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TexShare Library Lending Policies

 

San Jacinto College - South Campus
TexShare Library Card Program

(updated 08/23/2006) 

LIAISON: 

Sara Holland, Reference Librarian
Parker Williams Library
San Jacinto College South 
13735 Beamer Road 
Houston, TX 77089

PHONE: (281) 484-1900 x3279 
FAX: (281) 922-3470 
E-MAIL:  sara.holland@sjcd.edu

LIMITATIONS: 
General circulation privileges only. Excludes access to interlibrary loans and borrowing from non-circulating collections such as the reference, periodicals, reserves, audio-visual, and Texana collections. You may check out materials through the last regularly held class day of the San Jacinto College semester or through the expiration date stamped on your TexShare card, whichever occurs first. Your borrowing limit is two items. Items are renewable once unless a hold has been placed. You must renew items in person. 

ELIGIBILITY: 
Currently enrolled students without outstanding library obligations and full-time faculty and staff of TexShare institutions. Bring the TexShare card issued to you by your home library, your social security number, and a legal photo ID. 

CARD AVAILABILITY: 
Cards are available whenever a patron is eligible for one. Students: The card expires on the last regularly held class day of the same San Jacinto College semester in which it is issued or on the expiration date stamped on the TexShare card by the borrower s college, whichever occurs first. Faculty and Staff: The card expires at the end (August 31) of the academic year, or on the expiration date stamped on the TexShare card by the borrower s college, or upon termination of the faculty or staff person's contract, whichever occurs first. 

HOURS:  

Fall and Spring Semesters:

Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Summer Semesters:

Monday - Thursday 7:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Summer Mini Session:

As Posted

RENEWAL OF MATERIALS: 
Renewals are in person. Renewals are limited to one per item, and only if no other patron is requesting the item. 

RETURNS: 
You are responsible for returning materials by the due date. You may not return materials by interlibrary loan. Please return materials in person. You may return books through the external book drop located at the entrance to the library. 

US Mail: 
Parker Williams Library 
San Jacinto College South 
13735 Beamer Road 
Houston, TX 77089

OVERDUES:  Overdue notices will be sent out on the same schedule as for other library borrowers. No exceptions or special arrangements will be made to accommodate TexShare borrowers who live far from San Jacinto College South. 

RECALLS:  Items are renewable once unless a hold has been placed. 

NON-CIRCULATING ITEMS:  Items in the reference, periodicals, reserves, audio-visual, and Texana collections are non-circulating. 

LOANS: 14 days, or through the last regularly held class day of the San Jacinto College semester, or through the expiration date stamped on your TexShare card, whichever occurs first. Users who consistently return materials late or damaged may be denied borrowing privileges. 

FINES:  Students: $0.50 per day for each overdue item; $1.00 per day for each overdue item with a hold request pending. No fine limit.

Faculty and Staff: $0.50 per day for each overdue item; $3.00 maximum per item. 

LOST ITEMS:   You will pay the replacement costs of the materials, including any binding costs for bound paperbacks, any accumulated fines, and a $4.00 processing fee. Materials are considered lost if you fail to return them by the end of the same semester in which you borrowed them. If you return lost materials after paying for them, you may receive a refund for the replacement costs only. Minimum replacement costs: $35.00 for hardbacks; $16.00 for regular collection paperbacks; $5.00 for paperback (PB) collection paperbacks. 

BILLING:  Payment due upon billing. Failure to pay will result in the revocation of borrowing privileges and the notification of the borrower's home institution. 

ADDITIONAL:   Lost cards require a $2.00 replacement fee. Notify the library immediately if your card is lost and no longer in your possession. 


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