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Borrowing Policies for Chatham Community: Current Students

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Wondering how long you can keep a library item for? Look no further! Choose your patron type to get started.

 Loan Privileges for Currently Enrolled Students

Check-out Limit: 100 items (or as many items as you can keep track of at once!)

Please Note: You must be present to check out library items on your account. You cannot send someone else to the library with your ID card to check out items for you.

Item Type Initial Loan Time Renewals? Fines
JKM Library-owned circulating books Semester loan

No renewals.
You may check the items out again if you are not graduating this semester and there are no holds on the items.

Replacement fee if lost or damaged
Media (DVDs, CDs, & external disc drives) 2 weeks (14 days) 2 weeks (14 day renewal) Replacement fee if lost or damaged
Periodicals & reference Non-circulating. In-library use only. Non-circulating. In-library use only. N/A
Course Reserves Depends on the particular item. No renewals Replacement fee if lost or damaged
Headphones, extension cords, Mac chargers 4 hours 1 (4 hour renewal) Replacement fee if lost or damaged
Individual study room key 4 hours 1 (4 hour renewal) $75 key replacement fee
Group study room key Loaned for duration of reservation You may extend your reservation at the Circulation Desk if the room is available. $75 key replacement fee
E-ZBorrow* Semester loan
(2 weeks to pick up after notice is sent)
No renewals Replacement fee if lost or damaged
ILLiad* Due date set by lending library Per lending library (renew through your ILLiad account) Replacement fee if lost or damaged
Archives & Special Collections Material Contact Archives & Special Collections for Loan Requests Contact Archives & Special Collections for Loan Extension Variable
Chatham student publications
(tutorials, theses, capstones, dissertations)
Please view our policies for accessing student publications here.
* The replacement and processing fees for items borrowed through E-ZBorrow or ILLiad that are lost or returned damaged are determined by the lending library.

Lost Item Replacement:

  • Item Replacement Fee**: $100
  • Processing Fee***: $25
  • Total: $125

**This is the default replacement cost for any JKM Library item. Contact the Access Services Librarian to find out if a replacement copy may be purchased. If the replacement cost of the item exceeds $100 the patron will be charged the additional amount plus the processing fee.

*** The processing fee is charged whether or not a replacement copy is accepted.

Questions? Can't find what you need?

Call us at (412) 365-1245,

Email us at circdesk@chatham.edu,

Or stop by the Circulation Desk, 1st floor, JKM Library!

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