Important Notes for Assigning Status
All Undergraduate students recieve the 'Undergraduate (01)' status.
- Status can be determined from SMU students either from the ID card, or by looking at Banner to see whether the patron is registered in Undergraduate level courses (see "Verifying Registration Status Through Banner" for more information).
- For patrons from other institutions, refer to the ID card, or to the status at the home library in the Local Patron screen in ALEPH.
Some institutions have made an agreement to give Thesis Undergraduate students an extended loan period.
- This status can be determined for SMU students either from the status on the ID card, or by looking at Banner to see whether the patron is registered in known Thesis level courses (course numbers of 4500 and higher). See "Verifying Registration Status Through Banner" for more information.
- For patrons from other institutions, refer to the ID card, or the status at the home library in the Local Patron screen in ALEPH.
- When signing out SMU items, patrons are given the 'Thesis Undergraduate (02)' status if they are from the following institutions: AST, Dalhousie Killam, Dalhousie Sexton, King's, MSVU, and SMU.
- All other Thesis Undergraduates do not get extended privileges; they are given the 'Undergraduate (01)' status with a three week loan period.
Many institutions have made an agreement to give Graduate students an extended loan period.
- This status can be determined for SMU students either from the ID card, or by looking at Banner to see whether the patron is registered in the known Graduate level courses (course numbers of 5000 and higher. See "Verifying Registration Status Through Banner" for more information.
- For patrons from other institutions, refer to the ID card, or the status at the home library. Graduate students from the following institutions receive the 'Novanet Graduate Student (03)' status: AST, CBU, Dalhousie Killam, Dalhousie Law, Dalhousie Sexton ,King's, MSVU, NSCAD (although they give 60 days rather than 90), and SMU.
- All other Graduate students do not get extended privileges; they are given 'Grad-Other (82)' status with a three week loan period.
Faculty and staff from SMU receive 'Saint Mary's Faculty (58)' and 'Saint Mary's Staff (57)' status only for SMU privileges. For institutions other than SMU, they get 'Faculty-Other (80)' and 'Staff-Other (81)'.
Faculty and staff from other institutions get the 'Faculty-Other (80)' and 'Staff-Other (81)' status.
Off-Campus/BARA patrons get the 'OCB (52)' status.
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Faculty and staff from other institutions get the 'Faculty-Other (80)' and 'Staff-Other (81)' status.
Off-Campus/BARA patrons get the 'OCB (52)' status.
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