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OK-Share is a cooperative agreement between the major academic
libraries within the state of
OBTAIN AN OK-SHARE CARD (BEFORE you visit a participating library!)
Step #1 Stop by a Northeastern State University Library and fill out an OK Share application. (Or print out the application and drop off the completed application at the NSU Library Circulation Desk.)
Note: Applicant library accounts must be free of overdues and fines, and students must be currently enrolled in classes at NSU to qualify for an OK-Share card.
Step #2 The library will
check your current library account for overdues and fines, and make sure that
all patron account information is current. When all information has been
updated, the library will issue an OK-Share card that can be used at any participating
OK-Share library in
Step #3 Show your
OK-Share card to the Circulation Desk staff at the participating library (along
with any other required identification) for limited circulation privileges.
Please read:
The OK-Share card system allows for borrowing privileges at participating
OK-Share academic institutions. The home educational institution and library
issues the OK-Share card to its own eligible students, staff, or faculty members.
All OK-Share borrower's agreements and cards must be signed by the person
requesting lending rights at other OK-Share libraries, signifying agreement to
follow that lending library's circulation and usage rights, have a current
expiration date, and bear no alterations. Upon presentation of the OK-Share
card from a home academic library, and any other photo identification required
by the lending library, a valid courtesy card will be issued by the circulation
department of the desired lending library. This courtesy card, which is the
same or similar to the standard courtesy card used by the library, may have the
barcode of the specific library and may be used at the specific cooperating
library only.
SERVICES
OK-Share card borrowers are allowed two books in their possession at one time.
The suggested loan period is two weeks for faculty, students and staff.
Circulation and renewal of materials is governed by the local policies of the
lending library. Use of the electronic reference tools and databases may not be
available to OK-Share card borrowers.
CIRCULATION
INFORMATION
To borrow material from a cooperating academic library, faculty, students and
staff should present their current OK-Share card from their home educational
institution's library at the circulation desk of the lending library. Other
photo identification, such as driver's license, may be required by lending
libraries. The lending library will provide a courtesy card to the faculty,
student, or staff member of a participating
desk of each cooperating library used immediately if their card is lost or stolen.
A $5.00 charge for a second OK-Share courtesy card and barcode replacement must
be paid to the appropriate lending library. Books should be returned to the
library where the library materials were borrowed. Materials returned by mail
should be sent by first class, insured mail within the loan period prescribed
by the lending library. Materials sent by post office or parcel service must be
insured for a minimum of $100. Materials are due on the date/time indicated on
the date due slip presented at checkout or as noted on any recall or rush
recall notice. The library is not responsible for notifying borrowers that
materials are overdue. As a courtesy, overdue notices are mailed out according
to the circulation policies and practices of the lending library.
BILLING
OK-Share card borrowers are billed for fines for materials returned late and
for replacement fees for materials lost or presumed by the lending library to
be lost. A non-refundable billing charge will be added to the charges for all
materials lost or presumed lost.
ADDRESSES
OK-Share card borrowers are responsible for maintaining current addresses with
the circulation department of the home library and the cooperating library or
libraries they use.
ABUSE
OF LIBRARY PRIVILEGES
Courtesy borrowers who fail to abide by library regulations or who have
delinquent bills will have their borrowing privileges suspended and will be
reported by the lending library to the borrower's home educational institution
library. Abuse of library privileges may result in sanctions at both the home
educational institution library and the library of the cooperating educational
institution. Failure to return library materials may result in further
collection procedures with the possibility of being referred to law enforcement
agencies for appropriate action under
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contact Tom Messner.
Last updated May 5,2005