All visitors to Drew University are welcome to use the library's collection within the library. Participants in programs having a signed agreement with the library guaranteeing compensation for non-returned items and fines, may also borrow library books.
Total items a borrower may charge and loan periods
Participants in approved programs may borrow 10 items at a time for a loan period of 30 days. No renewals or recall privileges are granted. Books must be returned before the program has ended.
Fines
Program participants are subject to overdue fines of 10 cents a day. The maximum overdue fine per item is $10.00. Items overdue for 35 days are assumed to be lost and a per item replacement charge is placed on on the borrower's library account. Replacement fee is $100.00 per book. Assumed lost items must be brought to the Circulation Desk for discharging. Once an assumed lost item is returned, the $100.00 fee is reduced to a lesser amount. If the library has purchased a replacement copy, the $100.00 fee is not reduced.
Suspension of Borrowing Privileges
When an item becomes assumed lost, library borrowing privileges are suspended until all assumed lost books have been returned and/or all replacement fees have been paid.
Fines for failure to return a recalled item
Recalls are requests by current Drew faculty, staff, students or Reserves for material charged to another borrower. Maximum overdue recall fine for failure to return a recall placed by a patron is $20.00. Maximum overdue fine for failure to return a Reserves recall is $45.00. If a Reserves recall is not returned promptly and the library purchases a new copy for Reserves, an additional replacement fee of $100.00 will be charged.