ICO
Illinois College of Optometry
Carl F. Shepard Library

3241 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: 312-949-7150
Fax: 312-949-7337
cshepard@ico.edu

Policies and Services

Circulation Policies
Four weeksOne weekOne dayThree Hours
BooksVideo TapesPeriodicalsReserves
Audio Cassette TapesCD Rom/DVDCalculatorsSlide programs
Fiction BooksAV equipment
Fines
Materials that can be checked out for one day or longer and not returned on time are fined at the rate of $1.00 per day.
Materials that can be checked out for three hours and not returned on time are fined at the rate of $1.00 per hour.

Reserves
Material that is listed on any College syllabus is automatically placed on reserve. Reserves are kept at the first floor circulation desk. Reserves can be checked out for three hours. Renewals are not permitted. Reserves checked out within three hours of closing are due back to the library by 9 am the next day that the library is open.

Lectures On MP3 files
Media Circulation staff record the classroom lectures as MP3 files. They are available the same day in TheView under Lectures MP3 Group.

Photocopiers
First Floor Color Copier-Printer.

Color Copies $.40
Color Prints $.40
Second Floor B&W Copier-Printer
B&W Copies with ID Card $.08
B&W Prints with ID Card $.08
B&W Copies with cash $.10
The coin-op has been moved to the second floor copier. The coin-op accepts $1, $5, and $10 bills for making copies. This does NOT add value to your I-Dollar card.

Printing
Black and White printing is $.08 with ID card.
Color printing is $.40 with ID card.
The College has put $25 in a copier/printer account for first, second and third year students and $10 for fourth year students for the coming year. At $.08 per B&W page you can print 125-300 pages. If make color copies or prints, the money will be used faster and you will get less pages. The color copier/printer's default is B&W. You will have to ask it to print in color. Any money left from the $25 in the account will be deleted at the end of the school year. The library staff STRONGLY recommends that you use print preview before printing so that you know exactly what you will get for your money.

Copyright Information
Here are some interesting web sites to locate information on copyright.
Student Guide Copyright Info
You will find good information in your ICO Student Guide.
US Copyright Office information
The US Copyright office has information about the law, how to register and other basic information.
Publisher copyright statements
This database rates each publisher on two aspects of copyright: the author's ability to post open access preprints or postprints of their own papers and it provides a helpful link to the copyright statement of each publisher.

Alumni Library Use Policy
Here is the ICO alumni use policy in Word Format. We love our Alums!