Does your university disallow you from checking books out during the Summer

College Life
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<p>Does your university disallow you from checking books out during the Summer semester?</p>

<p>My university doesn’t allow us to check books out during the summer months if we are not taking classes during the summer semester no matter if we live on campus or not.</p>

<p>I just found this out today.</p>

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<p>That’s too bad. My son is borrowing books at the small university in our town. He’s even getting books through the inter-library system, in order to study for the first actuarial exam. He’s not taking any summer classes and he lives at home.</p>

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<p>No .</p>

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<p>My university allows it. I actually just checked some out last week.</p>

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<p>This is really weird. I’m trying to write a research paper so I can be prepared for graduate school! This is probably the only time when I will actually have time to do this. I know I can go to other libraries. But since I live on campus, my uni library is a 2 minute walk away from my room. I pay thousands of dollars a year to not be able to check out books whenever I want. I don’t understand.</p>

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<p>I had to check the website for our library because I’ve never heard of someone trying to get books while not taking classes.</p>

<p>So, for the Appalachian State Belk Library and Information Commons, the answer is:. </p>

<p>“Throughout the summer sessions the library will continue to operate from 7:30 AM to midnight on Monday-Thursday, 7:30 AM to 6 PM on Friday, Noon to 6 PM on Saturday, and from 2 PM to midnight on Sunday. The library is open to all students with valid APPCards regardless of summer session enrollment. Items from UNC-Asheville will not be accessible through ABC Express during the summer. Items from Western Carolina University will continue to be available.”</p>

<p>Well, that was informative. </p>

<p>Also, I feel like the 2 PM - Midnight hours on Sunday are an endorsement of cramming.</p>

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<p>Maybe your college had bad experiences in the past with students who checked out books during the summer and then decided not to return to school and didn’t return their books? (The school doesn’t have much leverage over someone who’s not enrolled…) Or they might have a licensing contract that only allows them to make their resources available to currently enrolled students? </p>

<p>But I feel your pain. I didn’t have library privileges during the summer after graduation when I was hired as a research assistant by a professor. (I tried to get classified as staff, but the college insisted on keeping me on student payroll, which meant that I only had alumnae privileges.) I had to ask my professor or other students to get me the library materials I needed to do my job…</p>

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<p>nope, it’s open for all students at my school.</p>

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<p>I would have to renew books every 4 weeks, and DVDs every 2. With my school being as far away as it is, it would be too much of a pain to even try.</p>