Book Circulation Policies

Lake Forest College faculty, staff, graduate students(M/LS), emeritus faculty & trustees:

Unlimited borrowing (books & government documents)
Loan period of full semester
Ten renewals allowed
No daily overdue fines
Lost item status and fines after 30 days overdue; fines will be waived when item(s) are returned

 

Current Lake Forest College undergraduate students:

Unlimited borrowing (books & government documents)
Loan period of three weeks
Ten renewals allowed
No daily overdue fines
Lost item status and fines after 30 days overdue; fines will be waived when item(s) are returned

Lake Forest College Alumni and Lake Forest & Lake Bluff public library patrons:

Ten items may be borrowed total (books & government documents)
Loan period of three weeks
Ten renewals allowed per item
No daily overdue fines
Lost item status and fines after 30 days overdue; fines will be waived when item(s) are returned
May not borrow media items (CDs, DVDs, and videos)

Media Circulation Policies

Faculty, staff, emeritus faculty & trustees:

Unlimited borrowing (videos, DVDs, CDs)

Loan period of one week

Two renewals allowed

No daily overdue fines

Lost item status and fines after 30 days overdue; fines will be waived when item(s) are returned

Reserve items may be borrowed with permission of all relevant instructors

Current Lake Forest College undergraduate & graduate students:

Up to two videos or DVDs at one time (no CDs allowed)

Loan period of three days

No renewals allowed

Overdue fine of $1.00 per day per item (up to $10 per item) with 24-hour grace period

Lost item status and fines after 10 days overdue; fines for lost item replacement and processing will be waived when item(s) are returned

Overdue fines will not be waived

Reserve items may not be borrowed

Other patron groups, including alumni, participating I-Share institution patrons, community patrons, and non-affiliated patrons:

No borrowing of media permitted.

The following items do not circulate to any patron group: periodicals and bound journals, reference materials, microfilm, archives and special collections materials, and reserve items. Anyone may use the libraries at Lake Forest College for study, research, and in-house use of the general collections, periodicals and journals, government documents collection (including electronic government documents and public workstations), and special collections and archives. Viewing rooms for media may be used by community patrons provided no Lake Forest College patron needs one. We encourage you to search the library's catalog, or to call the Reference Desk at (847) 735-5074 before you visit.

Some library databases are proprietary and may be used by Lake Forest College affiliated patrons only.

Lost items:
Lost item replacement fine is $75 per item or actual cost of item (whichever is higher). Lost item processing fee is $25 per item. Patrons who have lost library items may choose to pay replacement and processing fines for each item or may purchase identical, legally produced copy of lost item(s) and pay processing fee of $25 for each replacement copy. Replacement copies must be approved by a reference librarian or technical services librarian before they will be accepted and added to the collection.