Community Patrons at the Kutztown University Library: Borrowing books

The library provides limited borrowing privileges to adult residents of Pennsylvania who are not Kutztown University students or employees.

• Regulations:
  • Community patrons must be registered at the library and present their library card when borrowing materials.
  • In order to register, a person must be an adult (18 years of age or older) and present one form of photo identification (driver’s license, ID card, etc.) and proof of address.
  • Loan period: 28 days.
  • Renewals: None.
  • Holds & recalls: None.
  • Maximum number of books at one time: 25.
  • Notices:  You will receive early warnings and overdue notices through the email address you used when you registered.
  • Overdue fines: Ten cents per day per item up to a maximum of $10.00. Overdue fines are waived if a patron pays to replace an item, or provides a new copy of a lost item.
  • Fees for lost items: Standard fee for the type of item borrowed, for example, there is a $50.00 replacement fee for main collection books.  The library does not charge a processing fee.  Borrowing privileges are suspended indefinitely for any patron who owes the library a fine or fee.
  • The library does not accept cash.  See the Paw Pass information on the Fines and Fees page.  Paw Passes must be used to pay for printing
  • Non-book materials: Community Patrons are not allowed to borrow magazines, equipment or media items, including laptops, DVDs and CDs.
  • Interlibrary loan: Community patrons cannot use the interlibrary loan services at KU, but your local public library should be able to help you through their interlibrary loan services.

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