Borrowing
Your Hastings identification card also serves as your borrowing card in the library. Your I.D. card must be presented to check out books and course reserve items. Materials may be checked out for specified periods of time as follows:
Circulation
Desk Items
Materials kept at the Circulation Desk are loaned for 2 hours and are
designated for use in the library only. Circulation Desk materials include
all items placed on course reserve by professors, study aids, and selected
loose-leaf services and newsletters. A limited number of study aids
and some course reserve items are available for 24-hour use.
DVDs and
Videotapes
Hastings students, faculty and staff may borrow DVDs and VHS videotapes.
DVDs and tapes on course reserve circulate for 2 hours and may be viewed
on the playback units on the 4th Floor. Students may also view course reserve DVDs in the computer lab with their own headphones. DVDs and tapes from
the general collection are kept at the Circulation Desk and may be borrowed
for 3 days. Trial Advocacy videos are available in VHS format and online
as Video On Demand.
Government
Documents
Federal agency publications and congressional hearings and reports shelved
in the Hastings Law Library may be borrowed for 30 days. California legislative
hearings and reports may also be borrowed for 30 days.
General
Book Collection
Monographs and single-volume treatises from the general book collection,
shelved on the fifth and sixth floors of the library, may be borrowed for 30 days.
State and federal case reports and codes (including superseded code volumes), law reviews, multi-volume sets, loose-leaf publications, current casebooks, indexes, and microforms may not be borrowed. Materials located in the 4th Floor Stacks, 4th Floor Reading Room, Research Alcove and at the Reference Desk are also unavailable for borrowing.
Renewals
A book may be renewed by a patron if no holds have been placed on it.
Patrons may view their current check-outs and renew materials online. Patrons may also renew items in person at the Circulation Desk. Renewal requests cannot be processed over the phone. No 24-hour use items
can be renewed.
Recalls
All books are subject to recall one week after being checked out. Hastings
students and faculty may request that a book be recalled. Recall request
forms are available at the circulation desk. Recalled books must be returned
by the date specified in the recall notice. For reasons of privacy, the
names of those who have borrowed library materials will not be revealed.
Unaffiliated Borrowers
Individual attorneys who are active members of the California Bar or Hastings
alumni may apply for borrowing privileges. Law firm librarians may also
apply on behalf of their firms. Application forms for individual and corporate
borrowing privileges and Unaffiliated Borrowing Rules are available in
.pdf format and may be downloaded here.
Application forms and Unaffiliated
Borrowing Rules are also available at the Circulation Desk. Applications
for borrowing privileges require a refundable deposit of $100 for Hastings
alumni, $200 for State Bar members, or $400 for qualified law firms. Applications
take 10 working days to process.
Overdue
Fines
Overdue fines are charged according to the following schedule:
2-Hour and 24-Hour circulation desk materials: $1.00 per hour during hours
the library is open.
3-Day videotapes: $1.00 per day.
30-Day books: $.25 per day, per item for students, and $.50 per day, per
item for unaffiliated borrowers.
Lost Books
The replacement cost and a $20.00 processing and billing fee will be charged
for each lost book.
Last updated September 26, 2007