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Old George W. Wallace Library | Bibliothèque: Loan Policies

Loan Period

Lists the types and number of items you may borrow and the duration of loan.

Type of Item

Length of Loan Period

Maximum # of Items
Books 2 weeks (2 Renewals permitted if no holds have been placed on the items) 10 per student
Pamphlets 2 days 5  per student 
Reserves

1 or 2 hour use in Library OR

2 day loan (as indicated in Course Reserves list)

2 per student

CD-ROMs

2 weeks

DVDs & VHS

In-College use only. Previewing in Library.

May be signed out for viewing in classroom.
Dictionaries

In-College use only. May be signed out for use in classroom.

4 hour loan period

2 per student
Laptops 2 hour use in Library  
     
Note: Your personal Champlain I.D. card is required to borrow Library materials. I.D. cards are not transferrable!

Check Your Library Account Status Online

Avoid paying late fees!

The Library's online catalog displays your loans, fines and holds when you log in to your account. Your Student I.D. number and Library password are required.

Reserves

Faculty, and sometimes Library staff, place materials "on reserve" if they are required reading for a whole class. Reserve materials can be library books,articles, math and science solutions or sample exams, and sometimes teachers' personal books. The full list of Course Reserves is available on the Library Catalogue.

Students can check whether a particular teacher has put items on reserve by searching the Course Reserves. The list may be sorted by title, department, course number, semester, campus, teachers' names. Each teacher specifies whether an item can be borrowed on a 2-day loan or is for Library Use Only.

Reserve items are kept at the Loans Desk. A valid Champlain student I.D. card is required to use reserve items.

Please note that your access to borrow reserves is restricted to your campus.

Fines and Late Charges

All items for general loans:

(Books, pamphlets, and CD-ROMs)

Late fee: $0.25 per item per day ($10.00 max.)

Reserve materials: 1 and 2 hour items

Late fee: $5.00 per item, instantly.  

Reserve materials: 2-day items

Late fee: $5.00 per item returned after 10:00 am on the date due.

Recall notices:

A MIO message is sent to request that item(s) be returned by the due date because another borrower has placed a hold on it.

Late fee: $5.00 per item per Recall notice ignored.

"Library Use Only" materials removed from the Library:

(Reserve items, reference books, magazines and newspapers.)

Fee: $5.00 per item.

Lost or Damaged items:

Fee: $50.00 - $100.00 replacement fee per item and $10.00 processing fee plus any fines owing will be applied to account. At the end of each semester, all unreturned items are flagged as "Lost" and associated fines are added to the student's account.

Borrowing privileges will be revoked when you have...

- Outstanding fines of $10.00 or more.

- More than 5 items overdue.

- Item(s) that are more than 5 days late.

Note: Unpaid Library debts will result in loss of borrowing privileges. All overdue items must be returned and outstanding debts must be cleared by the end of semester. Students with excessive outstanding debts will be reported to the Registrars office and access to the College's intranet as well as registration/transcript printing may be blocked.

Late fees for Media Equipment