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Why are these items considered lost?

When a loan is overdue for a sufficiently long period of time, it is automatically updated as "lost." You should have received multiple email reminders that these loans were about to become due or that they were overdue, both before and after their due date. Once an item is marked as "lost" no further notices are sent unless a replacement fee has been assessed.

Why wasn’t I charged previously?
Replacement fees for lost materials in the main NYU Bobst and offsite collections were temporarily suspended during the initial phases of reopening the libraries during the Covid-19 pandemic.

I thought I returned these– what should I do next?
Please take stock of the books in your possession and confirm what you have before you contact the library. You may also want to check with anyone with whom you’ve shared living quarters, study or office space, or storage since early 2020, in case books were left behind somewhere to which you do not currently have access.

If you believe that you definitely returned specific items and are concerned that they may have been re-shelved without getting checked in off your account, you may contact lib-circulation@nyu.edu 

It will help us if you can identify the title and the barcode of the item(s) in question, as well as any details about where and when you made the return. But again, we ask that you double-check what you have in your possession before you reach out to us. Most items that are claimed as returned turn out to be still in the homes and offices of the users who borrowed them.

Can I just renew these books?

Unfortunately, the time during which they can be renewed online has passed. You are welcome to bring them to the circulation desk during open hours to be checked in. As long as your outstanding fees are resolved, you can check the books out again.

I see that some of the books out to me are InterLibrary Loans or EZ Borrows. What should I do?

Bring them back. In fact, it’s especially important that you do so-- these books belong to other libraries.

Try to make sure sure that the blue or purple book bands that were on the book when you borrowed them are in place when you return them. If these are missing it can be harder to clear the loan from your account. If the bands are missing, you can reach out to lib-ill@nyu.edu for further guidance or bring it to the circulation desk during open hours to let a staff member know it is an ILL book still on loan to your account.

If you have any additional questions:

You can contact lib-circulation@nyu.edu and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have.