One of the cost saving measures the Library has adopted this year is to stop the interlibrary ordering of books that we own but are currently checked out to someone else at CSUF. We are now asking library users to “recall” any checked-out book they wish to use. This is done within the Library Catalog by clicking on the “Recall this item” button. The student, faculty, or staff member with the checked-out book will get an email notice giving that person 10 days to return the book to the library.

If you happen to get such a notice, remember your kindergarten teacher and how he or she taught you to share and be nice. :-)  It is way better than getting a time-out (or an overdue fine)! For more information about this policy, please see the Recall Policy.

Books checked out at the beginning of the year are becoming due about now. If you don’t know the due dates and want to find out or just want to keep them longer you can:
1. Bring them to the Circulation desk (where you checked them out) and they can renew them for you. You do remember where you checked them out right? First Floor South of the library.
2. Go online to the library home page and click “Renew Books” on the left side, type in your info and it will show you what you have checked out. Check the boxes of the books you want to keep and click the renew button. If you get a new date then they are renewed! If not you should bring them in to the library.
3. Call the Circulation desk at (714) 278-2721 and one of our Circulation staff will help.
Renewing books will keep you from paying any overdue fines on them and save your cash for mid-semester caffeine desperation.