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Fees
Instruction
and tours
Lending
services
Obtaining
items we don't own
Persons
with disabilities
Reference
services
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Fees
The Library charges nominal fees for providing
photocopies and for various methods of delivery. Fees and options are as follows:
PHOTOCOPIES
10 cents per page- $2 handling charge (Maine residents), or
- $5 handling charge (nonresidents)
DELIVERY OPTIONS
Postage
costs. We invoice for
anything sent first class and for fourth class postage only for mailing
photocopies. - FedEx.
We will bill your account at your request.
- Faxing. In addition to the photocopying charges above, fees are:
50 cents per page (Maine residents)
$1 per page (nonresidents)
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- Instruction
and tours
- Library
staff, upon request, offer tours and instructional sessions focused
on using topic-specific print and electronic materials, the
compilation of legislative histories and the overall legislative process.
We also occasionally provide training for new or enhanced electronic
services that we subscribe to.
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Lending
services
WHO MAY BORROW
Materials are
available for loan directly to any resident of Maine. Individuals may
request an item via e-mail or by phone
(287-1600). We will mail items and a return mailing label to
persons who do not live in the Augusta area. If you live out-of-state and wish to borrow something from us, please see
your local librarian to request an ILL transaction. All
circulation records are confidential.
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- We lend items and supply photocopies via the interlibrary loan service (ILL)
directly to to other libraries in Maine and elsewhere. Only
other librarians may request ILL loans and copies
from us.
WHAT MAY
NOT BE BORROWED
Certain materials such as reference works,
finding aids, newspaper clipping files, committee files, certain
warehouse items, most statutes from other states, and current issues of periodicals
do not
circulate. Materials which do not circulate are
identified in the catalog as Library Use Only (LUO).
- LOAN PERIOD
The general loan period is three
weeks. The loan period for reporters is one
week. You may renew an item, if no
one else is waiting for it, by phoning 287-1600 and asking for the
Circulation Desk.
Most
materials may be renewed twice.
- RESERVING AN
ITEM
If an item you wish to use is out on loan you
may reserve it. Upon it's return it will be mailed to you or held one week
for
pick-up.
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- OVERDUE, LOST
AND DAMAGED ITEMS
- If materials are not returned or renewed within 3 days
of the due date, the Library will begin overdue procedures. After two
overdue notices, the Library will send a bill for the cost of replacing
the material and suspend the patron's borrowing privileges.
- Patrons are allowed 30
days to pay any bill. After that time
materials are considered lost and replacement processes begin. Patrons
receive notification that they must pay an additional processing fee for
each lost item and that the Library is suspending the person's privileges to receive photocopies via mail or fax. Once replacement
purchases have been made, the patron must pay actual replacement charges
and processing fees to reinstate privileges, even if materials are
returned.
- Patrons will be billed the replacement costs for
any substantial damage to a borrowed
item.
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Obtaining
items we don't own
If you have borrowing privileges at our library and wish to
borrow an item that we do not own, that is legal or governmental in
scope, there are several avenues for doing so. . .
INTERLIBRARY
LOAN
First is the traditional interlibrary loan
approach where you make the request of us. We then locate other libraries who own the desired item and
ask them to loan it to us for you to use. You may request interlibrary
loans at the reference desk.
- PATRON-INITIATED
REQUEST
If you find an item in the URSUS
or
Maine InfoNet
catalogs that you want to borrow you may
request it directly via the online request function built
into those systems. The "request" option shows up after you have displayed a record for an
individual title. You will need your patron card number in order to make a
request. Since we do not issue actual borrowing cards, our Circulation Desk
staff can tell you what your number is.
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- The time periods for loans and fines for overdue
materials borrowed via ILL and the requestor feature will vary according
to the policies of the lending libraries.
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Persons
with disabilities
For persons with vision problems we have a computer
station with a 21-inch monitor and Windows 2000 NT accessibility options. You can
use this
station to access any of the resources on our public
computer network.
- The Library provides TTY services for the
hearing-impaired. Our TTY number is (207) 287-6431.
You may also contact us via
e-mail.
- Recent renovations to the Library included the
installation of a lift for accessing stacks located on the
mezzanine.
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- Reference
services
Reference librarians are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 5:00.
We welcome walk-ins as well as telephone and e-mail requests. (See contact
information.)
We are happy to help residents of Maine locate legal or governmental
information generally. If you live
outside Maine, we will assist you in locating only Maine-related information.
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- Please note that we are not attorneys and cannot interpret statutes or cases or give legal advice.
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