Replacement Costs
Damaged Materials
Policy Details
Official Photo ID & ODU Library Account in good standing is required
- Currently Enrolled ODU students
- Current ODU faculty
- Current ODU & Sodexo staff
- Alumni registered through the Alumni Office
- Courtesy Borrowers
- Paid Borrowers may purchase a card for a $25 fee at the Circulation Services Desk.
As an ODU Library borrower, you agree that you are:
- Responsible for all materials checked out in your name
- Responsible for returning/renewing borrowed items by their due dates
- Official emails are sent regarding: Due dates, overdue items and fees, pickups, cancellations
- Responsible for all replacement costs
- Responsible for ensuring your email address(es) are current
Examples for Library privileges being limited or suspended:
- Library fines/fees exceed $60.00
- All Library privileges (including electronic & off-campus access)will be suspended until fines/fees are reduced
- You are not currently working or enrolled at ODU
- You are a Courtesy, Alumni, or Paid Borrower
ODU items:
If an overdue ODU item is at "Billed" status, the cost to replace an item is $100.
If a "Billed" ODU item is returned, the cost reverts to overdue hourly/daily fees only.
OhioLINK items:
If an overdue OhioLINK item is at "Billed" status, the cost to replace an item is $125.
If a "Billed" OhioLINK item is returned, the cost reverts to a $50 billing fee only.
ODU items:
The item is declared "Lost" and a lost item fee is assessed.
OhioLINK items:
The cost remains at $125.
If an OhioLINK item is returned, the cost reverts to a $50 billing fee only.
Examples include but are not limited to:
- Call number label removed/Torn off
- Barcode removed/Torn off
- Notes written in pencil that can reasonably be erased in a minimum of time
- Cover is torn off, chewed, damaged in some way
- Spine is broken with cover pulling away from text block
- Item is/was wet
- Book written in to the extent that it can no longer be used
- Highlighter used in text
Some details of ODU Library's Borrowing Policies vary according to patron type. Please select the appropriate category below for further policy details.
Audiovisuals
(DVDs, VHS, CD-ROMs, CDs)
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7 days
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1 renewal;
7 days
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$.25/day
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Cost varies per item
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Books
(Main Stacks, Juvenile, Folio, Curriculum)
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21 days
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4 renewals;
21 days
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$.25/day
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Cost varies per item
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4 days
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none
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$1/day
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$100 per item |
4 days
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none
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$5/day
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$300 per item |
Determined by lending library
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Determined by lending library
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n/a
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Determined by lending library |
4 hours
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none
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$.10/hour
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$100 - $125 per item
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3 days
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none
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$1.00/day
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$100 per item
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3 days
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none
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$5.00/day
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$400 per item
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21 days;
7 days for A/V
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6 renewals;
3 renewals for A/V
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$.50/day
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$125 per item |
non-circulating
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a |
21 days
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4 renewals;
21 days
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$.25/day
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Cost varies per item
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a |
7 days
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none
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$1.00/day
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$100 - $125 per item
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varies
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none
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$.10/hour (2 & 4 hour loan);
$1.00/day (1 & 3 day loan)
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$100 - $125 per item
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21 days;
7 days for A/V
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3 renewals;
3 renewals for A/V
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$.50/day
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$25 per item |
4 hours
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none
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$.10/hour
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$25 per item |
Audiovisuals
(DVDs, VHS, CD-ROMs,CDs)
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7 days
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1 renewal;
7 days
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$.25/day
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Cost varies per item
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Books
(Main Stacks, Folio, Curriculum)
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56 days
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2 renewals;
56 days
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$.25/day
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Cost varies per item
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4 days
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none
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$1/day
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$100 per item
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4 days
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none
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$5/day
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$300 per item
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4 hours
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none
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$.10/hour
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$100 - $125 per item
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Determined by lending library
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Determined by lending library
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$.25/day
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Determined by lending library
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3 days
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none
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$1.00/day
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$100 per item
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3 days
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none
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$5.00/day
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$400 per item
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21 days
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4 renewals;
21 days
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$.25/day
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Cost varies per item
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21 days;
7 days for A/V
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6 renewals;
3 renewals for A/V
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$.50/day
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$125 per item
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non-circulating
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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21 days
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4 renewals;
21 days
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$.25/day
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Cost varies per item
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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7 days
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none
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$1.00/day
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Cost varies per item
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varies
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none
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$.10/hour (2 & 4 hour loan); $1.00/day (1 & 3 day loan)
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$100 - $125 per item
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21 days;
7 days for A/V
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3 renewals;
3 renewals for A/V
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$.50/day
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$25 per item |
4 hours
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none
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$.10/hour
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$25 per item |
Audiovisuals
(DVDs, VHS, CD-ROMs, CDs)
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7 days
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3 renewals;
7 days
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none
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Cost varies per item
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Books
(Main Stacks, Folio, Curriculum)
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180 days
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1 renewal;
180 days
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none
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Cost varies per item
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4 days
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none
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$1/day
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$100 per item
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4 days
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none
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$5/day
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$300 per item
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4 hours
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none
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$.10/hour
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$100 - $125 per item
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Determined by lending library
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Determined by lending library
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$.25/day
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Determined by lending library
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3 days
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none
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none
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$100 per item
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3 days
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none
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none
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$400 per item
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21 days
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4 renewals;
21 days
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none
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Cost varies per item
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42 days;
7 days for A/V
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6 renewals;
3 renewals for A/V
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$.50/day
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$125 per item
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special consideration
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n/a
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n/a
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Cost varies per item
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21 days
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4 renewals;
21 days
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none
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Cost varies per item
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special consideration
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n/a
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n/a
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Cost varies per item
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7 days
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none
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none
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Cost varies per item
|
varies
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none
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none
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$100 - $125 per item
|
21 days;
7 days for A/V
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3 renewals;
3 renewals for A/V
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$.50/day
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$25 per item |
3 days
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1 renewal;
3 days
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$5/day
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$100 - $125 per item |
4 hours
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none
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none
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$25 per item
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Audiovisuals
(DVDs, VHS, CD-ROMs, CDs)
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7 days
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1 renewal;
7 days
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$.25/day
|
Cost varies per item
|
Books
(Main Stacks, Juvenile, Folio, Curriculum)
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21 days
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1 renewal;
21 days
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$.25/day
|
Cost varies per item
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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4 hours
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n/a
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$.10/hour
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$100 - $125 per item
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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non-circulating
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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varies
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n/a
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$.10/hour (2 & 4 hour loan); $1.00/day (1 & 3 day loan)
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$100 - $125 per item
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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