Overdue Notices & Fines
Overdue Notices
The first overdue notice is sent five (5) days after the due date. A second overdue notice is sent ten (10) days later. Fifty (50) days after the second overdue notice, the item is billed as lost.
Once an overdue item is returned or declared lost, a single fine notice is sent to the patron.
Fines
Failure to pay fines/fees promptly will result in a block on borrowing privileges when the amount reaches $10. All fine/fee payments are made at the Main Circulation Desk. At the end of each semester, patrons with outstanding obligations to the library may be referred to a collection agency.
Fine Schedule
| General Collection: | $0.25 per day; $5 for material returned with barcode missing |
| Recalled Items | failure to return an item recalled for another patron by the specified date will result in a fine of $2.00 per day |
| Gov't Publications: | $0.25 per day Maps: $0.25 per day to a maximum fine of $5.00 per sheet |
| Reference Collection: | assessment for items in demand may be made at the librarian's discretion |
| Periodicals: | $2.00 per day |
| IMC: | $0.25 per day |
| Reserve Collection: | $0.25 per hour for 2 hour material $1.00 per day for 1, 3 & 7 day materials $5.50 for failing to return photocopied material in envelope |
Replacement Fee Schedule
The standard replacement costs for library materials are:
| Book | $72.00 maximum (includes $12.00 processing fee) |
| Periodical | $27.00 maximum (includes $12.00 processing fee) |
| Paperback | $37.00 (includes $12.00 processing fee) |
| Gov. Pub. | Varies with materials Maps: $10.00/sheet U.S., $15.00/sheet Canadian |
| Audio & Visual | Varies with materials |
Payments for lost or damaged materials are made at the Main Circulation Desk.
