Material Use Policy

Database Access

Access to leased databases is restricted to those with a valid Trocaire College username & password.

Material Use Policy

Please return your items on time or renew over the phone if an item is renewable. Users who fail to return borrowed materials will lose library borrowing privileges.

Loan Periods

Audiovisuals – 1 week
Books & books with CD-ROMs - 28 days
Periodicals – 1 week
Reference Books – IN library use only
Reserve materials – IN library use only

Renewals - call 716-827-2434 before the item is due or send a request to libraryhelp@trocaire.edu using the Ask a Reference Question form.

Materials (usually books & media) borrowed through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) have a circulation period which is specified by the lending library, not the Libraries @ Trocaire. (When patrons want material that is not available within the Trocaire Libraries, we ask other agencies to provide it.  This is the process of Interlibrary Loan). 

Library Fines

$0.10 | day for books & print journals

$1.00 | day for DVDs & VHS

$5.00 | day for Reserve items

Borrowers pay all replacement costs for the item, plus a $20 processing fee for items not returned or lost.

• Replacement charges may be canceled if lost items are returned; however overdue fines will still be charged.
• Fines are due when returning the library material.
• Payment can be made by money order or in cash, [no checks please], payable to Trocaire College.

If items are borrowed from another library, the borrower is responsible for payment assessed according to the other library’s regulation.

Outstanding fees over $200. will be sent to a Collection Agency.

Lost Items

Items not returned to the library within 30 calendar days following the due date.

Overdue Materials

Items which are not returned on or before the date on the due slip.
Student grades and/or transcripts will be withheld in the event of outstanding library debts.

Borrowers are required to

• Have a Trocaire College ID for checking items in/out.
  
• Have a Trocaire College ID to use Reserve items in the library. These items will be checked out to the borrower for use in the library. (Borrowers must return reserve items to a staff member so the items can be checked back into the system).
• Handle library materials in a responsible manner.
• Return books and other library materials in the condition in which the materials were received.
• Return all borrowed materials on time on the date due found on the item’s due slip.
• Return in-house and Interlibrary Loan materials directly to the Trocaire College Library.
• Return Material borrowed with an InfoPass or Special Borrower’s card directly to the institution which owns it.

Library Members
Library Users are current and former Trocaire College students, current Trocaire College faculty and staff, members of the Regional Sisters of Mercy (RSM) and community members within the Western New York area.  Community members must be 18 years old or high school seniors. For other circumstances, please discuss with the Library Director.

Library Materials

Books, DVDs, CD-ROMs, periodicals, audio and videotapes and other materials provided by the Library. Borrowed materials can be in-house (Rachel R. Savarino Library, Trocaire College, Choate Avenue and Transit Road), through Interlibrary Loan, or borrowed directly by the student from another institution with an InfoPass issued by Trocaire College Library.

InfoPass

Provided through Trocaire College’s membership in the Western New York Library Resources Council (WNYLRC); its Library Access Project (LAP) enables libraries to work together to allow greater access to library and information resources. The LAP program is designed for library users who need access to resources not available in either the library with which they are affiliated or in other libraries generally open to the public (i.e., area public libraries).