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Borrowing Privileges

Borrowing - Alumni

Alumni have borrowing privileges at RVCC. In order to borrow from the library, alumni must first go to the Alumni Office and fill out a form to receive an alumni card. When the form has been processed by the Alumni Office, you can come to the library and will be issued a library card.

Loan Periods

Material Type # of Items Loan Period Renewals (Period) Fines Recall Fines Maximum Fines per Item Replacement Cost1
Books(Circulating) 10 28 days 3 (14 days) - $1.00/day - $45.00
DVDs/Videos 3 7 days 1 (7 days) - $1.00/day - $30.00
Audiobooks 3 28 days 2 (14 days) - $1.00/day - $60.00
Reference Books - - - - - - -
Interlibrary Loan2 - - - - - - see footnote

1Cost stated is the default cost.  Actual cost may vary by item and does not include mandatory $15 processing fee.

2Interlibrary loan period and fees are determined by the lending library and will vary by item.

Overdue Charges

Late fines will only be applied to items returned late if they have been requested by another library user, which is known as a "recall." When a checked out item is requested by another library user, the current user will receive a notice and a reminder, indicating which of the items they checked out have been recalled.

For all checked out items, library users will receive five overdue notices, indicating which items are past due. If the item(s) are not returned by the fifth notice, the book will be marked "lost," replacement and processing fees will be applied, and the user will receive a bill. A hold will be placed on the user's library account, which suspends their borrowing privileges. The user can still return the book at any time and the hold will be removed.

If a library user has fees which have been left unpaid for over a year, or are in excess of $5.00, or has a lost book, they must pay the fines and/or return the book(s) before borrowing additional items.