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This guide provides details about hours of library service at Roberts-LaForge Library and policies relating to materials use.

Identification and Registration

To qualify for a Dancing Rabbit card, you must have had a library card for at least six months and be in good standing (i.e., owe no fines/fees or have overdue materials). To obtain a Dancing Rabbit card, stop by and request one at the Circulation Desk.

Steps:

1. To check out books from Roberts-LaForge Library under the terms of the Dancing Rabbit Library Consortium Agreement, you must present to a member of our Circulation Department staff a valid Dancing Rabbit card, issued by one of the public or academic libraries participating in the consortium.

2. If you are requesting to obtain a Dancing Rabbit card, you must be in good standing with the issuing library. This means you cannot have any overdue materials or owe any library fines or fees.

3. When you present your Dancing Rabbit card along with a photo ID at Roberts-LaForge Library, a member of our Circulation staff will create an account for you and you will be issued a DSU library card.

4. The DSU library card is non-transferable and you must present your card and photo ID each time you borrow materials.

5. You are personally responsible for returning all of your checked-out materials to Roberts-LaForge Library.

Circulation Policies

Available Resources for Checkout

Your Dancing Rabbit membership entitles you to check out books from the main collection as well as some Government Document materials.

The Dancing Rabbit membership does not allow you to check out Instructional Resource Center items, which include audio-visual materials. Additionally, neither periodicals nor reference books may be checked out. 

 

Checkout Information

The checkout period for most books is three (3) weeks for all patrons, and renewals are granted providing there are no other patron requests for the library materials.

You may request a renewal in person at the Circulation Desk or by telephone at 662-846-4430. After the second renewal, the item(s) must be presented at the Circulation Desk to be turned in or renewed. 

 

Lost Books

Books that are declared lost or kept over thirty (30) days past the due dates assigned for them will be billed as lost. If you should lose a book, you would be billed for the replacement cost plus a $2.00 handling and cataloging fee.

Any patron who is determined to have abused his/her Dancing Rabbit membership will have his/her Dancing Rabbit card voided by the director of the issuing library.

Need Help?

Contact the Circulation Department

Call: 662-846-4430

Email: circulation_group@deltastate.edu

Policy Infographic

Participating Libraries

Libraries participating in the Dancing Rabbit Consortium include: 

Academic Libraries

  • Delta State University 
  • Mississippi Valley State University 
  • Mississippi Delta Community College 
  • Coahoma Community College
  • Northwest Mississippi Community College

Public Libraries

  • Blackmur Memorial Library (Water Valley)
  • Bolivar County Library (Cleveland)
  • Carnegie Public Library (Clarksdale)
  • First Regional Library (Hernando)
  • Humphreys County Library (Belzoni)
  • Marks-Quitman County Library (Marks)
  • Sharkey-Issaquena County Library (Rolling Fork)
  • Sunflower County Library (Indianola)
  • Tallahatchie County Library (Charleston and Tutwiler) 
  • Washington County Library (Greenville)
  • Yalobusha County Library (Coffeeville)
  • Ricks Memorial Library (Yazoo City)

Volume 69, No. 2 Summer 2005

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