Please use your OCID when checking out materials.
Loan periods and fines vary by the format of the material and the current demand for the item. In general, the following rules apply:
| Type of material | Loan period | Fine rate |
| Books, Scores & Government Publications | ||
| Regular | due at the end of the academic year | not fined unless recalled |
| Recreational Reading (McNaughton books) | 3 weeks | $0.50/day |
| Faculty Publications | 3 weeks | $0.50/day |
| Seminar (Conservatory) | 3 days | not fined unless recalled |
| Reserve | varies, ask at check-out | $2.00/hour or portion thereof |
| Bound periodicals | ||
| Art Library | library use only | n/a |
| Conservatory Library | 3 days | $1.00/day |
| Main Library | 3 weeks |
$1.00/day |
| Science Library | 1 week | $1.00/day |
| Unbound periodicals | ||
| Art Library | library use only | n/a |
| Conservatory Library | 1 day | n/a |
| Main Library | 1 day | $5.00 |
| Science Library | 1 week | $1.00/day |
| Microforms | library use only | n/a |
| Sound Recordings | conservatory faculty: length of semester | not fined unless recalled |
| other employees and partners: 7 days | not fined unless recalled | |
| Videos/DVDs | ||
| Art Library | circulating: 7 days non-circulating: library use only |
not fined unless recalled n/a |
|
Conservatory Library |
conservatory faculty: length of semester other employees and partners: 7 days |
not fined unless recalled |
| Main and Science Libraries |
7 days |
not fined unless recalled |
| Reserve | varies, ask at check-out | n/a |
| Laptop computers and accessories | varies, ask at check-out | $5.00/item/hour or portion thereof |
| iPads | 3 days | $10.00/item/day | OhioLINK Search Ohio books |
6 weeks 3 weeks |
$0.50/day; billed after 30 days overdue |
| OhioLINK/SearchOhio media materials | 1 week | $0.50/day; billed after 30 days overdue |
The library balances the need of some staff for long-term use of library materials against our need to review periodically the condition of library materials and encourage their return for use by others. Faculty and staff receive one automatic renewal for any annual loan materials that are not needed by other users. After that, materials must be returned or brought into the library for renewal. Staff will be billed for the replacement and processing costs of materials more than three months overdue. Renewal policies for shorter term loan items vary.