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Email: library@clevelandstatecc.edu
Phone: (423) 473-2277
Circulation Services is the first point of contact for many Cleveland State library users. The Circulation Desk is located in the southwest corner of the library, immediately to the right of the entrance.
Services provided by the Circulation Desk staff include:
Books in the General Collection and Children's Collection may be checked out for two weeks. Print periodicals may be checked out for one week. Select items placed on Reserve by faculty for use in conjunction with courses are available at the circulation desk. These items may be available for room use only (cannot leave the library), one day, two days, or one week depending on instructor preference. Textbooks and items in the Reference Collection are available for room use only. Most library materials may be renewed online through Primo, in person at the circulation desk, or by phone at (423) 473-2277.
The library also has Chromebooks, hotspots, and calculators available for checkout. These devices must be renewed in person at the circulation desk. Students must present a copy of their course schedule as proof of enrollment and complete a new Borrower Responsibility Agreement each semester.
Who Can Borrow | Loan Period | Renewable?** | Grace Period? | Late Fee | |
Best Sellers | Students, Staff, & Faculty | 2-weeks | Yes - up to 14 weeks | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day |
Calculators | Students | End of Term | No | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day |
Children's Chapter | All | 2-weeks | Yes - up to 14 weeks | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day |
Children's Picture | All | 2-weeks | Yes - up to 14 weeks | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day |
General | All | 2-weeks | Yes - up to 14 weeks | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day |
Chromebooks | Students & Faculty | End of Term | No | No | see contract |
Hotspots | Students & Faculty | End of Term | No | No | see contract |
Oversized | All | 2-weeks | Yes - up to 14 weeks | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day |
Print Periodicals | All | 1-week | Yes - up to 7 weeks | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day |
Rainy Day Reads | All | 2-weeks | Yes - up to 14 weeks | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day |
Reference | All | Room Use Only | No | No | $0.25/day |
Reserves | Students, Staff, & Faculty | 1-week | Yes - up to 7 weeks | No | $0.25/day |
Students, Staff, & Faculty | 2-day | Yes - up to 14 days | No | $0.25/day | |
Students, Staff, & Faculty | Room Use Only | No | No | $0.25/day | |
Special Collections | All | 2-weeks | Yes - up to 14 weeks | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day |
All | Room Use Only | No | No | $0.25/day | |
Textbooks | Students, Staff, & Faculty | Room Use Only | No | No | $0.25/day |
* The 5 Day Grace period does not count Saturdays, days the library is closed, and any day when there are no classes. | |||||
**Any item which has been requested by another patron will not be eligible for renewal. |
Please see the chart below for the maximum number of items patrons can borrow at any given time.
Item Type | Student Limit | Faculty & Staff Limit | Community Patron |
General Collection, Oversized, Children's Collection | No Limit | No Limit | 5 |
DVDs, Magazines, Journals | No Limit | No Limit | 5 |
Mobile Devices | 1 of each type | 1 of each type | 0 |
Course Reserves | 2 | No Limit | 0 |
Textbooks and Reference Collection | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Patrons may return books to the circulation desk in the library during regular business hours or to one of our blue book drops after hours. One book drop is located on the sidewalk between the George L. Mathis Student Center and the Mary T. Barker Humanities Building, and another is located on the sidewalk in front of the Career Education Building.
Chromebooks, hotspots, and calculators must be returned to a library staff member at the front desk in the Library.
Patrons will be notified via email three times regarding any loans they have that are in danger of or have accrued fines. See the chart below for the automated notifications schedule.
Day Sent | Name of Letter |
The morning of the day before the due date | Courtesy Notice |
The morning of the due date | Due Loans Letter |
One week after the due date | Long Overdue Items |
30 days after the due date | Lost Item Bill |
*** If an item is more than 30 days past due, it will be marked as lost and the patron will be charged for the actual replacement cost of the item. Please see the Fines & Fees tab for additional information.
Late fees are accrued at a rate of $0.25 per day per item for all items except mobile devices, for which the late fee is $1 a day.
Late fees begin to accrue 5 days after the due date for all items except mobile devices and items on Reserve. There is no grace period for these items. Fines are not charged for days the library is closed or during school breaks. The amount levied for all items except mobile devices and select Reserve materials will not exceed the price of replacement of the item and/or $10, whichever amount is less. Overdue fines for mobile devices will not exceed $40.
30 days overdue: If an item is more than 30 days overdue, it will be marked as lost and the borrower will be responsible for the cost of replacing the item. If a patron returns the item after the 30 days, he/she will pay a $10 late fee rather than the cost of replacement. Patrons can view any fines and fees owed by accessing their patron account information from the Primo (library catalog) home screen or by presenting their CSCC ID to the circulation desk staff and requesting their library account balance.
Grace Period? | Late Fee | Maximum Fee | |
Best Sellers | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day | $10 |
Calculators | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day | $10 |
Children's Chapter | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day | $10 |
Children's Picture | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day | $10 |
Course Videos | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day | $10 |
Faculty Prof. Dev. | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day | $10 |
General | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day | $10 |
Mobile Devices | No | $1/day | $40 |
No | $0.25/day | $10 | |
Oversized | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day | $10 |
Periodicals | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day | $10 |
Rainy Day Reads | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day | $10 |
Reference | No | $0.25/day | $10 |
Reserves | No | $0.25/day | $10 |
No | $0.25/day | $10 | |
No | $0.25/day | $10 | |
Special Collections | Yes - 5 days* | $0.25/day | $10 |
No | $0.25/day | $10 | |
Textbooks | No | $0.25/day | $10 |
* The 5 Day Grace period does not count Saturdays, days the library is closed, and any day when there are no classes. |
Library books are protected under the Tennessee Code Title 39-Section 14. The charge for lost or damaged books is based on the replacement price of the item and may include binding costs. Books that are out of print may also activate a replacement cost search fee. Damages to materials will be assessed on an item-by-item basis by library staff.
Charges for lost/damaged videotapes/DVDs are equal to the replacement price of the item. Video/DVD copies are assessed at $12.50 per item.