BORROWING: MEMBERSHIP

DEN Staff

DEN staff may borrow from any of the DEN branches and use the online journals and databases for FREE.  Simply log onto the NRC catalogue with your membership number and follow the prompts for reserves and loans.  Your membership number or card is required for all loans.  A total of 15 items can be on loan at any one time.

Service Providers/Community Workers

Tasmanian Service providers and community workers may borrow from the Resource Centre for a refundable deposit fee of $100.00 for organisations and $50 for individuals.  This fee is reimbursed upon cessation of membership.

Application for membership and registration as a borrower is made at any Resource Centre branch or application can be made using the online registration form.

Ten items at one time can be borrowed for a 3 week loan period.  This type of membership also allows borrowers to access our online databases.

General Public and Tertiary Students

Members of the public and students can access the Resource Centre´s collection either online or onsite at the Resource: 2 Midwood St, New Town TAS 7008.  Although the general public may not borrow items, they are welcome to read material inside the library premises or use the available photocopy service (20 cents per page).

To borrow books, an inter-library loan can be arranged through your own university or public library.

Board Members

Board members have the same borrowing privileges as DEN staff.

LOAN RULES

	DEN Staff and Board Members	Service Providers/Community Workers
Total number of items that may be borrowed	15 (8 books, 3 audio visual and 4 resource kits)	10 (5 books, 3 audio visual and 2 resource kits)
Books - Hardcover and soft cover and includes fiction	3 weeks
Audio Visual Material	3 weeks
Resource/Educational Kits	3 weeks
Posters and Brochures	Freely available for approved dissemination
Reference (current (5 years old and less) resources	ITEM TYPES NOT FOR LOAN USE WITHIN THE LIBRARY ONLY
Archived Material
Conference Papers and Annual Reports
Professional reports & Research Studies
Handbooks and guidelines
Training Guides
Current Serials/Journals in Resource Centre and other branches

FINES, CHARGES AND PENALTIES FOR OVERDUE OR LOST ITEMS

Any item borrowed from the NRC should be returned by the due date or time on the transaction receipt.  However, if you receive a notice advising that the item has been recalled for another borrower and that a new due date has been set, then it must be returned by the new due date. 

Failing to return any item by close of business on the due date may incur a penalty as detailed below:

THREE WEEK LOANS:  Fines will accrue at the rate of $1.00 per item per day.

RECALLED ITEMS:  Fines will accrue at the rate of $1.00 per item per day.

LOST BOOKS:  Any item more than 4 weeks overdue will be deemed lost.  If the item is returned at this point, the borrower may choose to pay the outstanding daily fine total in lieu of the replacement cost.  A $10 management fee will apply to both options.

OUTSTANDING CHARGES:   When a total of $25.00 in fines and/or charges is outstanding, a borrower will automatically lose their borrowing privileges.  This loss of borrowing privileges will remain in place until the outstanding amount is paid in full.

PAYMENT OF FINES:  Fines are payable by cash or cheque at the National Resource Centre, 2 Midwood St, New Town.

Cheques should be made out to: The Drug Education Network Inc.

Addressed to:

Finance Administrator

The Drug Education Network

2 Midwood St

NEW TOWN  TAS  7008

PAYMENT OF TAX INVOICES:  The DEN may issue a tax invoice for lost items or fines.  These can be paid only at the Hobart Branch, Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm.  Invoices cannot be paid at the Launceston and Wynyard Branches.

REFUND OF LOST BOOK CHARGES:  If an invoice for a lost item has been paid and the item is found and returned, only the replacement cost of the item is refundable.  The $10 management fee is non-refundable.

OVERDUE FINES OR CHARGES MAY BE REFERRED TO A DEBT COLLECTION SERVICE IF NOT PAID

WE AIM TO ENSURE THAT ALL BORROWERS HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO INFORMATION RESOURCES

REMOTE LIBRARY SERVICES

We provide extra services for remote library members.  The following fees apply to cover costs:

Service	Cost
Document Delivery Service.  This includes post or fax and charges apply per article.  There may be a discount for multiple orders.	Photocopies: $5.00 per article for library members $10.00 for non-library members plus extra trade costs for urgent delivery
Postage Service.  Discount for multiple items posted together	$10.00 per item
Inter-library loans.	Books: $40.00 Article: $20.00
Professional Literature Search.  This service provides bibliographic list of materials from all relevant databases	$30 per 30 minutes

To request search and photocopy services, please email the NRC on resources@den.org.au and include contact details and membership number along with the subject of your requested search and the date required.  To request a search by phone, ring 1300 369 319.