What are the Loan Periods and Late Fees?
Materials Policy: Loan Period and Conditions of Loan
* Note: All renewable resources are conditional on no existing reservations. Two renewals only, unless otherwise indicated.
Late fees will begin to be calculated for all materials which are returned either in the library itself or via the book drop AFTER Library closing hours.
View the following information in chart format here:
| Library Resource: | Books |
| Loan Period | New, up to 2 months – 2 weeks Old, more than 6 months – 1 month |
| Conditions of Loan | Renewable |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Replacement cost of item plus processing fee |
| Library Resource: | Magazines |
| Loan Period | 2 weeks |
| Conditions of Loan | Renewable |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Replacement cost of item plus processing fee |
| Library Resource: | CDs |
| Loan Period | 2 weeks |
| Conditions of Loan | Renewable, 5 per card |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Replacement cost of item plus processing fee |
| Library Resource: | Audio Books |
| Loan Period | New, up to 6 months – 2 weeks Old, more than 6 months – 1 month |
| Conditions of Loan | Renewable, 5 per card |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Replacement cost of damaged CD or entire set plus processing fee |
| Library Resource: | DVDs: Feature Films |
| Loan Period | New, up to 12 months – 7 days |
| Conditions of Loan | No rental fee. Renewable, 5 per card |
| Fines per Day | $2.00 |
| Maximum Fine | $10.00 |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Replacement cost of damaged DVD or VHS or entire set plus processing fee |
| Library Resource: | DVDs: Non-fiction |
| Loan Period | New, up to 12 months – 2 weeks |
| Conditions of Loan | Renewable, 5 per card. No rental fee. |
| Fines per Day | $2.00 |
| Maximum Fine | $10.00 |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Replacement cost of damaged DVD or VHS or entire set plus processing fee |
| Library Resource: | AV Equipment |
| Loan Period | Overnight |
| Conditions of Loan | — |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Current replacement cost |
| Library Resource: | Laptop computer |
| Loan Period | 2 hours |
| Conditions of Loan | In Library use only – Extensible |
| Fines per Day | NA |
| Maximum Fine | No maximum |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Current replacement cost |
| Library Resource: | Interlibrary loans |
| Loan Period | Per lending library |
| Conditions of Loan | Per lending library |
| Fines per Day | Per lending library |
| Maximum Fine | Per lending library |
| Lost, Damaged, or No-returned items | Per lending library |
Maximum of 30 items may be checked out on a library card.
| Other fees: | |
| Photocopying | $.10 per page |
| Printing | $.10 per page, black & white $.25 per page, color |
| Faxing | $1.00 per page, sending and receiving |
| Replacement library card | $1.00 |
