Your Library Record

Review your library record:

From LibCat or MSL Catalog, use the "My Library Record" option to access your personal library account.

LibCat

MSL Catalog

• For problems accessing your record, contact a library Check out desk or Client Services Desk
• Current student and employee accounts are automatically generated and updated through budget/payroll or student enrollment services
• There is a time lag for the download when first enrolled/hired. 
• To get library services before the download, bring your University ID to a library service desk during regular business hours
  (M – F, 8am – 4pm).
• Address updates cannot be changed through the library.  See GETTING NOTICES  for more information.
• Non-TAMU Library Users must get their accounts created at the library’s primary Check out desk and update their records.  Apply for a library card (non-affiliated users)

• High School Students must have the support of their school.

Fines

• Overdue high demand materials and rooms result in fines

Blocks

• If your record is “blocked” you won’t be able to access your record online.  For assistance, please contact the Evans Check out desk.

Reasons for blocks:

• Any materials 45 days or more overdue are declared “lost”
• Accumulated fines over $75.00
• Two overdue recalled books
• Keys for lockers & carrels not returned and locker/carrel has been abandoned or not renewed.
• Notices returned as undeliverable
• Name appears on list of current graduates or withdrawn students

Bills

• Dollar amounts owed to the library for fines or lost materials
• Unpaid fines billed 60 days after the total amount exceeds $75.00
• Replacement prices + $2.00 processing fee for lost/damaged materials
• Filed against student’s [SIMS] account
• Unpaid bills prevent registration or getting transcripts
• Instructors/Staff/Other library users have bills processed directly to the individual

Payments

• Fines and other charges can be paid at West Campus or Evans’ Library Check out desks
• Credit card payments generally accepted by phone
• Monday – Friday 8:30AM – 3:00PM (excluding holidays)
• (979) 845-3731
• Checks or money orders accepted by mail
• Make payable to:
  “TAMU Libraries”
  Sterling C. Evans Library
  Circulation Department
  5000 TAMU
  College Station, TX 77843-5000

Appeals     

• If you believe your fine is a mistake or there was an extenuating circumstance, you may appeal using the web form Appeal fines and charges
• You will be notified of the outcome of your appeal after it has been reviewed
• If you have not heard back from anyone within 5 business days, please contact the library at (979)845-3731

History

• The library does not keep a record of materials previously checked out
• The only permanent record of past check-outs are those with fines or fees.

Privacy

• The Texas Open Records Act, as amended in 1993, protects the identity of the individual library user from public scrutiny while allowing law enforcement officials access to such information by court order or subpoena, under a narrowly defined condition (Chapter 552 of the Government Code, Section 3 (a) (24)). Additionally, the library may be required to release record associated with Patriot Act investigations.
• See the American Library Association Policies on the confidentiality of library records available at their website at http://www.ala.org for more information on library privacy issues.