Extension Faculty
Borrowing Services for Extension Faculty
| Material Type | Loan Period | Renewals | # of Items |
|---|---|---|---|
| MU Books | 4 month | 2 |
1000 – combined total check outs
|
| UM Books (MST, UMKC, UMSL) | 4 month | 2 | |
| MU Print Journals* | 2 week | 1 | |
| UMLD print journals (MU, MST, UMKC)* | 2 week | 1 | |
| Government Documents | 30 day | 2 | |
| DVDs in Ellis Library | 10 days | 0 | |
| DVDS in other campus libraries | varies | 0 | |
| Equipment* | Varies | 0 | |
| MOBIUS Books | 4 week | 3 | 20 – combined total of MOBIUS book check outs and hold/requests on MOBIUS books |
| Prospector Books | 3 week | 1 | |
| Interlibrary Loan | 2 week, but varies by lending institution |
Contact Interlibrary Loan prior to due date 882-1101 882-0467 HSL** |
Unlimited |
*Journal volumes and equipment are not available for mail delivery. They can, however, be checked out in the physical library. PDF copies of journal articles are available for request via our document delivery service.
**HSL: Health Sciences Library
Requesting Policies and Procedures for Extension Faculty
MU Libraries will mail their books to MU Extension Faculty residing in the United States. Faculty not residing in the United States may be eligible for borrowing privileges at local libraries. We do not ship items overseas.
Items Not Available For Request:
- Books from Special Collections
- Reference materials (e.g., REF-R location codes)
- Entire magazine/journal volumes or individual current issues
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A/V material (microfiche, film)
- Computer disks
- CD-ROMs
- Resources on Reserve for courses during the semester that they are on Reserve
- Equipment
Additional information for Extension Faculty
Extension Faculty: Research on the Road
Visiting other MOBIUS libraries
MU faculty, students and staff who are in good standing (no billed books or unpaid fines or blocks on their circulation record) may go to any other MOBIUS library and present their MU ID card and borrow books held in those libraries, if they are “Available” in the MOBIUS catalog.
Eduroam
The education roaming (eduroam) service allows users (such as researchers, students, faculty and staff) from our University and other participating institutions to securely access the Internet from any eduroam-enabled institution.
Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) reciprocal circulation program
The GWLA Reciprocal Circulation Agreement is a program for faculty, staff and students of participating GWLA institutions to borrow library materials on site while visiting other, cooperating, member libraries.
OCLC reciprocal borrower card
MU Faculty members who are traveling to other research libraries that are members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) who are also OCLC (Online Computer Library Center, Inc.) members may be eligible for a Reciprocal Faculty Borrower Card.
Request library privileges for visiting faculty/scholars
International Student & Scholar Services have provided a form letter approved by the Libraries. Departments must use this form letter when requesting privileges for the scholar.
