Maximum number of items checked out reduced to 50

In response to customer comments about unavailable items, the Research Library has reduced the maximum number of items that can be checked out to an individual to 50 items effective June 2005. In most cases, the Research Library owns only one copy of a book, and the library's collections are intended to be a shared resource. To improve the availability of materials, we have reduced the maximum number of items borrowed.

Library staff will notify users who currently exceed this new limit and provide any assistance needed to bring the total down to 50 or fewer. The return of materials will allow for pending holds to be satisfied, as well as make the collection more readily available for others.