News from the Library

Thank you to Merinda Hensley for a very useful session on building a great poster. If you were unable to attend the session, the webinar of the workshop is archived at https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/330257351.

Merinda has developed a LibGuide to support this workshop. You can find it at  http://uiuc.libguides.com/researchposter.

One resource that may be helpful for those designing posters is a web-based color palette generator, which can help you select colors that go together. Many of these generators will build schemes from uploaded images. The article “19 Color Palette Generators to Help You Design Like A Pro” provides a good overview of what’s available.

This workshop is part of the University Library’s Savvy Researcher series. For a complete list of upcoming workshops, visit http://illinois.edu/calendar/list/4068. The Savvy Researcher team has also developed a series of LibGuides that complement the content of their workshops.

Here’s a brief guide to how the University Library notifies you about soon-to-be-due and overdue books.

• Reminders that a book will be due soon are e-mailed for items checked out from the Undergraduate Library and I-Share Libraries (more than likely because in both cases the loan periods are significantly shorter than they are for books from other campus libraries).
• First overdue notices are e-mailed seven days after the due date.  Second overdue notices are issued on the 21st day following the due date.
• Items still overdue after a set period (40 days for most items) are assumed lost. The borrower will be billed the average replacement cost for books in the subject area, usually a minimum of $125.00 for books and a minimum of $300.00 for bound periodicals. The Library may assess a higher replacement cost in special instances.
• A processing fee is assessed once an item is considered by the Library to be lost. Graduate students are assessed this fee, although faculty and staff are not.
• The replacement amount is usually credited if the overdue item is returned; however, the processing fee will not be refunded.  If the item has been damaged, has already been replaced by the library, or if the item was billed more than two years ago, the replacement amount may be refunded only in part or not at all.
• You can check the status of your books AND renew them online at any time by accessing your account in the Library catalog (I recommend Vu-Find) at http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-uiu/.
• The renewal limit for most UIUC Library books is ten (for faculty, staff, and graduate students, that means you can have the book for 160 weeks), unless another user needs the item. After that, you need to return the item to the Library. You can have the book discharged, then charged back out to you if you still need it.
• The renewal limit for most items from other I-Share libraries is three. When you have reached the limit, the book must be returned to the lending library. Once it’s back on the shelf, you can request it again.

For more information, see:

• Library Overdue and Billing Policy
  
• Borrowing Privileges

If you have any questions, please contact your librarian.