Your ability to check out media equipment is a privilege that depends upon the timely return of equipment by ALL users; students, faculty and staff. Much of the Library's media equipment is heavily scheduled. When patrons return equipment late by even a short time, they may cause major difficulties for another person or even an entire class. Therefore, we enforce the following policies:
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Equipment must be returned prior to the time that it is due. Usually this is *before* the library closes on the third day.
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Equipment returned late may result in a 60-day block from further equipment checkout, especially if you have been late in the past, given a prior warning about overdue equipment by a staff person, or the equipment is more than one week overdue.
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Equipment not returned or paid for after 30 days will be considered stolen, and the case will be reported to the UAF Police Department. These patrons will be permanently blocked from checking out media equipment.
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Patrons who return equipment late again after a 60-day block will be blocked from equipment checkout for 1 year.
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Patrons who return equipment late again after a 1-year block will be permanently barred from checking out equipment.
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Patrons who show flagrant disregard of the late equipment policy will be permanently blocked from checking out media equipment. The Media Technician decides what constitutes "flagrant".
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Patrons who have been blocked from equipment checkout may file a written appeal of the block, which will be reviewed by the Media Technician or Circulation Manager. The patron will be given written notice of the decision within 5 business days.
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You will be asked to pay replacement costs for any broken or damaged equipment that the Media Technician deems is unfixable. The Media Technician will determine the replacement cost at current prices, on a case-by-case basis.
