University of Wisconsin Stout | Wisconsin's Polytechnic University

The University Library's Circulation services are located on the 1st Floor interior lobby of the Robert S. Swanson Learning Center.

Services

Check Out Materials

Library resources to be used outside the University Library must be checked out with a UW-Stout ID card or library-issued community user card.

Renewals

Equipment must be renewed in person. Non-equipment library resources may be renewed by phone at 715/232-1215, in person, or online:    

• Start at Library Home Page http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/
  
• Click on General Information
• Select Renew books/MyAccount
  
• Login to your Stout Library Catalog account with your 7-digit ID# and last name
  
• Place a check by each item to be renewed. Note: Items with a "Lost" status must be returned to the Library.
  
• Click Request Renewal button

Holds

Have an item that is currently checked out held for you upon its return. Holds may be requested in person, by phone at 715/232-1215, or online:    

• In the Stout Library Catalog, click Make a Request link in the blue box on the right of the screen
• Log in with your 7-digit ID# and last name
• Select Hold from the drop-down list
• Click OK
• Enter your 7-digit Stout ID#
• Click the Submit Request button

Recalls

Recall an item that is currently checked out. The library user with the item will be sent an email asking for the item to be returned in 7 to 14 days. Recalls may be requested in person, by phone at 715/232-1215, or online:    

• In the Stout Library Catalog, click the Make a Request link in the blue box on the right of the screen
• Log in with your 7-digit ID# and last name
• Select Recall from the drop-down list
• Click OK
• Enter your 7-digit Stout ID#
• Click the Submit Request button

Copiers and Microform Reader/Printers

Need assistance with copiers and microform reader/printers? Circulation staff will help.

Searches

Need assistance with locating a library resource that seems to be missing? Circulation staff will help locate it.

Overdues

Your courtesy with returning items on time is appreciated. Keeping library resources beyond due dates prevents fellow library users from accessing that information. Overdue fees, ranging from $10 to $15 per day, will be assessed for items kept beyond due dates. Additionally, item replacement costs (includes high-cost equipment) will be assessed if there is no response to overdue fees.

Book Returns

• Indoor: Two returns are located at the Circulation Desk.
• Outdoor:
• • Under the east window at the front entrance of the library. This return is for books and media.
  • Equipment must be returned in person to the Circulation Desk one hour before closing time.

Video Booking

Instructors may arrange to have videos held for use in class presentations. Please submit online via the Video Booking Request form a minimum of two weeks prior to the planned pick-up date.

Loan Periods

The length of a checkout is determined by the media type and the location.

Community users: See Privileges section for loan periods

Proxy for Faculty Checkout

• Faculty and academic staff at UW-Stout may authorize another UW-Stout person, such as a student assistant or a department program assistant, to be a proxy.
• Persons with proxy permission use their own UW-Stout ID cards to check out library items to the authorized faculty or academic staff member.
• The Proxy Patron Authorization form can be printed, completed, and routed to Circulation--it cannot be submitted online.

Updated: 09/07/2012    Last Revised: 08/04/2010