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Borrowing Policies

Who May Borrow | Borrowing Restrictions | Borrowers' Responsibilites | Undergraduate Students | Graduate Students | Faculty & Staff | Alumni, Paid Borrowers, and Courtesy Borrowers

Who May Borrow
Ohio Dominican University students, faculty, and staff may borrow circulating materials with a valid ODU ID card.

Alumni, Non-ODU borrowers, and paid borrowers may obtain a borrower's card at the Circulation Services Desk. Alumni must first register with the Alumni Office before receiving a card. Paid borrowers may purchase a card for a $25 fee. Cards are valid for five years and can be renewed.

Borrowing Restrictions
There is no limit to the number of circulating, non-course reserve materials that may be borrowed by ODU students, faculty, and staff. However, in the event library fines exceed $60.00, library privileges will be suspended until fees have been reconciled.

Borrowers' Responsibilities
As an ODU Library borrower, you are responsible for all materials checked out in your name, and you are expected to return or renew borrowed items by their due dates. You will be notified by email or by regular mail concerning overdue items and fees, and OhioLINK pickups and cancellations, and you are expected to respond to these library notifications. Replacement copies of lost or damaged items will not be accepted in lieu of the replacement fees. Also, you are responsible for notifying the library of a name change or an address change.

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Undergraduate Students

Material
Loan Period
Renewals
Overdue Fees
Audiovisuals
(DVDs, VHS, CD-ROMs, CDs)
7 days
1 renewal;
7 days
$.25/day
$100 - $125 per item
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Books
(Main Stacks, Juvenile, Folio, Curriculum)
21 days
4 renewals;
21 days
$.25/day
$100 - $125 per item
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Popular Books
21 days
4 renewals;
21 days
$.25/day
$100 - $125 per item
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Interlibrary Loan
Determined by lending library
Determined by lending library
n/a
Determined by lending library
Determined by lending library
Microfilm
non-circulating
n/a
n/a
n/a
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Cameras
7 days
n/a
$5/day
$300 per item
To be determined
Camera Accessories
7 days
n/a
$1/day
$100 per item
To be determined
OhioLINK Materials
21 days
4 renewals;
21 days
$.50/day
$125 per item
n/a
Periodicals
(Journals, Newspapers)
non-circulating
n/a
n/a
n/a
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Reference
(Books, Atlases)
non-circulating
n/a
n/a
n/a
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Reserve
varies
n/a
$.10/hour (2 & 4 hour loan); $1.00/day (1 & 3 day loan)
$100 - $125 per item
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100

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Graduate Students

Material
Loan Period
Renewals
Overdue Fees
Audiovisuals
(DVDs, VHS, CD-ROMs, CDs)
7 days
1 renewal;
7 days
$.25/day
$100 - $125 per item
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100

Books
(Main Stacks, Juvenile, Folio, Curriculum)

56 days
2 renewals;
56 days
$.25/day
$100 - $125 per item
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Popular Books
21 days
4 renewals;
21 days
$.25/day
$100 - $125 per item
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Interlibrary Loan
Determined by lending library
Determined by lending library
n/a
Determined by lending library
Determined by lending library
Microfilm
non-circulating
n/a
n/a
n/a
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Cameras
7 days
n/a
$5/day
$300 per item
To be determined
Camera Accessories
7 days
n/a
$1/day
$100 per item
To be determined
OhioLINK Materials
21 days
4 renewals;
21 days
$.50/day
$125 per item
n/a
Periodicals
(Journals, Newspapers)
non-circulating
n/a
n/a
n/a
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Reference
(Books, Atlases, Indexes)
non-circulating
n/a
n/a
n/a
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Reserve
varies
n/a
$.10/hour (2 & 4 hour loan); $1.00/day (1 & 3 day loan)
$100 - $125 per item
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100

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Faculty & Staff

Material
Loan Period
Renewals
Overdue Fees
Audiovisuals
(DVDs, VHS, CD-ROMs, CDs)
7 days
1 renewal;
7 days
no overdue fees
$100- $125 per item
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100

Books
(Main Stacks, Juvenile, Folio, Curriculum)

180 days
1 renewal;
180 days
no overdue fees
$100 - $125 per item
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Popular Books
21 days
4 renewals;
21 days
$.25/day
$100 - $125 per item
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Interlibrary Loan
Determined by lending library
Determined by lending library
n/a
Determined by lending library
Determined by lending library
Microfilm
non-circulating
n/a
n/a
n/a
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Cameras
7 days
n/a
$5/day
$300 per item
To be determined
Camera Accessories
7 days
n/a
$1/day
$100 per item
To be determined
OhioLINK Materials
21 days
4 renewals;
21 days
$.50/day
$125 per item
n/a
Periodicals
(Journals, Newspapers)
special consideration
n/a
n/a
n/a
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Reference
(Books, Atlases, Indexes)
special consideration
n/a
n/a
n/a
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Reserve
varies
n/a
no overdue fees
$100 - $125 per item
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100

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Alumni, Paid Borrowers, and Courtesy Borrowers

Material
Loan Period
Renewals
Overdue Fees
Audiovisuals
(DVDs, VHS, CD-ROMs, CDs)
7days
1 renewal;
7 days
$.25/day
$100- $125 per item
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100

Books
(Main Stacks, Juvenile, Folio, Curriculum)

21 days
1 renewal;
21days
$.25/day
$100 - $125 per item
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Popular Books
21 days
1 renewal;
21 days
$.25/day
$100 - $125 per item
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Interlibrary Loan
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Microfilm
non-circulating
n/a
n/a
n/a
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Cameras
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Camera Accessories
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
OhioLINK Materials
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Periodicals
(Journals, Newspapers)
non-circulating
n/a
n/a
n/a
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Reference
(Books, Atlases, Indexes)
non-circulating
n/a
n/a
n/a
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100
Reserve
varies
n/a
$.10/hour (2 & 4 hour loan); $1.00/day (1 & 3 day loan)
$100 - $125 per item
Repairable $20
Not Repairable $100

Replacement Costs

Up To 1 Year After Due Date:

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.

  • More Than 1 Year After Due Date:

    ODU items:
  • The item is declared "Lost" and the cost is $125.
  • If an ODU "Lost" item is subsequently returned the cost is reduced to $100.

  • OhioLINK items:
  • The item is "Billed" for replacement and the cost is $125.
  • If an OhioLINK "Billed" item is returned the cost is reduced to $100.

  • Damaged Materials Examples
    Examples include but are not limited to:

      Repairable: $20 per item
    • Call number label removed/Torn off
    • Barcode removed/Torn off
    • Notes written in pencil that can reasonably be erased in a minimum of time
      Not Repairable: $100 per item
    • 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

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