Borrowing, Returning, and Renewing Materials

Borrowing Materials

Anyone may come to the library to borrow library materials.

For students living more than 50 miles away and not regularly commuting to a campus, you may also request the library to send you items through the mail. .

The library will ship books, but not media items or non-circulating items such as Reference or Limited Access. Materials will only be mailed to locations within the United States including Alaska and Hawaii.

The library mails the books to you free of charge up to your patron group limit. You are responsible for returning the books to the GGBTS library. Patrons are responsible for materials including overdue or lost fines/fees until they are returned to a GGBTS library.

Borrowing privileges depend on patron and item type, as shown in this chart

NOTE: A patron may only borrow materials using his/her own account. If the materials are for another person, the patron assumes all responsibilities for the borrowed materials.

Returning materials

You may return items one of the following three ways:

to the circulation desk when the library is open
in the after-hours book drop (please use only when the library is closed)
by mail (but they are still due by the due date)

Renewing materials

See the Patron Privilege Table for information on how often you may renew items.

An item may not be renewed if a hold has been placed on it, or if the patron has outstanding fines on his/her account. Returned items must be placed back on the shelf for at least 24 hours before they can be borrowed again.

You may renew materials in the following ways:

online through your library account
in person – you may bring either the items, or a list of the items, to be renewed