Circulation Policy

Identification

Campus ID card or guest card will be required for borrowing and renewing. To receive a guest card picture identification will be required. Due date is stamped in the back of each item or paper receipt is given when using the Self Checkout Machine.

Loan Periods

Exceptions

• Videos and Text Books - 7 day loan period
• Betty A. McDonald Children’s Collection and Browsing - 28 day loan period

Material My Be Recalled

Circulating material may be recalled for another borrower and the loan period may be reduced. Failure to return the item by the date given on the recall notification will automatically make the item overdue and the borrower subject to overdue penalties and suspension of borrowing privileges.

Return of Materials

Material must be returned to one of the following locations: return slots at the 2nd floor Book Check-Out Desk, to one of the exterior book drops at the Park Library or mailed to Central Michigan University, Circulation, Park Library 221, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859.

Renewals

Material may be renewed at the Book Checkout Desk, by telephone 774-3114 or online from the CMU Libraries’ homepage – library.cmich.edu. Go to my account/renew books and follow the prompts.

Overdue Notifications

Overdue notifications will be sent by email to your cmich account only. If you do not have a cmich account they will be sent by regular mail. Overdue notifications are sent by the library as a courtesy. Failure to receive or read the messages does not excuse overdue fines.

Overdue Material

Overdue notifications for each item will be sent 14 days after the due date. There is a charge of $5.00 for each overdue item. (For example, the charge of 5 overdue items is $25.00; overdue fines are non-refundable.)

Exception

• Videos and text books are charged at 2 days overdue.

Lost Materials

Material not returned or renewed within 7 days of the notification will be assumed lost. The borrower will be charged the actual library purchase price and a $15.00 non-refundable processing fee per item. If the purchase price cannot be determined a $60.00 replacement charge per item will be assessed plus the $15.00 non-refundable processing fee. If an item which was assumed lost is returned within one year the replacement charge, but not the $15.00 processing fee will be credited to the borrower’s account.

INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES REQUIRING ACCOMODATIONS SHOULD CONTACT ROB FALEER AT 774-3835 OR THE REFERENCE DESK AT 774-3470.​