Student Checkout Policy

IMSA students with a valid ID may check out most books from the main collection for 4 weeks. Some high-use books have a 2-week loan period. Students may request overnight loans of reference materials one hour before the IRC closes.

Magazines and journals may be borrowed for 2 weeks.

DVDs, Videos and CDs circulate for one week.

With the exception of reference books, these materials may be renewed if there are no outstanding requests.

Reserve materials are for library use only.

Posters may be borrowed for the entire school year.

Students are responsible for any materials checked out on their IDs. In the event an ID card is lost or stolen, the student must report this to Student Services.

IMSA Staff Checkout Policy

IMSA staff with a valid ID may check out books from the main collection for 16 weeks. Some high-use books have a 2-week loan period.

Magazines and journals may be borrowed for 2 weeks.

DVDs, Videos and CDs circulate for one week.

The above materials may be renewed once if there are no outstanding requests.

Posters may be borrowed for the entire school year.

Materials not returned after the third overdue notice are subject to a lost book charge.

Home Library Return

Materials that have been checked out from any library in the state of Illinois may be returned to the lending library by filling out a blue "Home Library Return" form located at the Circulation Desk.

Note: The IRC is not responsible for overdue charges accrued during transit.

Reserve Materials

Reserve is a collection of books, videos, tests, solution manuals, laserdiscs, CDs, photocopied articles, etc. which have been put on Reserve at the Circulation Desk by faculty so that all students have access to the materials. They are listed under the teacher's name and may be checked out for in-library use only.

Table Reserves are materials that have been put on Reserve for specific classes. They are located on various tables throughout the library and are listed by teacher's name and class. They may be used in the library by anyone and may not be checked out.

Interlibrary Loan

The IRC provides Interlibrary Loan (ILL) services in order to ensure that all IMSA patrons have access to books and journal articles the library does not own. No fee is charged to patrons for borrowing books through ILL services; however, lost materials are subject to costs established by the lending library. It is also necessary that all books borrowed through Interlibrary Loan be returned to the IRC in order to ensure the books are returned to the correct lending library.

• Only books and journal articles are available through Interlibrary Loan.
• The IRC complies with the State of Illinois Interlibrary Loan Code as well as the ILLINET Interlibrary Loan Code.
• There is no charge for photocopied journal articles, but the library is prohibited from requesting more than five articles per journal per year by copyright law.
• If you have any questions regarding Interlibrary Loan, a copy of the policy is available at the Circulation Desk upon request.