SCC Library Loan Policies
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Loan Periods
- Books
- Currently enrolled credit students, faculty, and staff can check out circulating materials with a valid St. Charles Community College ID card. Community users with a valid card and patrons with an SCC Alumni Card can also check out material.
Books check out for 3 weeks.
- Periodicals
- Library use only for all patrons.
- Reference Books
- Library use only for all patrons.
- Reserve Material
- Students, faculty, and staff only. Loan periods vary from:
- 2 hours, in library use only
- 1 day
- 3 day
- 1 week
- Audio-Visual Material
- Students, faculty and staff members may check out up to 3 audio-visual items for 3 days with the exception of those placed on reserve by faculty members. Community users are limited to the use of audio-visual material in the library.
- Vertical File
- 3 weeks for students, faculty, staff, and community users.
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Renewing Items
You may renew a book or an audio-visual item from the Archway catalog by selecting Renew Items/View Record. See Archway Online Catalog Searching Guide for details.
You may also renew books or videos by calling the circulation desk at 636-922-8434 or by visiting the library.
Renewal policies are:
Students, Faculty, and Staff
Unlimited renewal unless a hold has been placed on the book. Audio-visual items may renew once for 3 days.
Community Users
One renewal unless a hold has been placed on the book. |
Overdue Fines
There are no fines for overdue books. A bill for the replacement cost of an overdue book plus an additional $15 processing fee (for each book) will be sent to the patron one week after an item is due. Students with overdue books will have their student records "flagged" which will prohibit them from receiving their grades, enrolling for classes, and having their transcripts sent to other institutions. The replacement cost for books borrowed from other MOBIUS libraries is $120 for each book.
Reserve
- 1 hour - 1 dollar per hour.
- 2 hour - 50 cents per hour.
- 24 hour - 50 cents per hour.
- 3 day & 7 day - 1 dollar per day each day the library is open.
- Maximum fine will be the replacement cost per item
Audio - Visual Material
- 3 day & 7 day - 1 dollar per day each day the library is open.
- Semester - 10 cents per day.
- Maximum fine will be the replacement cost per item.
Loan periods, fines, and check out limits may vary depending upon the patron category.
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Placing Holds on Items
Students, faculty, staff, and community users may reserve a book that is currently checked out by placing a "hold" on the book. When the book is returned, we will notify you by phone. Books must be picked up at the library circulation desk within one week of notification.Patrons may place a hold on a book by:
- asking a staff member at the circulation desk
- calling the circulation desk at 636-922-8434.
- clicking on the Request button in the Archway Online catalog. See the Archway Online Catalog Searching Guide for details.
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Reserve Collection
| Instructors may place certain materials on reserve. Placing materials on reserve simply means that these materials are kept behind the circulation desk, and may be checked out for short amounts of time. The reason the materials may not be checked out for three weeks as other books and materials may be is to ensure that all students will have access to the material.
Students may check to see if their instructor has placed items on reserve by searching the Course Reserves option on the main screen of the Archway online catalog. You can search by the Course title or instructor name. See the Archway Online Catalog Searching Guide for more details.
Remember that check out time for reserve material is shorter than regular circulating material. To check out material placed on reserve, ask a staff member at the circulation desk.
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Lost or Damaged Items
All borrowers will be required to pay the replacement cost plus a $15 processing fee for each lost or damaged item.
Refunds for Materials Lost and Paid
A full refund will be given if the item is returned with a receipt within 14 days of payment. If it is returned with a receipt within 6 months of payment, the cost of the item but not the processing fee will be refunded. After 6 months, no refund will be given. |
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