Borrow/Renew

CHECKOUT POLICIES

Most library materials are loaned for a three-week period and may be renewed twice provided they are not needed by another patron. Some materials and most A/V materials have shorter loan periods. Be sure to check the date due slip in the back of borrowed materials for the exact due date.A valid Meredith Camcard must be presented to check out materials, including reserve items. Reference books, periodicals, and videotapes do not circulate out of the library building. Click here for faculty checkout policies.

RENEWALS

You may renew library materials, check due dates, fines using My Library Account.

Materials can be also be renewed in the library or over the phone (760-8532).

RESERVE MATERIALS

Reserve materials may be checked out from the circulation desk. Faculty specifies one of the following types of reserve for each item:

STRICT — 3 hours in-library use only (check-out limit: 4 items)
24-HOUR — may be checked out overnight and due 24 hours after check-out (check-out limit: 2 items)
THREE-DAY — to be returned within a 3-day period (check-out limit: 2 items)

Reserve check outs are on a first come, first served basis and cannot be placed on hold.

OVERDUE FINES

Students are responsible for the payment of fines for overdue items, including reserve materials, and for replacement costs of lost items. The fine is $0.10 per day for most items, $0.50 per hour for most reserve materials, $3.00 per day for overnight reserves, and $1.00 per day for circulating audio-visual items. Borrowing privileges are suspended for any student with total fines exceeding $3.00 and are reinstated when fines are paid. Click here for faculty overdue policies.

The fine for overdue reserve items is $0.50 per hour or any part of an hour.

LOST BOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS

When library materials are checked out, they become the responsibility of the person who checks them out. Click here for faculty lost material policies. If a borrower is unable to return materials, regardless of the cause, they must pay the library for the lost materials. The library will charge the replacement cost of the item plus a $25.00 processing fee. The replacement cost will be determined, whenever possible, by consulting a standard reference source such as Books in Print, Music in Print, Amazon.com, manufacturers’ catalogs, etc. As a last resort, a default amount will be charged. Default amounts depend upon the type of material lost and are set by library administration. These defaults are:

Most books and scores: $100
Music curriculum materials: $200
Videos: $200
CDs: $200
A/V Equipment,2 hour loan: $1,000
A/V Equipment, 1 day loan: $2,000

DRIVE-UP BOOK RETURN

An outdoor, drive-up book return is conveniently located in the parking lot on the south side of the Carlyle Campbell Library. All audio-visual, reserve, and music materials MUST be returned inside the building, however, to prevent damage or late charges.

INTERLIBRARY LOANS

The library will borrow books and articles from other libraries for you. See the Interlibrary loans page. Click here for faculty interlibrary loan policies.

PHOTOCOPIERS AND MICROFORM READER/PRINTERS

Photocopiers are available on the main and ground floors. Camcard readers are attached to all photocopiers, while two copiers have coin options. Charges: $0.06/page (with Camcard), $0.10/page with cash (coins, $1.00 or $5.00 bills).

Refunds for machine-error photocopies are made by the accounting office in Johnson Hall. Ask at the circulation desk for more information.

Microform reader/printers are available in the microforms room. Prints cost $0.10 per exposure using either Camcard or coins.

Change may be obtained at the circulation desk for use in library machines.

-- Policies past this point apply to faculty/staff only --

FACULTY/STAFF CHECKOUT POLICIES

Most library materials loaned to faculty and staff are due in the first week of August. Materials loaned between July 1 and the first week of August are due in August of the following year. Videotapes and laser discs circulate for 14 days. A valid Meredith CamCard must be presented to check out materials, including reserve items.

Reference books and periodicals do not circulate out of the library building unless special permission is given by a staff member.

FACULTY OVERDUE AND LOST ITEM CHARGES

Although faculty and staff are not subject to overdue fines, charges for lost items will be assessed.

FACULTY/STAFF CRC PRIVILEGES

Meredith faculty and staff also have borrowing privileges at the other Cooperating Raleigh College libraries. Before the initial visit to the CRC library, the faculty/staff member must obtain an orange CRC Faculty/Staff card at the circulation desk in the Carlyle Campbell Library.

By presenting this card at the circulation desk of any CRC library, the faculty/staff member will be allowed to check out materials. No white "CRC Library Loan Form" is required for faculty/staff. The policies of the CRC lending library govern these loans ... not the policies of the Carlyle Campbell Library.

FACULTY/STAFF INTERLIBRARY LOANS

The library supports faculty research projects by providing interlibrary loan photocopies for faculty at no charge (within interlibrary loan budget limitations).