Continue the semester loan period for faculty and professional staff and extend the semester loan period to graduate students and classified staff starting in fall 2000. The Subcommittee makes this recommendation in recognition of the political reality that there is much for the library to lose and nothing to gain from a campus debate on changing the loan period for faculty, when there are other important issues, particularly funding, to consider and faculty support for the library is critical. The Subcommittee makes this recommendation in view of the high number of renewals by graduate students who are already giving themselves a defacto semester loan, the fact that the number of recalls by graduate students is small in comparison with the total number of items checked out, and the belief that providing a common semester due date for graduate students would remove an unnecessary bureaucratic requirement and serve as a major assist to the prompt completion of their degree programs. The Subcommittee makes this recommendation in consideration of the fact that this is a small group of library users. Establish a continuing subcommittee of the University Library Committee which is charged to review circulation loan periods and borrowers' privileges.
Comments Welcome .