University Libraries

Agreement signed October, 2001

This agreement, effective September 10, 2001, is entered into by and between Appalachian State University (ASU) and Lees-McRae College (LMC) for the purposes of establishing terms and conditions under which ASU will make certain library resources available for use by authorized students, faculty, or staff of LMC.

Agreed

This agreement will become effective on September 10, 2001, and will continue in effect indefinitely unless terminated by either party upon thirty (30) days written notice.

ASU agrees:

1. To make borrowing privileges available to faculty, staff and students of LMC upon presentation of a valid Lees-McRae picture ID and an Authorization Form signed by a Lees-McRae librarian. Services that will not be provided by ASU Library under this agreement include, but are not limited to: loans of periodicals, audiovisual materials (including films/videos/DVDs), microforms, reserve materials, or any non-circulating or restricted items; librarian-mediated online searches; remote access to electronic materials; or, ABC Express or interlibrary loans.
2. To grant access within ASU Library to all books, reference materials, periodicals, microform materials, and non-reserve electronic resources.

LMC agrees:

1. To make a one-time, non-refundable payment to ASU Library in the sum of $250.00.
2. To, when faculty, staff and students fail to do so, accept financial responsibility for the return of borrowed materials, and pay ASU for lost materials or other outstanding obligations arising under this agreement upon receipt of a statement from ASU Library pursuant to the charges and fines schedule set forth in Appendix A to this agreement.

Either institution may revoke the borrowing privileges of any faculty, staff, or student of LMC upon written notice.

Appendix A

Borrowing Library Materials from Appalachian State University

To provide wider access to information sources, Lees-McRae College may offer its students, faculty, and staff personal borrowing privileges at Appalachian State University Library. This borrowing agreement is initiated by bringing an Authorization Form with an authorized signature.

The following conditions apply:

1. A LMC ID card and the signed authorization form must be presented to the library service desk to borrow ASU materials.
2. Borrowing regulations from the ASU libraries include:
   1. Three week loan period for circulating books, except for Browsing and circulating Appalachian Collection materials which are loaned for two weeks. Renewals may be permitted on some items and are automatically granted if there are no holds on the item. Telephone and online renewals are permitted.
   2. Items are subject to immediate recall, which may modify the due date.
   3. Fines will be computed at the rate of $0.20 per day, to a maximum of $15 per item.
   4. Failure to return items within 30 days of the due date will result in a bill for a replacement. The bill includes a $20 processing fee, and an average cost of the item charged to the borrower. For most items the average cost is $40.00.
   5. A borrower is blocked from borrowing additional library materials when a fine or other outstanding obligation of $60 has accumulated.
   6. Continued assessment of overdue fines will result in the suspension of borrowing privileges at ASU Library and sanctions authorized by LMC policies.
3. Notices are sent to email addresses. Should a patron not have an email address, notices may be sent by postal mail. Failure to receive or read a notice does not release the patron from overdue fines and bills.
4. Privileges expire on the date indicated on the Authorization Form.
5. Faculty, staff and students must present their LMC card in order to borrow materials. ASU will affix an ASU patron barcode to the LMC card. The person to whom the card has been issued is responsible for its use, including any misuse. If a card is lost or stolen, the party to whom it was issued will be held responsible until it is reported to a fulltime ASU Library staff member.

Library Responsibility Form (Authorization Form)

To gain access to these privileges, the individual must:

1. be currently enrolled at Lees-McRae.
2. complete the responsibility form at Lees-McRae and obtain an authorized signature.
3. present the Responsibility Form and a valid Lees-McRae ID to the library service desk at Belk Library for registration in the patron database.

The following conditions apply:

1. No fee is charged.
2. Borrowing regulations are determined by ASU Library.
3. Each person taking advantage of the privileges provided by this agreement acknowledges responsibility to return materials to the ASU Library.
4. Each person borrowing materials under this agreement is obligated to reimburse ASU Library in the same manner as if materials were borrowed from Lees-McRae and shall, in default, be obligated for charges to Lees-McRae and subject to withholding of payments and transcripts, and other similar sanctions applied to Lees-McRae students.
5. Privileges expire on the date set by Lees-McRae.

Agreement updated in 2004 to reflect the fact that Lees-McRae no longer uses validation stickers on their IDs.