Test Checkout Guide

Overview
We are excited to be offering library checkout services for students to borrow anatomy models, lab materials, and books from your campus library. Students will be able to reserve items through the online Library Catalog, and then make an appointment to pick up the items on campus. Items available include treatment tables, full arm and leg bone models, wheelchairs, webcams, goniometers, and more. Students are able to start placing reservations on Friday, September 11, and on-campus pickups begin Monday, September 14.
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How to Reserve Items (Beginning September 11)
Go to the Library Catalog online:
      
  1. Do not make any other additional selections or enter any keywords
  2. Click the magnifying glass to search
  3. Browse the available items
  4. Click on items for more details
  5. Select items you wish to reserve
  6. Click the Reserve for Pickup button
  7. Log in (upper right) using your USA email address and email password
  8. Select Advanced Search
  9. Under Campus Selection, choose your campus
  10. Under Collections, choose one or more collections to browse




     

Renewals
  • Renew online using the Library Catalog 
  • Renewals are unlimited (if there isn't a waiting list)
  • Students who check out items when they are on campus for labs, but do not reside in the area, please contact us if you are not able to renew online.

Loan Periods
  Equipment
   10 Days             
  Bone Models
   10 Days
  Circulating Books  
    60 Days
Sanitizing

  • Items are sanitized according to strict cleaning protocols

  • All returned items are sanitized with electrostatic spray or cleaned with a sanitizing solution

  • Printed materials that can't be cleaned with wet solutions are quarantined for at least 7 days

  • You can sanitize equipment and models on your own before use, but please avoid sanitizing books as it may damage them.

How to Sign Up for Item Pickup
You must reserve items in the Library Catalog before signing up for a pickup appointment. Use these same links to sign up to return items on a day you will be on campus for labs.
  1. Click the link for your campus below  (links to come)
  2. To schedule pickup or return on a day you will be on campus for labs, choose the "On Campus for Labs" slot 
  3. To schedule a pick or return on a day you will not be on campus for labs, choose a day and time using the "Special Trip to Campus" slot 

Campus Sign Up Links
Austin
Dallas
Miami
St. Augustine
San Marcos

How to Pickup Items
It's strongly advised that you schedule item pickup on a day you are already scheduled to be on campus for labs
 
  1. Reserve items online before scheduling pick-ups
  2. Choose a pickup day using the "On Campus for Labs" slot in the Sign Up Genius for your campus (links to come)
  3. Receive a confirmation email
  4. Arrive on campus as pre-scheduled for your lab classes
  5. Enter through the designated entry checkpoint
  6. Go straight to class - plan to pick up your items on the way out
  7. After class, before leaving campus, go to the Library Pickup station on your campus, located near the designated exit point
  8. As you approach the pick-up station, show your student ID
  9. The library staff member will hand you the library items you reserved
     

How to Return Items
It's strongly advised that you schedule item return on a day you are already scheduled to be on campus for labs
 
  1. Bring the library items to campus with you
  2. Deposit them in the Library Returns bin located at the campus entry point

 

How to PIckup Items
Note: If you are not scheduled to attend lab sessions on a given day, you cannot enter any campus building.
  1. Reserve items online before schedulding pickup
  2. Choose a pickup day and time using the "Special Trip to Campus" slot in the Sign Up Genius for your campus
  3. Receive a confirmation email
  4. Arrive on campus on your scheduled day/time
  5. Park as directed in the confirmation email
  6. Text the pickup/return number for your campus (from the confirmation email)
  7. Put on your mask
  8. Exit your vehicle
  9. Proceed to the pickup location stated in your confirmation email
  10. Wait outside for library staff (do not enter the building)
  11. Library staff will bring your items to you
  12. Return to your vehicle
  13. Exit the campus

How to Return Items
Note: If you are not scheduled to attend lab sessions on a given day, you cannot enter any campus building.
  1. Choose a return time using the "Special Trip to Campus" slot in the Sign Up Genius for your campus
  2. Receive a confirmation email
  3. Arrive on campus on your scheduled day and time
  4. Park as directed in the confirmation email
  5. Text the pickup/return number for your campus (in the confirmation email)
  6. Put on your mask 
  7. Exit your vehicle with the items you are returning
  8. Proceed to the return location stated in your confirmation email
  9. Wait outside for library staff (do not enter the building)
  10. Hand the items to the library staff member
  11. Return to your vehicle
  12. Exit the campus

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