The Cooper Union Library: Library Information

Type of Material

Amount

Overdue items

$ .15 per day

Overdue recalled items

$1.00 per day

Overdue reserves
(including photocopies)

$1.00 per hour (or part thereof)

PLEASE NOTE:
The maximum overdue fine is $20 per item and $50 per overnight reserve.

For non-reserve items, an e-mail courtesy reminder is sent three days prior to the due date, and an email overdue notice is sent out after one day. Paper overdue notices are sent out after one week. The borrower is responsible for all overdue fines, even if he or she has not received the notice. After 50 days overdue, the borrower is assessed a replacement charge and a $15 processing fee.

For reserve items, overdue notices are sent via email each day that the item is overdue. After 5 days, the borrower is assessed a replacement charge and a $15 processing fee.

Material must be returned to the Library in the condition in which it was checked out. Borrowers are obliged to pay charges for damage to material. Material that is damaged beyond repair will result in replacement costs and processing fees charged to the borrower.

Library delinquencies may result in the suspension of borrowing privileges, blocking of registration for classes, withholding of transcripts and diplomas, and referral to a collection agency.


	reference: 212-353-4186		circulation: 212-353-4188

	Library Hours		What's New
	Access Policy		Library Personnel
	Circulation Policy • Fines		Collections
	Consortia		Collection Development Policy
	About the Library




	Library Hours

	PLEASE NOTE: The Circulation Desk and Electronic Resources Center (ERC) close 15 minutes before the Library.


*Summer Recess*	Library Opens	Library Closes
*May 15 - 31*
Monday - Friday	9:00 am	5:00 pm
Saturday - Sunday	closed
*June 1 - August 28*
Monday - Thursday	9:00 am	5:00 pm
Friday - Sunday	closed

*Holidays*
May 26 (Memorial Day)	closed
July 3 (Independence Day)	closed
Aug. 29 - Sept. 1 (Labor Day)	closed

	Access Policy
	The Cooper Union Library is open to students, faculty, staff and alumni of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, as well as to students and faculty of degree-granting programs at select member institutions of the Research Library Association of South Manhattan, - specifically New York University and New School University, including Parsons School of Design. The Library is also open to students, faculty and staff at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

	The Library is also a member of the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) and is open to patrons from other METRO libraries who have been issued a yellow referral card for a specific item in the Cooper Union Library. In addition, the Library is a selective United States Government Depostory Library. The general public may use these documents in the Library. For further assistance or information, please call 212-353-4186 to speak with a reference librarian.
	Circulation Policy
	To check out materials, Cooper and consortium borrowers must: register for library privileges at their home institution present a valid ID card with a library barcode at the Circulation desk to check out materials.


	Loan Periods and Renewals:
	Type of Borrower		Loan Period
	Cooper Union graduate students and faculty		60 days
	Cooper Union undergraduates and staff		2 weeks
	All other borrowers		2 weeks

PLEASE NOTE: Borrowers may renew items twice, either online or in person. Material will not be renewed if there is an outstanding hold or recall request. Reserve materials may not be renewed. Click here for Online Renewal


Recalls	Material may be recalled at any time. The due date will change to two weeks, if the material is due later than that. When the material becomes available, the patron making the request will be notified by email and the book will be held for 14 days. Requests for holds and recalls may be placed at either the Circulation or Reference desks or online in BobCat (http://bobcat.nyu.edu).

PLEASE NOTE: Recalls cannot be placed on reserve materials.

Reserves	Items that are required or supplemental readings for courses are placed on reserve to maximize the number of people who can use them. Reserve materials circulate to Cooper patrons only.

Reserve Type	Location	Loan Period
Course Reserves	Behind Circulation Desk	Two hours; overnight after 4pm. Overnight reserves due the following morning by 11am.

Photocopies	Circulation Desk	Two hours; overnight after 4pm. Overnight reserves due the following morning by 11am. Many photocopies are room use only.


	Non-Circulating Materials		Periodicals and materials from Reference, Closed Stacks and the Archives cannot be checked out of the library. These materials are designated "Non-circulating" in BobCat. Some additional items in the open stacks are marked for "Room Use Only" and may not be checked out. Books in poor condition may be judged by the staff to be too fragile for loan outside the Library. Microforms do not circulate.


	The Cooper Archives		The Cooper Archives consist of books, manuscripts, papers, scrapbooks and photographs relating to the history of The Cooper Union and to its founder, Peter Cooper. There is also material that pertains to its first executive officer, Abram S. Hewitt, and to the Cooper and the Hewitt families. The material in the Collection does not circulate, but is available by appointment to anyone who has a research need. Please contact Carol Salomon at 212-353-4187 or at salomo@cooper.edu for an appointment or further information.


	Visual Resources Collection		The Cooper Union Visual Resources Collection is for the exclusive use of Cooper Union faculty and students. Slides, films, videos, laser disks and DVDs may be borrowed by faculty members. Students may borrow slides only for required class presentations. Students may view videotapes, laser disks and DVDs on monitors in the Cooper Union Library Reading Room. In order to view these materials, please visit the Cooper Union Library Visual Resources Collection during regular hours of operation or contact Thomas Micchelli at micche@cooper.edu. There are no facilities for viewing 16mm films. Maps and pictures may be borrowed by faculty members and students with valid ID. The Blueprint Collection, consisting mainly of plans of campus buildings, is available for in-house use only. The circulating video collection -- shelved at the Circulation desk -- may be borrowed for three days by any Consortium patron with borrowing privileges.

	Fines