Palm Beach Atlantic University

Palm Beach Atlantic Students, Faculty, and Staff:

• Palm Beach Atlantic students, full-time faculty and staff are eligible to apply for a SEFLIN card allowing for borrowing privileges in other consortium libraries.
• In order to be issued a SEFLIN card, patrons must be in good standing at the PBAU Library.
• Students are issued borrowing cards for one semester only; faculty and staff for one academic year.
• On notification of delinquency by a SEFLIN library, the patron is contacted and advised that both PBAU and consortium library privileges are suspended until SEFLIN delinquency status has been cleared.
• Proof of clearance will be accepted at the PBAU circulation desk in the form of a payment receipt or statement from the lending library and/or direct notification from the lending library.

Students, Faculty, and Staff From Other Libraries:

• Patrons must introduce themselves by presenting the SEFLIN card at the circulation desk.
• At their initial visit, they must complete an information form and be registered in the library computer system.
• At subsequent visits, their borrowing status will be checked.
• If delinquent, library privileges will be suspended until delinquency status has been cleared.
• Circulating books may be borrowed for a four week period; if an item has not been requested by another patron, it may be renewed for an additional four weeks.
• Renewals may be done by bringing the item(s) to the PBAU Library circulation desk, or, with book in hand, by telephoning the library.
• To avoid over dues, renewals must be accomplished before the initial borrowing period ends.
• Overdue items will incur a service charge of 25 cents per item per day, with a maximum of $26.00 overdue fine per item.
• It is the responsibility of the patron to keep track of materials he/she has borrowed.
• Overdue notices are generally sent only once or twice per semester.
• At the end of each PBAU semester, all items which have not been returned
  or renewed will be presumed lost.
• Replacement cost plus processing costs and a billing fee will be charged to the borrower.
• The home campus library will also be notified.

Consortium Library Procedures:

• Palm Beach Atlantic will take care to issue SEFLIN cards to individuals with good standing at our library.
• We request that PBAU patrons who have acquired delinquent status as consortium borrowers be reported to us immediately.
• We will respond by contacting them by mail or telephone and by suspending their PBAU Library privileges.
• Overdue notices at PBAU are generally sent once or twice per semester.
• For SEFLIN borrowers, a copy of that notice will be sent to the home library.
• Billing for lost and/or long overdue items is done at the end of each semester.
• For SEFLIN borrowers, a copy of that bill will be sent to the home library.