Avery Fisher Center Services for Students
The Avery Fisher Center provides these services for undergraduate and masters students:
- Viewing and listening of video and audio. (Within Bobst Library during the Avery Fisher Center's hours of operation)
- Reference and research assistance with our collections.
- Course reserves for select courses. (Check Bobcat for the reserve location code for your course)
- Group video viewings. (Must be pre-scheduled by your professor or teaching assistant)
- Accept recommendations for new additions to our collections.
Borrowing Policies by Category
Applicable to:
- NYU Undergraduate Students
- NYU Masters Students
- All Consortium Students
VIDEO RECORDINGS (Non-Reserve):
- Library use only. May not leave the building.
- Loan period of four hours or closing time, whichever is sooner.
- Limit of one video per person at one time.
- DVDs must be returned and checked in at the Avery Fisher Center service counter.
- Late fine: $5.00 per hour, to a maximum of $20.00.
RESERVE VIDEO RECORDINGS:
- Library use only. May not leave the building.
- Loan period of four hours or closing time, whichever is sooner.
- Limit of one video per person at one time.
- DVDs must be returned and checked in at the Avery Fisher Center service counter.
- Late fine: $5.00 per hour, to a maximum of $20.00.
AUDIO RECORDINGS (Non-Reserve):
- Library use only. May not leave the building.
- Loan period of four hours or closing time, whichever is sooner.
- Limit of five recordings per person at one time. Reasonable exceptions may be made for multi-disc sets or special circumstances.
- All recordings must be returned and checked in at the Avery Fisher Center service counter.
- Late fine: $5.00 per item per hour, to a maximum of $20.00 per item
RESERVE AUDIO RECORDINGS:
- Library use only. May not leave the building.
- Loan period of four hours or closing time, whichever is sooner.
- Limit of two reserve recordings per person at one time cannot be exceeded.
- All recordings must be returned and checked in at the Avery Fisher Center service counter.
- Late fine: $5.00 per item per hour, to a maximum of $20.00 per item.
COURSE RESERVE BOOKS and SCORES:
- Library use only. May not leave the building.
- Loan period of two hours or closing time, whichever is sooner.
- Limit of two items per person at one time cannot be exceeded.
- All Avery Fisher reserve volumes must be returned and checked in at the Avery Fisher Center service counter.
- Late fine: $5.00 per item per hour, to a maximum of $20.00 per item.
CLOSED STACKS BOOKS and SCORES:
- Library use only. May not leave the building.
- Loan period of two hours or closing time, whichever is sooner.
- Limit of two items per person at one time cannot be exceeded.
- All Avery Fisher reserve volumes must be returned and checked in at the Avery Fisher Center service counter.
- Late fine: $5.00 per item per hour, to a maximum of $20.00 per item.
PROFESSOR'S PERSONAL COPIES PLACED ON RESERVE
(All Formats):
- Library use only. May not leave the building.
- Print: Loan period of two hours or closing time, whichever is sooner. Limit of two reserve items per person at one time cannot be exceeded.
- Music & Video: Loan period of four hours or closing time, whichever is sooner. Limit of two reserve sound recordings or one reserve video per person at one time cannot be exceeded.
- All Avery Fisher personal reserve copies must be returned and checked in at the Avery Fisher Center service counter.
- Late fine: $5.00 per item per hour, up to a maximum of $20.00 per item.
SCORES MARKED Non-Circulating OR Library Use Only
(from Floor-2 Stacks):
- Music Faculty and Music Graduate Students Only: Eligible for loan period up to one week.
- Procedure:
- Take the item(s) to the Avery Fisher Center service desk.
- Identify yourself as music faculty or music graduate student.
- Fill out a special-loan form (requires a separate form for each item).
- Proceed then to the main circulation desk on the ground floor (service point at the far left end) and check out with your ID card as usual.
DIGITAL STUDIO PROJECTS:
- Students may take video or audio materials to the Bobst Digital Studio in connection with their work of course-related multimedia projects.
- Prior to checking out the materials from the AFC, students must make an appointment at the Studio . Phone: 212-992-9233
- Complete and sign the loan form at the AFC service desk.
- Loan period of four hours.
- Return material to the AFC service desk.
