Borrowing and Renewing Items

You may borrow from us if you are:

A registered WMU student with a Bronco Card
A current or emeritus WMU faculty or a Staff member or a retiree with a Bronco Card
A WMU Doctoral Program Alumnus with a Lifetime Borrower's Card
A Guest Borrower

Borrowing periods

Item type
Undergrad
Grad student or grad assistant
Faculty & Staff
Emeritus & Retiree
Guest borrower
Books, music scores, government documents
28 days
1 semester
1 semester
14 days
Reserve items
2 hours - 7 days
2 hours - 7 days
2 hours - 7 days
2 hours - 7 days
Permanent Reserves only
Waldo Instructional Videos
7 days
7 days
7 days (may renew once if not reserved)
Not Available
Waldo children's books
14 days
14 days
14 days
14 days
Music CDs, LPs
7 days
28 days
28 days
Library use only
Music videos
3 days
14 days
14 days
Library use only
Music education recordings
14 days
14 days
14 days
14 days
Slides
2 days
14 days
14 days
Library use only
Images on CD-ROM
7 days
7 days
7 days
Library use only

Number of items you can borrow

WMU students, faculty and staff
Guest borrowers
50 items

10 items

Renewing items

Renew online under My Account (choose WMU Library Catalog) or My Library Account in the catalog

Review results to make sure renewal was successful
You may renew twice online
If you have trouble renewing, call 387-5154. If you have trouble renewing, call 387-5154
Or bring items in to one of the circulation counters

Recall

Library users may recall items you have checked out
You will get an e-mail notification to return the item
You are guaranteed use of the material for at least 14 days
You must return the item by the new recall due date or be fined for each day overdue

Returning items

All items can be returned to one of the following locations:

Waldo Library — book returns also available outside front doors and on Arcadia Street side of building
Education Library — 1300 Sangren Hall – and book return outside the northwest entrance
Music and Dance Library — 3006 Dalton Center
Archives & Regional History Collection – 111 East Hall
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Parkview Campus) — Book return box on first floor, near Lecture Hall D-115 (front entrance). Pick up Monday - Friday by 9 a.m.
College of Health & Human Services (Oakland Drive Campus) — Book return box on first floor near the Learning Resource Center. Pick up Monday - Friday by 9 a.m.
Haworth College of Business (Schneider Hall) — Book return box on first floor by the entrance nearest the Fetzer Center. Pick up Monday - Friday by 9 a.m.

Library materials must be returned complete with all parts, discs, booklets, and other accompanying material. You will be charged full replacement charges for items returned without all accompanying material.

Overdue Fines

Overdue
Recalled
NOTE
Books, music scores, CDs, LPs
$.25 per day up to $10 per item
$1.00 per day up to $15 per item
Faculty, staff & grad assistants are fined only for overdue recalled items
Videos
$.20 per hour or $4.80 per day *

Video fines apply to all borrowers*
Interlibrary loan items
$1.00 per day

$10 fee for each ILL item ordered, but not picked up

* Maximum Video fines are $10 per item for undergraduate students and graduate students.
Maximum Video fines are $35 per item for faculty, staff and graduate assistants.
Video borrowing privileges will be suspended when maximum video or other fines or fees are reached.

Replacement charges and processing fees

Replacement charges and processing fees apply to all borrowers.

Considered lost
Replacement charge
Non refundable processing fee
Books & scores
45 days or more overdue
$75.00 per item, or actual replacement cost if higher
$15
Waldo videos
10 days or more overdue
$75.00 per item, or actual replacement cost if higher *
$15
Music & Dance Library
CDs, LPs,
DVDs, videos
45 days or more overdue
$35.00 per item, or actual replacement cost if higher
$15

* Replacement costs for Instructional videos may be in excess of $1200.
These charges may also apply to any damaged items.
If a lost item is returned within six months of the billing date the replacement charge will be refunded but not the processing fee.

Making payments

All library fines and fees, including interlibrary loan fees, may be paid on the 2nd Floor of Waldo Library at the Copy Center ( library map )
Pay with cash or with check payable to "Western Michigan University" only
Or mail payment to: Copy Center, Waldo Library, 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5353
Copy Center is open the same hours as Waldo Library
Call (269) 387-5154 with questions regarding payment

Borrowing privileges will be suspended:

For undergraduate and graduate students and guest borrowers if you:

Owe $10.00 or more in fines and/or fees, or
Have ten or more items 45 days or more overdue, or
Have one or more recalled items overdue

For faculty, staff, graduate assistants if you:

Owe $100 or more in fines and/or fees, or
Have ten or more items 45 days or more overdue, or
Have one or more recalled items overdue
Video borrowing privileges will be suspended when maximum video or other fines or fees are reached.

Borrowing at one of the Regional Locations

If you are a student at one of the regional locations of WMU, you may request items to be sent to you through Document Delivery

Borrowing from other libraries

WMU library users with a Bronco Card may borrow from other libraries through MeLCat or Interlibrary Loan .

Guest Borrowers

You can get a one year Guest Borrower's Card if you:

Live within a 50-mile radius of Western Michigan University, and
Are at least 18 years of age, and
Present a photo identification with an address and proof of Social Security Number

A guest borrower may borrow up to 10 items excluding class Reserve items, audio and video formats, slides, or image CD-ROMs. See loan periods above .

Western Michigan University Doctoral Program Alumni

Western Michigan University doctoral program alumni are granted lifetime borrowing privileges. You must present the Lifetime Borrower's Card issued upon graduation and you will receive a 28 day loan period.

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