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Library Faculty Circulation Policies

Circulation policies for faculty:

  • Fontbonne University main collection books: 4 months with 2 renewals
  • Interlibrary loan and MOBIUS books: 3 weeks with 2 renewals
  • Curriculum, Juvenile, Videos and Audio CDs: 3 weeks with 1 renewal
Books and videos may be renewed online by logging into the patron's library account.

ILL (Interlibrary Loan)

MOBIUS, also known as Missouri Bibliographic Information User System, is a consortium of academic libraries with over sixty member colleges and universities in the state of Missouri.

Fontbonne University has access to nearly 18 million items (10 million unique titles) through the combined holdings of these libraries. If books are not available at Fontbonne University, but are available in the Bridges or MOBIUS system, faculty may request them through the catalog and pick them up within 3-5 workdays at the Circulation Desk. Faculty may also visit MOBIUS member libraries and check out items on-site using their Fontbonne University ID. MOBIUS books are checked out for 3 weeks with 2 renewals.

** To request books, select your cluster (Bridges) and enter your username (your last name) and password (your Fontbonne University ID number followed by a capital F).

Borrowing outside of MOBIUS

When books (or dissertations) are not available in MOBIUS, they will be requested through interlibrary loan. All journal articles that are not available in the Fontbonne University collection may also be requested through interlibrary loan. Audiovisual materials are not available through interlibrary loan.

Most interlibrary loan requests can be satisfied through the cooperative OCLC/LVIS network at no cost. If the requested material can only be found outside of that network (including most dissertations) the faculty member will be notified as to the probable cost of the transaction. If the material is still needed at that price, the faculty member may pay for it personally, charge his/her department for it at the department chair's discretion, or charge the cost to the department's allocation for library materials, depending on individual departmental policies.

Holds and Recalls

If someone else is using a book you want, the Library will hold it at the circulation desk when it is returned and notify you that it is available.
If a book is checked out when it is needed within a few days for a class, the Library can contact the person who has the book and request its immediate return. Please see a faculty librarian for details about either of these services.