The Circulation Desk is located to the left of the library's main entrance. All materials are borrowed and returned through the Circulation Department.

Circulation questions may be sent to circulation@kzoo.edu.

Borrowers
The Kalamazoo College Library's resources are primarily for current students, faculty, and staff at the College. However, we extend borrowing privileges to some other patrons as well. The following borrowers may check out materials in person at the Kalamazoo College Library:

• Current Kalamazoo College faculty, staff, and students
• Current Kalamazoo College faculty/staff spouses and faculty/staff children under 18
• Kalamazoo College Alumni (maximum of three books)
• 1833 Society Members (maximum of three books or periodicals)
• Kalamazoo College trustees, emeriti trustees, and trustee spouses
• Current Western Michigan University students, faculty, and staff (through MeLCat)
  
• Patrons of MeLCat participating libraries that use the MeLCat Visiting Patron Service

All borrowers must have a valid identification card from Kalamazoo College or their home library if they are a MeLCat participating library that uses the MeLCat Visiting Patron Service. Area residents are welcome to consult the library's print materials.

If you are not affiliated with one of the groups above, please borrow Kalamazoo College Library materials through MeLCat or Interlibrary Loan at your home library.

If you have questions about whether you qualify as a borrower at the Kalamazoo College Library, please call Circulation at (269) 337-7153 or email circulation@kzoo.edu.

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Borrowing Books
Books from the main collection may be borrowed for three weeks and are renewable. There is a three day grace period before fines are assessed. However, if the item is returned after the grace period, fines will be assessed from the original due date. Different loan policies may apply to other collections.

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Borrowing Periodicals
Back issues of periodicals may be borrowed by Kalamazoo College students, faculty, and staff for three days. There is no grace period for late return of periodicals. Current periodical issues do not circulate.

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Fines
Fines are assessed at the following rates to encourage prompt return of overdue materials and equipment:

Fines accumulate until the item is returned, renewed, or declared lost.

Borrowing privileges are suspended if a borrower owes more than $20.00 in fines, replacement costs, or billing fees. Borrowers must pay library fines or fees in excess of $20.00 in order to reinstate borrowing privileges. Fines and fees may be paid at the library Circulation Desk. Cash or checks are accepted.

Materials not returned within 30 days are subject to a $10.00 charge for accumulated fines and the cost of billing. When an item is more that 45 days overdue, the library will declare it as lost and bill as follows:

The library attempts to notify borrowers of overdue materials. Failure to receive notification does not absolve borrowers of accrued obligations.

These fines apply to Kalamazoo College owned materials as well as materials from other libraries borrowed through MeLCat. There are different fines for Interlibrary Loan materials.

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Hold Requests
If a book is checked out or cannot be located, members of the College community may request notification and a hold on the item when it is returned or found. Hold requests may be made at the Circulation Desk.

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Loan Periods

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Renewals
Materials from the Main Collection may be renewed twice unless they have been reserved by another patron. Restrictions may apply to other materials.
Renewals may be made at the Circulation Desk or via Ariadne at http://ariadne.kzoo.edu/patroninfo

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Reserves:

Checking Out Reserves:
Reserves are kept at the Circulation Desk. Please bring the call number of the Reserve to the Circulation Desk in order to check out the item.

Finding the Call Number of Reserve items:
Search the Library catalog, Ariadne, by Professor name or by Course number. Once you've found the record of the Reserve item, take the call number to the circulation desk.

Loan Period for Reserves:
Reserve items may be checked out for 2 hours, and for overnight two hours before the Library closes. Reserves checked out overnight are due the following morning, one hour after the Library opens. Reserve videos, DVD’s, CD’s, slides, and audio tapes may be checked out for 4 hours.

Renewing Reserves:
All Reserve items can be renewed once. You may renew Reserves at the Circulation Desk, by phone, or online. Reserve items cannot be renewed if some one has “Booked” that item.

Booking Reserves
You may “Book” a Reserve item for a specific 2 hour time period. During the 2 hour “Booked” period, the item is reserved for your use. Failure to pick up a Booked item within 15 minutes after the booked time will cancel that Booking. To Book a Reserve, please come to the Circulation Desk. You may Book only two items at a time.

Returning Reserve Materials:
Reserve materials must be returned to the Circulation Desk.

Electronic Reserve:

Electronic Reserve Readings are digital copies of articles or chapters in PDF (image) format. If your professor has placed readings on Electronic Reserve for your course, he or she will tell you in class or on the syllabus. Electronic Reserve readings for the current quarter may be accessed by searching in the Ariadne Catalog for your instructor or course in the (click the RESERVES tab). You will need your username and knet password to open the files.

If you have questions about Electronic Reserve, please contact your professor or email the Circulation Department at circulation@kzoo.edu.

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Returning Materials
All materials must be returned to the Circulation Desk. Materials also may be returned to the outdoor Book Drop, located on the south side of the Library, facing Academy Street.

Returning Reserve Materials
Reserve materials must be returned to the Circulation Desk. Please do not put Reserve materials in the Book Drop.

Returning Materials from Western Michigan University Libraries
Materials borrowed from Western Michigan University may be returned to the Kalamazoo College Library Circulation Desk. WMU materials will be returned to Western *once* per week; items returned to the Kalamazoo College Library by 9:00am on Friday will arrive at Western's library by 8:30am the following Monday. To avoid fines from WMU, please make sure materials arrive at WMU by the date they are due.

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