INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE CENTER

EXTENSION SERVICES

Patron Registration / Borrowing Privileges / Mailing Costs / Ordering Information

The Instructional Resources Department of the William Smith Morton Library offers a mailing service to out-of-town borrowers who wish to receive library books, videos, DVDs, cassette tapes and CDs through the mail. An Extension borrower must live at least 50 miles from Morton Library. Policies governing the use of Library material by extension patrons are listed below.

PLEASE NOTE : Due to new access and borrowing policies, Extension services can be provided ONLY TO MEMBERS of the William Smith Morton Library. If you were an active member on our rolls before 26 April 2008 or if you are out-of-town alumni/ae of Union-PSCE or BTSR, you are also eligible for Extension services at no charge.

Other ordained pastors working in the PCUSA and United Methodist denominations and certified educators working in the PCUSA can receive Extension services at a significantly reduced charge of $50/year.

New patrons must apply for the appropriate membership and pay the annual fee. Details of the new policies can be found HERE.

PATRON REGISTRATION FORM

To register as an extension patron, please print the REGISTRATION FORM and mail it or fax it to us, at the address or fax number listed at the bottom of this page. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to download this PDF file.

BORROWING PRIVILEGES THROUGH EXTENSION

* Visual media items : either videos or DVDs
** Audio media items : either CDs or tape cassettes

Only books, audio media items and visual media items can be mailed. Other media items and curriculum cannot. If you are an extension patron and you come to Richmond to visit the Library, you may borrow the other items listed here, but we do not mail them.

MAILING COSTS

• Visual Media Items
• $5 for first item/$1 for each additional item. (A maximum of 3 visual media items loans can be made at one time.)
• We ship our visual media items via UPS, and we request that you return them via UPS or trackable Priority Mail.
• If requested by the IRC staff, you will be required to purchase additional insurance to cover the value of items being shipped.

• Books and Audio Media Items
• These items are shipped Media Mail Rate at no cost to you. As our circulation times include mailing to and from the Library, you should be aware that Media Mail Rate can impact the amount of time that you will have the items to use.
• If any donation is made towards our postage costs, we will ship your items with first class postage, resulting in quicker delivery. Checks for postage donations should be made out to Union-PSCE, but sent to Extension Services at the address on the order form.

ORDERING INFORMATION

Orders can be placed in three different ways. Your request will be filled most quickly using the first method, but you may choose the one that is most convenient for you. PLEASE NOTE : NO REQUESTS CAN BE ACCEPTED BY PHONE.

Choose one :

1) From the web catalog, choose items that you would like to receive, save them and email them to us in OPAC format to extensionlib@union-psce.edu. For instructions on how to do this, please visit this page: http://gargoyle.union-psce.edu/tutorial/CATALEARN/Pages/PageH.htm. OR

2) Print our order form and mail it or fax it to us at the address or fax number above. Click HERE to obtain the order form (you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to download this PDF file). OR

3) Email the information on the form to extensionlib@union-psce.edu.

QUESTIONS?

Inquiries about extension services should be addressed to :

You may contact us by email at : extensionlib@union-psce.edu, or by phone at (804) 278-4317, or by fax at (804) 278-4374. PLEASE NOTE : NO ORDERS CAN BE ACCEPTED BY PHONE. See ordering information above.