CARRELS: Located only on decks 4, 5, 6, and 9; locked; air-conditioned; furnished with a desk, chair and bookshelves. ELIGIBILITY: Faculty and visiting scholars.

Procedures for Obtaining a Study Carrel

• Fill out a carrel application form in the Main Circulation Office, Room 203 Main Library.

• Carrel assignments are generally provided upon request. You must present your UIUC ID card to pick-up your carrel assignment.

• Carrel renewal letters are sent out by the Main Circulation Office. You must sign and return this form promptly if you wish to renew your carrel assignment.

PROXY AUTHORIZATION

UIUC faculty members, graduate students, and other library borrowers with extenuating circumstances may authorize another library borrower to charge out Library materials for them. This authorization is usually extended to students who are assisting a faculty member or a graduate student in his or her research, but a spouse, staff member, etc. can be designated as a proxy patron. Also, a library borrower can designate more than one proxy. Library materials will receive faculty or graduate loan periods. The length of the authorization is specified for up to one year. The individual is responsible for all library materials charged to their account, including those materials that his or her proxy checked out.

To obtain authorization, the faculty member or graduate student must complete and sign a "Proxy Form" available in the Main Circulation Office, Room 203 Main Library. The application form requires both the faculty or graduate student's and proxy's identification numbers and signatures.

The patron authorized to check out library materials for another individual must present his/her I-card or courtesy card at the desk and tell the staff member that he/she is checking out materials for another library borrower. A special proxy card will no longer be issued.

PHOTOCOPYING

Photocopying machines in the Central Circulation and Bookstacks Department:

• There are 3 photocopy machines outside of the Bookstacks near the Main Circulation Desk. One of these machines enlarges and reduces.
• Additional machines are located on Decks 5 East, 4 East, 6 East, 8 West, and 5 West of the Bookstacks. The machine on Deck 5 East enlarges and reduces; the machines on 6 East and 5 West enlarge but do not reduce.
• Other departmental libraries in the Main Library have photocopying machines as well.

RETURNING LIBRARY MATERIALS

Borrowers may return UIUC and I-Share library materials to any public service point in the library regardless of where the item was originally charged out. Because library materials are discharged from the borrower's account at the location to which they are returned and prior to being shipped back to the owning library, borrowers are not held responsible for items that are lost in shipping. Library materials can also be returned to the bookdrop on the southwest corner of the Main Library. Return receipts are available upon request at any circulation desk.

Library materials CANNOT be returned through campus mail.

Please return non-I-Share interlibrary loan materials to the Circulation Desk on the second floor of the Main Library.

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Last updated 05.08.07