Loan Policies

Student Loan Periods:
- Books from the main stacks and new book area: mid-term, end-of-term due dates
- Leisure books: 2 weeks
- DVDs: 3 days
- Curriculum Library books: 2 weeks
- Curriculum Teacher Resources books (yellow stripe): 2 weeks
- Curriculum Music Education books (gray stripe): 3 days
- Curriculum Textbooks with barcodes: 1 week (without barcodes: non-circulating)
- CDs: 2 hours in-library-use-only
- Laptops stored in circulation cabinet: 4 hours in-library-use-only
- Reserve materials: 2 hours in-library-use-only (unless otherwise labeled)
- Headphones: 4 hours in-library-use-only
- Digital cameras, video cameras, USB flash drives: 24 hours
- External hard drives: 7 days
- Help Desk equipment available to students: desk microphones (14 days)
- Items that DO NOT CIRCULATE to students: most Help Desk equipment, including laptops, MacBooks, iPads, and tablets stored in the circulation supervisor's office; books from the reference (green striped), maps and atlases (orange striped), index, ready reference (purple striped), Rare Book Room and Closed Stacks (blue striped) areas; red-striped bound periodicals; current periodicals/magazines; non-barcoded curriculum materialss.

Faculty/Staff Loan Periods:
- Books from the main stacks and new book area: end-of-term due dates
- Leisure books: 2 weeks
- DVDs: 2 weeks
- Curriculum Library books: 2 weeks
- Curriculum Teacher Resources books: 2 weeks
- Curriculum Music Education books: 3 days
- Curriculum Textbooks: 1 week (if barcoded)
- CDs: 2 weeks
- Reserve materials: 2 days
- Headphones: 4 hours in-library-use-only
- Digital cameras, video cameras, USB flash drives, memory card reader (with memory chip): 24 hours
- External hard drives: 7 days
- Blu-ray disc player: 3 days
- Most Help Desk equipment in Eddy’s office: either 7 days or 14 days, see sheet on cabinet; clickers 4 hours; LCD projectors, screens, and VGA adapters: 3 days
- Items that DO NOT CIRCULATE to faculty/staff: books from the reference (green striped), maps and atlases (orange striped), index, ready reference (purple striped), Rare Book Room and Closed Stacks (blue striped) areas; red-striped bound periodicals; current periodicals/magazines.

Community/Town, Retiree, and Contracted Staff Patron Loan Periods:
- Books from the main stacks and new book area: 2 weeks
- Leisure books: 2 weeks
- DVDs: 2 weeks for Retiree and Contracted Staff patrons; DVDs do not circulate to Community patrons
- CDs: 2 hours in-library-use-only
- Headphones: 4 hours in-library-use-only
- Maximum of 10 items checked out at a time
- Items that DO NOT CIRCULATE to these patrons: curriculum books and textbooks; cameras and all other equipment; books from the reference (green striped), maps and atlases (orange striped), index, ready reference (purple striped), Teacher Resource (yellow striped), Music Education (gray striped); Rare Book Room and Closed Stacks (blue striped) areas; red-striped bound periodicals; current periodicals/magazines; non-barcoded curriculum textbook materials.

Dependents (faculty/staff children) Loan Periods:
- Books from the main stacks and new book area: 2 weeks
- Leisure books: 2 weeks
- CDs: 2 hours in-library-use-only
- Headphones: 4 hours in-library-use-only
  Items that DO NOT CIRCULATE to dependents: DVDs; curriculum books and textbooks; cameras and all other equipment; books from the reference (green-striped), maps and atlases (orange striped), index, ready reference (purple striped), Teacher Resource (yellow striped), Music Education (gray striped), Rare Book Room and Closed Stacks (blue-striped) areas; red-striped bound periodicals; current periodicals/magazines.