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Meyer Library - Media Collections
Check In/Check Out Policies

Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students

  • Loan Period: 1 week
  • Renewal: 1 renewal for 1 week on-line before item is due or in person with items
  • Overdue Procedure: First notice is emailed on the 1st day the item is overdue. The second notice is emailed on the 10th day the item is overdue. All notices are computer generated and handled by the billing supervisor in Circulation. Twenty one days after the due date a replacement charge notice is sent. This notice will include the processing fee of $10.00, the fine fee of $26.00 and a fee of $100.00 or more depending on the actual cost for replacement of the item. Notices are sent as a courtesy.
  • Overdue Fines: A $2.00 fine for the first day and a $1.00 a day fine thereafter per overdue item to a maximum of $26.00 per item. If the item is returned and the fine not paid the computer will email a message stating the item title and the amount due.
  • Recall: Item must be returned within 3 days or the patron will be fined $2.00 per day to a maximum of $26.00

All MSU Undergraduates and Greenwood Students

  • Loan Period: 3 days
  • Renewal: None
  • Overdue Procedure: First notice is emailed on the 1st day the item is overdue. The second notice is emailed on the 10th day the item is overdue. All notices are computer generated and handled by the billing supervisor in Circulation. Twenty one days after the due date a replacement charge notice is sent. This notice will include the processing fee of $10.00, the fine fee of $26.00 and a fee of $100.00 or more depending on the actual cost for replacement of the item. Notices are sent as a courtesy.
  • Overdue Fines: A $2.00 fine for the first day and a $1.00 a day fine thereafter per overdue item to a maximum of $26.00 per item. If the item is returned and the fine not paid the computer will email a message stating the item title and the amount due.
  • Recall: None

Reserve Materials

  • Loan Period: 2 hours, in library use only
  • Overdue Fines: There is no fine for the first 4 hours the item is overdue. After the item is overdue 4 hours a $2.00 fine will be assessed for the fifth hour. After the fifth hour a 25 cent per hour fine will be assessed to a maximum of $26.00. If the item is not returned the $26.00 overdue fine, a $10.00 processing fee and the replacement cost will all be assessed.