Eligibility / Borrower's Responsibility / Loan Period & Renewals / Fines & Replacement Charges / Holds

Eligibility

Trinity University Associates and Business Affiliates may request a library card though the Development Office. Your library privileges remain active as long as you are an Associate or Business Affiliate with Trinity.

 Borrower’s Responsibility

Borrowers assume total liability for items checked out from the Coates Library, which includes payment for lost, damaged or mutilated items. Borrowers are responsible for making sure that items are properly returned for discharge from the Library’s circulation system. The responsibility and liability remain with the borrower until the item is properly discharged.

All library materials are subject to recall at which time the due dates are shortened and the overdue fines are increased. Recalled materials must be returned promptly if the borrower is to retain library privileges.

 Loan Period and Renewals

You may have a maximum of 8 books checked out at one time. If there is a fine owed or if a book is overdue, renewals and checkouts will be blocked.

Books (including Children’s literature and East Asian books), government documents, maps, and printed music may be checked out for a period of three weeks and can be renewed electronically one time if there are no holds or recalls placed on the items. For instructions on renewing electronically see "How to Renew Items Electronically." Materials that are brought in to the library for renewal will be discharged and charged back to the patron unless holds or recalls have been placed on those items.

Materials that do not circulate are reference books, periodicals, Children’s textbooks, items marked "Non-Circulating," microforms, and materials housed in Media and in Special Collections.

Lockers, study rooms, interlibrary loans, and certain on-line databases are not available.

 Fines and Replacement Charges

Below is the grace period and fine structure for different categories of material in the library. Charges for lost or damaged materials include the cost of the item, a $7.50 processing fee, plus any fine accrued. The maximum fine is $15.00 per item.

Books, government documents, maps, and printed music:

• Grace Period: 4 days
• Fine: $.25 a day
• Fine if recalled: $1.00 a day

2-hour reserves:

• Grace period: 15 minutes
• Fine: $.01 a minute

1-day and 3-day reserves:

• Grace period: 15 minutes
• Fine: $1.00 a day

 Holds

You may place holds on materials that are checked out. See "How to place a Hold or Recall Electronically."