• The Circulation staff maintains the General and Oversize Collection stack areas as well as the Special Collection and the Reserve Collection.
  
  
• The Circulation Desk is the place to stop:
  • to register for a library barcode (YSU students, faculty, and staff with a current validated I.D.). A barcode is required to check out Maag Library books out and for OhioLINK services (online borrowing, remote access to databases). Staff at the Circulation desk also issue courtesy cards to current members of Friends of Maag Library, to current members of the YSU Alumni Association, and to students, faculty and staff of other OhioLINK institutions.
  • to check out and/or return library materials.
  • to pay library fines.
  • to obtain materials placed on reserve for YSU classes.
  • to pick up and/or return OhioLINK and Interlibrary Loan materials.

• The staff of Interlibrary Loan processes items (books) requested by YSU students and faculty from other OhioLINK institutions through the OhioLINK Central Catalog. You must View your circulation record to determine the status of your request. The Interlibrary Loan staff does not send notices for arrival of OhioLINK books. Books may be picked up at the Circulation Desk. Items will be held for ten days.
  
  
• Interlibrary Loan also processes requests for:
  
  
  • materials owned by Maag but stored at the Northeast Ohio Regional Depository (location in MaagNet will say NE Regional Depository). Obtain request forms for these materials at the Reference Desk or submit a request electronically.
    
    
  • books not available at Maag or from other OhioLINK institutions (that is, not in the OhioLINK Central Catalog). Interlibrary Loan book request forms may be obtained at the Reference desk. You may also submit a request electronically.
    
    
  • articles from journals not available at Maag Library (that is, not in MaagNet or available through electronic means. (Check the Ejournal Finder at http://www.ohiolink.edu/resources/ejournals.php to see if your journal/article is available online). Forms for requesting articles may be obtained at the Reference Desk. You may also submit an article request form electronically.
    
    
• Notification of interlibrary loan items other than OhioLINK books (any article requested or books from institutions not in OhioLINK) is conducted by mail.

  

• Reserve materials are those which faculty make available for a particular course and may include books, journal articles, and sample tests. The main reserve collection is at the Circulation Desk. Another more specialized collection is located in the Multi-media Center and may include sound recordings or other media. Current periodicals make up the Serials Closed Reserve. Curriculum materials placed on reserve are found in the Curriculum Resource Center, Beeghly Hall.
  
  
• Reserve materials are listed in MaagNet. You may search by course name or instructor's name to see a list of materials on reserve for a specific course. (Click on Course Reserves from the MaagNet menu, then either Reserves by Course Name or Reserves by Instructor). The Location section of a record in MaagNet will tell you if a book is on reserve.
  
  
• Occasionally, an instructor will make available his or her own copy of a book or pamphlet which are shown as pers bk or pers pam. These items are returned to the instructor at the end of each quarter, so it is usually a good idea to check the Reserves by Course Name or Reserves by Instructor to see if the listing is current. You may consult the reserve notebook at the Circulation Desk (listing by professor's name for each class which has items on reserve) to verify reserve items.
  
  
• At the discretion of the instructor, items on reserve are designated as Closed Reserve (must be used in the library) or One-day, Three-day or Seven-day Reserve which may be checked out of the library.
  
  

For additional information, see the Reserve Collection guide or contact a Circulation Staff member.