Below are some highlights of the evolution of circulation policies for the four CONSORT member libraries. Please check with your local Circulation, Reserves, and AV Departments for local variations.

CONSORT

• Direct borrowing of circulating library materials among CONSORT member libraries instituted 1995.
  • Current students, faculty, and staff eligible to borrow.
  • Loan period 3 weeks with two renewals.
  • No maximum number of items.
• Direct borrowing of circulating videos among CONSORT member libraries instituted 2001.
  • Current students, faculty, and staff eligible to borrow
• Extended loan periods of CONSORT materials for CONSORT faculty instituted January 2002.
  • Service restricted to faculty and staff
  • Items may be borrowed for 1 semester, renewable for an additional semester.
• Placing material from other CONSORT libraries on Reserve at local institution instituted May 2003 after successfull one semester experiment, spring semester 2003.

CONSTor Storage Facility

• Direct borrowing of any material located in CONStor instituted 2001.
  • Includes books, sound recordings, bound journal volumes
  • Loan period is 3 weeks for students; 1 semester for faculty

OHIOLINK

• Direct borrowing of circulating materials from OhioLINK member libraries instituted 1996
  • Current students, faculty, and staff eligible to borrow.
  • Loan period 3 weeks with one renewal.
  • Maximum 25 items per undergraduate student.
  • Overall patron fines of $10 blocks requests
• Senior Honors and I.S. students maximum items raised to 200, December 2003.