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RIT students, faculty, staff, alumni and associates may borrow library material by presenting a current RIT ID Card at the Circulation Desk at the time of check-out. By borrowing library material that is shared by the entire RIT community, you are responsible for:
Fines and Late Fees: A fines balance of $ 5 or more suspends your borrowing privileges. The balance must be paid to reinstate your account. All library material must be properly checked out prior to leaving the Library. All books, bags, briefcases and other hand-carried items are subject to inspection. Exiting the Library with items not properly checked out is considered theft and is reported to Campus Safety. How Many Items Can I Have Checked Out at One Time?
The general circulating collection is located on the Library's 3rd and 4th floors. Loan periods are:
The Library's "Leisure Collection" A collection of current fiction and non-fiction on the 1st floor of Library; available for 2-week loan periods. The Library's DVD and video collection is available for a 5-day loan period. Audio books are available for 14-day loans. Renewing Books You may renew a book as many times as you'd like. You may renew a book by:
Books cannot be renewed when:
Requesting a Book that is Already Checked Out: You can request a checked-out book by logging in to My RIT Library Catalog. The Library will request the return of the book by its three-week due date. If the book is past due, immediate return is requested. When the book has been returned, you will be notified that it is being held for you.
If you are looking for books or journal articles that RIT Libraries do not own, you can request the material through Interlibrary Loan or Connect NY. Through Interlibrary Loan, also known as IDS Express (Information Delivery Services), Library users are able to borrow materials not currently in our collections. ILL requests can be made online. Connect NY is an online catalog of participating academic libraries in New York State. Through Connect NY, patrons can borrow books not owned by RIT Libraries, as well as books owned by RIT Libraries that happen to be checked out. Any available book can be requested through Connect NY, and is usually received within two - four working days. What Types of Items Can be Requested through IDS Express/ILL?
What Items Cannot be Requested?
You can log in to access the personalized features of My RIT Library Catalog using your RIT username and password. Once logged in, you can place holds on checked-out books, renew books online, and create and save preferred searches.
Reserve materials can be requested at the Circulation Desk. The Reserve Collection consists of class reserve items and materials that are in high demand. To use material from the Reserve Collection, you must present a valid RIT I.D. card. These materials must be checked out with an I.D. even if they are used only in the Library. Some reserve items can be checked out only on an hourly basis, while other material may be borrowed overnight. Length of Loan Period Loan periods range from one hour to 72 hours. The professor placing the material on reserve determines length of the loan period. Fines and Late Fees Late fines for 1- and 2- hour loan periods are assessed at $1.00 per hour. Late fines for 24, 48 and 72 hour loans are assessed at the rate of $5.00 per day. Locating Electronic Course Reserve Material Material placed on reserve by faculty can be located by the professor's name, the course name or the course number in the library's Online Catalog. If the material is on E-Reserve, it is accessible electronically from the above link. Material placed on traditional reserve can be borrowed from the Reserve Desk, located on the Library's first floor. Reserve materials can also be accessed from myCourses. Click on the “my Library” link in the top navigation bar within your course to view any materials placed on reserve.
Wallace Library has Windows laptop computers available for campus-wide use. The Library, along with most other campus buildings, has wireless Internet access, so you can use these laptops to connect to the Web nearly anywhere. Proper I.D. Required Two forms of identification are required to borrow a laptop from the Circulation Desk. One I.D. must be an RIT I.D. Card and the second must be a government-issued photo I.D., such as a valid driver’s license or passport. The laptops have Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox installed. The laptops are periodically reformatted, so saving files on then is not an option. Save your files to the VIA shared drive (\\wmlfileserver\via), or to removable storage. Laptops and power cords are available for four-hour loan periods. A limited number of laptops are available for a two day loan period. As these machines are in great demand, there is no grace period for late returns. Late fines accumulate at the rate of $25 per hour/per item.
Whenever a book is 28 days past due, it is considered "excessively late" because it is inaccessible to other library patrons. Once a book is 28 days overdue, you will be billed:
When you return a book that is 28 or more days overdue, the charge to replace the book is dropped. The $10 billing fee, however, will be charged. If a checked-out book requested by another patron is not returned when due, recall fines accrue at the rate of $1/day from the due date. Please note that a fines balance of $5 or more suspends your borrowing privileges. Recall Notices If another Library patron requests a book that you have checked out, you will receive a recall notice. You are entitled to keep the book until the date specified on the recall notice, but you must return it by that due date to avoid recall fines of $1/day. Books borrowed from the Library Leisure Collection accrue late fines at the rate of $1/day. Videos and DVDs that are more than three days late are assessed a $10 fine. Videos and DVDs accrue late fines at the rate of $ 1/day. Videos and DVDs which are more than three days late are assessed a $ 10 fine. If you have questions or are unsure about Wallace Library's borrowing and/or fines policy, please feel free to contact the Circulation Desk at (585) 475-2562 (voice); (585) 475-2962 (TTY).
Finding things and navigating the RIT Libraries
1st Floor of Wallace Library:
2nd Floor of Wallace Library:
3rd and 4th Floors of Wallace Library: Oversize and Huge Collection: The RIT Archives: Einstein indicates the book is available but I can't find it on the shelf! If the Einstein Catalog indicates an item is available, but you cannot find it on the shelf, come to the Circulation Desk. It is possible that the book is on a cart and just has not yet been reshelved.
Current print issues of newspapers, magazines and journals are arranged alphabetically on the second floor of the Library. To find out if the Library subscribes to a particular newspaper or journal, search for the title in the Einstein Catalog. Many newspapers and journals are also available in databases accessed through the Library's databases page. Some of the databases for accessing these are:
The Library's research databases provide access to a wealth of information. Linked directly from the library’s home page are numerous databases. Descriptions of each of the databases subscribed to is available at the top of the page. You can browse the database list alphabetically, by subject, or by full-text content. There is also a list of newly added databases available here. Databases pertinent to various subject areas are listed on the left side of the page. You can also search for databases by name and subject in the Einstein online Library catalog. The right side of the database page contains a link to Librarian Recommended Resources. Selecting your program area from this list will take you to a page created and maintained by the subject specialist librarian for that area. This page includes subject relevant web sites, guides and librarian contact information - office locations, phone numbers, IM screen names and e-mail addresses. Librarians are working on creating tutorials for using some online databases. View them here. Tutorials are added as they are developed.
The Re:Search Zone, located on Wallace Library's first floor, is the place to go for research help. This desk is staffed Monday - Thursday from 8:30am - 10pm; Fridays from 8:30am - 7pm; Saturdays from 10am - 7pm; and Sundays from 1pm - 8:30pm. The librarians who staff the desk are here to assist you in locating information. Please do not hesitate to ask for their assistance.
Other services offered by RIT Libraries
Wallace Library has group meeting rooms available for student use. These rooms are located on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors. There are approximately ten meeting rooms on each floor. Meeting rooms can be reserved for up to two consecutive weeks and for a maximum time period of three hours. There is an online room reservation system in place on the RIT Libraries’ web site. Room reservations are required in Fall, Winter and Spring Quarters, but not during the Summer. Meeting rooms are available in varying sizes to accommodate from two to eight people.
Circulation Desk staff can add money to your RIT I.D. card to pay for printing and copying. Either cash value or funds transferred from Tiger Bucks can be added to your RIT I.D. card. Copying and printing costs are deducted from the Vendacard or RIT I.D. card. To create a copying and printing debit line on your RIT I.D., take your card to the Circulation Desk for validation. A printer is located in the Re:search Zone on the first floor of Wallace Library. A black & white printer, a color printer, a color copier and three scanners (two PC and one Mac) are located in the 2nd floor computer lab (VIA). Black & white copiers are located in the center area of the first and third floors. Prices for printing/copying are posted at service points. A public fax machine is located at the Circulation Desk. The charges for sending a fax vary based on where it is being sent and the length of the document. You may also request to receive faxes on the public fax machine. The number is (585) 475-2340, and the charge is $ .50 for the first 10 pages and $ .08 for each additional page. Fax charges can be paid with cash, Tiger Bucks, or copy/print money.
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