• Borrowing
• Loan Periods
• Borrowing from Other Institutions
• Blocks on Circulation
• Renewals, Recalls, and Holds
• Fines, Overdue Notices, and Lost Items
• Circulating AV Equipment
• Circulating Laptops
• More Information

Borrowing

Borrowing privileges are limited to Kenyon College students, faculty, alumni, staff, their families, guest borrowers, KAP students and Consort/OhioLINK patrons. Kenyon students and employees must present their own Kenyon ID and guest borrowers are required to use their library cards to borrow library materials. No item of any type will be charged out without proper bar-coded Kenyon library ID.

Kenyon College books should be returned to the Circulation Desk. If the library is closed, books may be returned to the book drops located in each library entrance and one is located near the dock behind the library. Interlibrary loan materials must be returned to the Circulation Desk. Videos/AV equipment checked out at the Circulation Desk must be returned to the Circulation Desk. Videos/DVDs checked out in Multimedia Collections must be returned to Multimedia Collections.

• View your circulation record
  See when items are due, renew items, and see the status of incoming Consort/OhioLINK items you have requested.

Loan Periods

Course Reserve Materials

• Two-hour time limit, four hours on software.
• Materials may be checked out overnight within two hours of closing.
• Overnight charges are due within 1/2 hour after the Library opens.
• Return all items to the Circulation Desk

Video Circulation Policies

Kenyon Students and Staff with valid I.D. can check out circulating videos for one day which are due 2:00am of the day following day and must be returned to the Circulation Desk. (Until midnight, videos checked out from Multimedia Collections must be returned to Multimedia Collections. However, the Circulation Desk will accept videos between midnight and 2 a.m ). Students are limited to 3 videos during any given time, and cannot renew videos.

Kenyon Faculty, Administrators, and Staff with valid I.D. can check out videos for 7 days, and can renew videos up to two times, for a total of 21 days.

Because Kenyon's video collection is developed and maintained to support the academic mission of the college, videos cannot be checked out by Alumni, Families, Guest Borrowers, Knox County Teachers, KAP students or OhioLINK patrons.

Overdue videos, like overdue items of any type, will result in a block, meaning that the patron cannot check out additional items of any type until the overdue item is renewed (if allowed) or returned. Replacement costs for lost or damaged videos are $100.00 plus a $25.00 processing fee, plus fines up to $100.00.

Please note that Kenyon does not own public performance viewing rights for some videos in our collection, which means they cannot be shown to groups. Please check with Carmen King before attempting to show any video to any group of people.

For more information about Kenyon's video collection, please see the Multimedia Collections web pages.

The following materials do not circulate:

• Periodicals, Microfilms, Reference Materials, Special Collections and Archives Materials.
• Sound Recordings do not circulate outside the Multimedia Collections Unit except to faculty. Please see the Multimedia Collections web pages for more information about Kenyon's music collection.

Borrowing from Other Institutions

Students, faculty, staff, and affiliated scholars may request books directly from CONSORT and OhioLINK institutions through the online catalog. Interlibrary Loan should be used for books not held at these institutions as well as all journal articles not available electronically.

• Guide to requesting books or other materials using CONSORT and OhioLINK

Blocks on Circulation

An overdue item of any type will immediately cause a "block," preventing the patron from charging out any additional materials of any type. The purpose of the block is simply to preserve Kenyon's collections -- and those of our consortial partners -- by ensuring that materials are returned.

Although strict, this block should not be an undue hardship since many materials can be renewed online. For example, faculty can easily renew books, CDs, or videos (up to 2 times) to remove a block on their account. Students can easily renew books to remove a block generated by an overdue book. (Students cannot remove a block generated by an overdue video except by returning the video; this is an intentional effort to preserve the video collection.)

Renewals, Recalls, and Holds

Kenyon and CONSORT books loaned for three weeks may be renewed indefinitely during the academic year unless the materials are recalled or a hold is placed. Materials charged for more than two weeks may be recalled for use by another borrower. Materials may be recalled for Course Reserves at any time. OhioLINK books may be renewed for only one additional three week period.

Kenyon Faculty, Adminstrators, or Staff can renew videos twice after the initial circulation period, for a total circulation time of 21 days. Videos must be returned at that time to the AudioVisual department.

Renewals

Items may be renewed Online or at the Circulation Desk by presenting your Kenyon ID or the items to be renewed.

Please note if an item goes to an "overdue" status you must come to the Circulation Desk to renew.

Online Renewals

You need not come to the library to renew your books as it can be done online:

1. Log in to CONSORT Library Catalog -- "View Your Circulation Record".
2. Enter your first name/last name and the 13 digit barcode from the back of your photo ID.
3. Click on the link "___ items currently checked out".
4. Click in the box on the left hand side of the screen of the item(s) you'd like to renew.
5. Click on "Renew selected items".
6. NOTE THE NEW DUE DATE.
7. If an item becomes overdue, renewals must be completed at the Circulation Desk.

Note: OhioLINK items may only be renewed be renewed up to four times unless there is a recall or a hold.

Please contact the Circulation Desk, 740/427-5187, or the Info Desk, 740/427-5691, with any questions.

Recalls/Holds

A Kenyon book can be recalled from another Kenyon patron that has had the book out for two weeks. A hold can be place on a Kenyon book without being recalled at any time. To place a recall or a hold contact the Circulation Staff at the Circulation Desk.

Fines, Overdue Notices, and Lost Items

Books: The fine for any overdue book is $.50 per item per day, including holidays and weekends. No fine is incurred for books returned within a week after the due date. After the one-week grace period, fines will begin to accrue.

When a book has been recalled, there is $2 per day fine if the book is not returned within 24 hours. The maximum fine is $15.00.

An overdue notice is sent to the borrower via email one day after a book is due. If the borrower fails to respond to the notice within three weeks, the book is declared missing, and replacement fees will be charged.

The replacement cost for any lost or damaged book is $125.00 ($75.00 replacement fee, plus $35.00 non-refundable processing fee, plus $15.00 maximum fine.)

Reserve Materials: The fine for overdue reserve materials is $.25 per hour. There is no maximum fine.

Videos: The fine for any overdue Kenyon video is $5.00 per item per day. Replacement cost for any lost or damaged video is $125.00 ($100.00 plus a $25.00 processing fee), plus fines up to $100.00.

CDs: The replacement cost for any lost or damaged CD is $100.00 ($75.00 replacement fee plus $25.00 processing fee.) Note: CDs circulate to faculty only.

Equipment: The fine for any overdue equipment item is $10.00 per item per day. The replacement cost for any lost or damaged equipment item will default to $500.00 per item, but may be adjusted to actual replacement cost -- which could be higher or lower than $500.00 -- plus a $25.00 processing fee.

For all material types: Replacement fees will be charged in full for any item that is lost or damaged.

LBIS does not accept replacement materials in lieu of fines.

More Information

Joan Pomajevich

Head of Circulation

Olin Library

740/427-5187

For more information about videos or other audiovisual materials, please contact Joan Pomajevich, Head of Circulation, 427-5187. For more information about sound recordings and Multimedia Collections please contact Carmen King, Fine Arts Librarian, 427-5340.