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Checkout Policies

General Information

Trevecca students and employees can check out materials with your TNU ID. Please bring it, or another ID, when checking out materials.

The Main Collection is the books on the top floor of the library. Students can check out 20 books from the Main Collection and 15 items from the ELC. Reserve items have various limits.

Waggoner Library does not charge fines on most physical items, including books, DVDs, musical scores, etc. The item is declared lost when overdue by 30 days, and a replacement charge is assessed. The replacement charge will be removed when the item is returned.

Overdue fines are charged for interlibrary loan items and items on reserve, including books placed on reserve by faculty members, laptops, chargers, dry-erase markers, and other technology.

Some library privileges, such as checking out library items, placing holds, or using ILL, will be unavailable if you accrue $10 or more in overdue fines or material replacement fees. A hold will be placed on your account with the university, preventing registration, graduation, transcript requests, etc., when library fees and fines reach $25.

Please contact us with questions or to pay your fines.

How long can I have books?

Main collection:  42 days (6 weeks); 1 renewal

See below for other collections:

IRC and ELC Materials

Type of
Material/
Location 
Loan
Period
Number
Renewals
Allowed

Juvenile Books

ELC

14 days 2

YA Books

ELC

14 days 2

Graphic Novels

Main Floor (part of ELC Collection)

14 days 2

Adulting Collection

Main Floor (part of Popular Collection)

14 days 2

DVDs

ELC

14 days 0

Boxes

ELC

14 days 0

Scores

ELC

14 days 2

Big Books

ELC

14 days 2
Reserve DVDs
Main Floor
varies;
2 hrs,
1 or 2 days
0

Main Reserve materials

Item
Loan Period
Number 
Renewals
Allowed
Fines
Professor
Hourly Reserves
2 or 3 hours;
can vary by
professor

0

25 cents/hour
Professor
Daily Reserves
1,2,3,7 or 14 Days;
varies by class
0 25 cents/day
Dissertations 10 weeks 0 50 cents/day
Laptop Computers
& Equipment 
(in-library use)
3 hours

1

 

75 cents/
hour/
item
 
Laptop Computers
& Equipment
(out of library use)*
semester 0
75 cents/
hour/
item
 

Technology from the Gadget and Technology Collection

(out of library use)*

varies

varies

 

75 cents/
hour/
item
 

Calculators, dry erase markers & eraser (in-library use)

3 hours 0
25 cents/
hour
Guest Computer Passes 2 hours 0
25 cents/
hour

*signed borrowing agreement required

Failure to abide by terms in borrowing agreement may result in the loss of checkout privileges for items requiring a borrowing agreement for one semester.