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Borrowing & Renewals

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General Items

  • General Books
    Standard
  • DVDs, Music CDs, and Reference books
    5 days
  • Bound Journals
    2 days

Technology Items

  • iPads
    5 days
  • PC and Mac Laptops
    3 hours
  • Graphing Calculators
    3 hours
  • Boogie Board ?
    3 hours
  • Lightning digital AV adapter
    3 hours
  • Lightning to VGA adapter
    3 hours
  • Mac Chargers
    3 hours

Renewals

  • All general items can be renewed twice online or over the phone (unless the item is on hold)
  • Technology items cannot be renewed

Checkout Periods

  • Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students, Emeritus Professors
    16 weeks
    100 items
  • Undergraduate Students
    3 weeks
    35 items
  • Public Cardholders, Alumni
    3 weeks
    10 items

Notes:
- All library materials are subject to recall.
- Circulation will notify patrons of overdue items and hold notices via email.

Overdue Fines

Standard Items
$0.25 per day
Recalled Items
$1.00 per day
iPads
$25.00 after the first day overdue; patron is then billed for replacement costs after five days overdue
Reference books, Interlibrary Loan items, Music CDs, CD-ROMs, and DVDs
$1.00 per day
Three-Hour checkout items
$6.00 for first hour; $1.00 per additional hour


Notes:
- There is no grace period for overdue items

Holds and Recalls

Holds

Holds will reserve an item for you as soon as the item is returned. Holds can be placed on items by viewing them in the catalog or from the search bar on the homepage.

Recalls

A recall will reset the due date for the item to one week from the date the recall was placed. Items are eligible for recall two weeks after they have been originally checked out. Fines for late recall items increase from 25¢ per day to $1 per day. Recalls can only be placed by staff at the Circulation Desk.

General Public Library Cards

If you aren't affiliated with USU, you can purchase a General Public Library Card for $25.00. This card is valid for one year and allows you to check out up to 10 books for 3 weeks.

Alumni and Spouse cards

If you are a USU alumnus or spouse of a USU staff member or alumnus, you can also check out materials for no cost by first obtaining the proper ID card from the USU Welcome Center. Spouses can obtain an ID card from the USU Card Office.

Borrow from other Utah Libraries

If we don't have the title you need, you can borrow books by requesting them from other libraries using interlibrary loan or by checking them out in person from other partner libraries.


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Circulation Desk

Location: First Level
Desk: (435) 797-2601
Office: (435) 797-2633

Circulation Desk closes 15 minutes before the Library