Borrowing, Returns, and Overdues
Location and Contact
Hillary Berry
Circulation Supervisor
Need Help?
Connect with us! The Circulation Desk is located to the left of the library’s main entrance.
For further assistance related to circulation and borrowing, email circulation@kzoo.edu or call 269.337.7153.
For other library help see the Ask a Librarian page.
Loan Periods
Kalamazoo College Library Materials
Current issues of periodicals are In-Library Use Only.
Kalmazoo College Students
Students
- Books:
- Non-seniors: 3 weeks, 2 renewals
- Seniors: 10 weeks, 2 renewals
- Reserve books: 2 hours, 0 renewals
- Reserve DVDs: 4 hours, 0 renewals
- Bound periodicals: 3 weeks, 1 renewal
- DVDs: 1 week, 1 renewal
Kalamazoo College Faculty, Staff, and Emeriti Faculty
Faculty, Staff, and Emeriti Faculty
- Books: 6 months, 3 renewals
- Reserve books: 2 hours, 0 renewals
- Reserve DVDs: 4 hours, 0 renewals
- Bound periodicals: 3 weeks, 1 renewal
- DVDs: 3 weeks, 1 renewal
Alumni and Trustees
Alumni and Trustees
Books: 3 weeks, 1 renewal
No check out of AV materials, periodicals, or reserve materials.
MeLCat & Interlibrary Loan Materials
For current students, faculty, staff and emeriti.
MeLCat books: 28 days with 1 renewal (28 days). Books borrowed from academic libraries are loaned for 90 days with 1 renewal (30 days). Kalamazoo College Library has no control over the origin of the books in MeLCat requests.
MeLCat AV materials: 14 days with 0 renewals.
Interlibrary Loan: all ILL materials circulate and are renewed according to the policies of the lending library.
Requesting Materials in Storage
Some books and bound periodicals are shelved in storage locations and must be requested through Library OneSearch. Log in to Library OneSearch with your Kalamazoo College username and password to request storage materials. Requestable materials will display a REQUEST link.
If you have questions, please contact the Circulation Department at circulation@kzoo.edu or 269.337.7153 or Reference Department at reference@kzoo.edu or 269.337.7152.
Reserves
Students
Find materials for your classes through Course Reserves or check your instructor’s Moodle course for a list.
If you have questions, please contact your professor, or the Circulation Department at circulation@kzoo.edu or 269.337.7153.
Instructors
For guidelines for placing materials on course reserves, see Faculty Support.
Overdue and Lost Items
Important Information
You are responsible for knowing when your materials are due and for returning them on time. The Library attempts to notify borrowers of overdue materials. Failure to receive notification does not absolve borrowers of fines and fees.
- You can see your fines for checked out items through your Library Account.
- Fines and fees that have not been transferred to the Business Office may be paid at the Library Circulation Desk. Cash or checks are accepted at the Library.
- Students’ library fines are transferred to the Kalamazoo College Business Office each month. Fines cannot be paid at the Library once they are transferred to the Business Office.
- The Library may bill a faculty or staff member’s department for materials that require replacement or an amount billed by lending libraries through Interlibrary Loan or MeLCat.
- MeLCat charges may be turned over the Business Office for student account billing or may be invoiced to a faculty or staff member’s department.
Fines
| Material Type | Fine Rate | Replacement Cost (for items lost, damaged or more than 45 days overdue) |
|---|---|---|
| K College materials that circulate on a daily basis | No fine | $60 maximum per item |
| K College recalled items that circulate on a daily basis | .25 cents per day (initiated three days after the recall date) | $60 maximum per item |
| K College materials that circulate hourly (reserve materials & DVDs) | $1 per hour | $60 maximum per item |
| Media Services, Center for New Media Design, and other department materials | Set by department | Set by department |
| MeLCat materials more than 21 days overdue | $100.01 per item maximum | |
| Interlibrary Loan (ILL) materials | $1 per day | Set by ILL lending library |