About the Optometry Library
Hours
Collections and Services
Policies and Procedures
Hours
Academic year hours:
- Monday-Thursday:
8:00am-10:00pm
- Friday: 8:00am-5:00pm
- Saturday: 10:00am-4:00pm
- Sunday: 1:00pm-10:00pm
Summer session and holiday hours are posted in the library and on the Optometry Library hours
page.
Collections and Services
Questions and Assistance
For assistance with the use of IUCAT, computerized journal indexes, or with a
research topic, please contact one of the Optometry
Library staff
Collections
More than 16,000 books and bound journal volumes in the fields of optometry,
ophthalmology and vision science are in the Optometry Library collection.
Areas of special collecting intensity include Anatomy, Physiology, Neurology
and Pathology of Visual Systems of Humans and Animals; General Optics; Visual
and Color Perception, Alternative or Controversial Approaches to Vision Care,
and the History of Optometry. Use IUCAT to
find books in the Optometry Library.
New books are placed on a display shelf in the reading area for one week
before circulating. Recent acquisitions list shows
the most recently received book titles.
Unbound journals are displayed alphabetically by title on shelves in the
reading area . State journals and newsletters, shelved separately following
the journals, are arranged alphabetically by state. Bound journals follow and
are shelved alphabetically by title. Use IUCAT
to find out what journal titles are held by the Optometry Library.
Reserve books include required and supplementary reading materials for
courses, test files, high use materials, slide sets, and videocassettes. The
reserve notebook on the circulation desk will help you to identify the
item(s) you need.
Over 13,000 uncataloged items are kept in file cabinets in the library. These
vertical files include historical materials relating to the IU School of
Optometry, optical equipment manuals, faculty reprints, and American
Optometric Association(AOA) materials. Please ask at the desk for assistance.
Electronic Reserves
Electronic Reserves are the Optometry
School course files reserved in electronic format for you to access.
Document Delivery Services
Through IU Document
Delivery Service, you may request books from other
IU libraries state-wide to be delivered to the IU library of your preference.
Items not owned by any IU library, or articles from journals not owned by any IU Bloomington library, can also be borrowed from other institutions through this service.
IUCAT
IUCAT is the online catalog of the IU
Libraries. Use IUCAT to tell you about specific holdings for most materials
in the Optometry Library and the other IU Libraries as well as the current
circulation status of those items.
Policies and Procedures
Loan Periods for most books are as follows:
- Faculty: 120 days
- Graduate Students: 120 days
- Undergraduate students: 30 days (45 days, effective target date 1/2/01)
- IU staff: 120 days
- Non IU Borrowers: 14 days (30 days, effective target date 1/2/01)
- Reserve books: 2 hours
With a few exceptions, journals, microfiche and reference materials are
restricted to use in the library.
Reserves
Certain high-demand library and non-library materials are placed on reserve
by faculty and are kept behind the circulation desk. The loan period for
reserve materials is two hours. Reserve books may be taken out overnight if
checked out within two hours of closing. These overnight loans are to be
returned to the library within one hour after the next opening. Reserve items
may be renewed in person if they have not been requested by another borrower.
No telephone renewals or holds for reserve materials will be accepted.
Renewals
All circulating library materials except reserve items may be renewed in
person, by phone, or by mail. Reserve items must be renewed in person.
Renewal requests can be sent electronically to our e-mail account libopt@indiana.edu. Renewals are
permitted if no one else has requested the material.
Fines/Bills
Overdue fines for regular loans
- $ .25 Per Day
- $12.50 Maximum overdue fine
Overdue fines for reserve loans
Fines for a recalled item not returned in 7 days
Bills for unreturned material
- Replacement cost*: $75.00
- Billing fee: $5.00
- Database adjustment fee: $20.00
- Overdue fine: $12.50
*The replacement cost may vary depending on the availability and value of the item.
Revised: August 17, 2007
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