Both academic and community patrons are eligible to borrow K-State Libraries’ materials.
Loan Periods
|
Patron Type |
Loan Period |
Renewable |
|
K-State undergraduates |
30 days |
11 times |
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K-State graduate students and staff |
120 days |
2 times |
|
K-State faculty |
6 months |
Automatically 3 times |
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Kansas residents (with Community Patron Card) |
30 days |
11 times |
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Visiting faculty, researchers, and scholars |
30 days |
11 times |
You may renew books in person at a service desk and online in your My Library Account. If your office or lab is on campus, consider the Renew It program. Please return borrowed material to designated return areas. (Note: To renew materials that have Hale Library as their location, please contact Library Help by phone at 785-532-3014 or by e-mailing halecirc@k-state.edu.)
Exceptions
Special material exceptions to the general loan periods include:
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Materials |
Loan Period |
Renewable |
|
Post-2009 journals |
7 days |
No |
|
Maps |
30 days |
1 renewal |
|
DVDs & videotapes |
30 days |
1 renewal |
|
Varies |
No |
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This will vary according to the lending library |
Contact Interlibrary Loan |
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Fines and fees
In some cases, you may be fined for not returning library materials by the due date. Additionally, borrowers are responsible for all lost or damaged materials.
|
Loan Type |
Renewable |
Fine |
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7 day loan |
No |
$1 per day, $7 max |
14 days overdue |
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30 day loan |
Yes, 11 times |
No fines unless lost |
14 days overdue |
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120 day loan |
Yes, 2 times |
No fines unless lost |
14 days overdue |
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6 months loan |
Yes, 3 automatic |
No fines unless lost |
14 days overdue |
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Interlibrary Loan |
Check band for restrictions |
No fines unless lost |
14 days overdue |
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Reserves: 2 hour loan* |
No |
$2 per hour, $140 max |
14 days overdue |
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Reserves: 4 hour loan* |
No |
$2 per hour, $140 max |
14 days overdue |
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Reserves: 1 day or more* |
No |
$10 per day, $140 max |
14 days overdue |
|
Recall placed by library staff |
No |
$10 per day, $140 max |
14 days overdue |
*Important note - Patrons with overdue or lost reserve items will be unable to check out new materials again until their overdue or lost items are returned.
Replacement costs
Once a book has been declared lost, you will be charged the replacement cost of the item plus a $20 processing fee.
Paying fines
Payments must be made online through your My Library Account.
If you have lost materials you’ve borrowed, please contact us at (785) 532-7423 so that we can help. We cannot refund lost-book fees after 6 months have elapsed since the fees have been paid.
