Avery Fisher Center Services for Students
AFC student services are applicable to:
- NYU Undergraduate Students
- NYU Masters Students
- All Consortium Students
AFC student services include:
- Individual video and audio workstations.
- Reference and research assistance with our collections.
- Course reserves for select courses. (Check Bobcat for the reserve location code for your course).
- Your recommendations for new additions to our collections (Forms here).
AFC CIRCULATION POLICIES FOR STUDENTS
Non-Reserve DVDs:
- Due at AFC closing time on the day of checkout.
- Limit of 1 video per person at one time.
- Must be returned and checked in at the AFC service counter.
- Late fee: $1 per hour, up to a maximum of $50.
- Lost/replacement fee: Cost of replacement + $30 processing fee.
Reserve DVDs:
- Loan period: 3 hours or until AFC closing time on the day of checkout, whichever comes first.
- Library use only. May not leave the building.
- Limit of 1 video per person at one time.
- Must be returned and checked in at the AFC service counter
- Late fee: $5 per hour, up to a maximum of $50.
- Lost/replacement fee: Cost of replacement + $30 processing fee.
Videotapes:
- Must be viewed in our facility. Inquire at the service counter.
Non-Reserve CDS:
- Due at AFC closing time on the day of checkout.
- Limit of 5 per person at one time, with reasonable exceptions for multi-disc sets or special circumstances.
- Must be returned and checked in at the AFC service counter.
- Late fee: $1 per item per hour, up to a maximum of $50 per item.
- Lost/replacement fee: $1 per hour, up to a maximum of $50 per item.
Reserve CDS:
- Loan period: 4 hours or until AFC closing time on the day of checkout, whichever is sooner.
- Library use only. May not leave the building.
- Limit of 2 per person at one time.
- Must be returned and checked in at the AFC service counter.
- Late fee: $5 per item per hour, up to a maximum of $50 per item.
- Lost/replacement fee: Cost of replacement + $30 processing fee.
LP (Vinyl) Discs:
- Must be requested in advance from offsite storage and used in our facility.
- Inquire at the service counter.
Reserve Books and Scores:
- Loan period: 2 hours or until AFC closing time on the day of checkout, whichever is sooner.
- Library use only. May not leave the building.
- Limit of 2 items per person at one time.
- Must be returned and checked in at the AFC service counter.
- Late fee: $5 per item per hour, up to a maximum of $50 per item.
- Lost/replacement fee: Cost of replacement + $30 processing fee.
Closed Stacks Books and Scores:
- Loan period: 2 hours or until AFC closing time on the day of checkout, whichever is sooner.
- Library use only. May not leave the building.
- Limit of 2 items per person at one time.
- Must be returned and checked in at the AFC service counter.
- Late fee: $5 per item per hour, up to a maximum of $50 per item.
- Lost/replacement fee: Cost of replacement + $30.00 processing fee.
Professor's Personal Copies on Reserve:
- Library use only. May not leave the building.
- Must be returned in and checked in at the AFC service counter.
- Print: Loan period of 2 hours or until AFC closing time on the day of checkout, whichever is sooner. Limit of 2 reserve volumes per person at one time.
- Audio: Loan period of 4 hours or until AFC closing time on the day of checkout, whichever is sooner. Limit of 2 reserve recordings per person at one time.
- Video: Loan period of 3 hours or until AFC closing time on the day of checkout, whichever is sooner. Limit of 1 video per person at one time.
- Late fee: $5 per item per hour, up to maximum of $50 per item.
- Lost/replacement: Cost of replacement determined by the owning professor.
Digital Studio Projects:
- Student borrowers may take AFC materials to the Bobst Digital Studio in connection with their work on course-related multimedia projects.
- Prior to checking out the materials from the AFC, the borrower should make an appointment with the Studio with the online form or by phone at 212-992-9233
- Complete and sign the loan form at the AFC service counter.
- Loan period: 4 hours.
- When finished in the Studio, return the material to the AFC service counter.
