Circulation Policies & Borrowing Procedures

Eligibility

1. CBC students, faculty, and staff may check out library material.
2. Other Washington community college, WSU Tri-Cities, and Heritage University students and faculty may apply for borrowing privileges at the CBC Library. This eligibility is extended as part of reciprocal agreements which provide our students and faculty similar privileges at their institutions. Proof of current affiliation is required and some limitations apply; consult library staff for details.
3. CBC retirees and Gold Card holders may apply for borrowing privileges; some limitations apply, consult library staff for details.
4. As a courtesy, the CBC Library may extend limited borrowing privileges to other members of the CBC community who are directly serving students. Consult library staff for details.
5. Community visitors and other university students are welcome to use the library facilities; however, they are not eligible to check out material.

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Check Out

1. A Student ID card with current quarter sticker is required to check out library material.
2. All material in the "Main Collection" can be checked out to students for 14 days (limit 10).
3. Music CDs and phonograph discs can be checked out for 14 days (limit 2).
4. Books in the Recreational Reading Collection can be checked out for 21 days.
5. Most VHS tapes and DVDs behind the Circulation Desk can be viewed in the Library only. Some videos reserved for classes may be checked out for one day or three days (ask staff for more information). Faculty and staff can check out most videos for seven days.
6. Circulating DVDs and VHS tapes are shelved next to the new books and may be checked out for seven days by eligible patrons.
7. Books in "Reserve Reference" may be "In Library Use Only," or have one-day, three-day, or one-week loan periods (limit 2). Only CBC patrons may check out reserves.
8. Reference material is available for reading, copying, and scanning in the Library only.
9. Material is checked out from the library circulation desk.
10. The due date for all loans will not extend beyond the end of the quarter.
11. Overdue, lost, and damaged materials are subject to our fine/fee policy.

Renewals

1. Most materials with a one to three week loan period may be renewed unless another patron has placed a hold on the item; the renewal period will be the same as the original loan.
2. Borrowers with overdues or other fines/fees will not be able to renew items until their account is cleared.
3. Library staff can assist borrowers with renewals in person or over the phone, provided they know their ID number and the titles of the items.
4. Patrons may login to their library account online to renew their items; username and password will be created when they register as a borrower.

Check In
Library material should be returned to the book drop located at the circulation desk.

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Magazine/Journal/Newspaper

• Back issues of print periodicals such as magazines, journals, and newspapers are kept behind the Circulation Desk. 
• Current issues of popular journals and magazines are on the display racks outside of the group study rooms.
• Today's newspapers are put on the racks by the side of the New Books Shelf. 
• To find out if the Library has a specific magazine, newspaper or journal title use the library's Journal Finder.
• Print and microform periodicals are in-library use only, but you are welcome to make photocopies or scans of articles that you need.
• The Library also has access to thousands of periodical titles online through various databases. Ask a reference librarian for help with searching for articles online.

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Guidelines for Borrowing and Use

• Only CBC students who present valid student ID cards may borrow laptops.
• Laptops are available for loan at the discretion of the Library staff. No loans will be made during the last 15 minutes the Library is open.
• Borrowers are required to sign the Laptop Loan Agreement before borrowing a laptop. A copy of the signed Laptop Loan Agreement will be kept on file at the Library. Patrons will be asked to sign another Laptop Loan Agreement each quarter.
• The borrower is financially responsible for loss of the laptop and any of its components. If a laptop or any of its components are determined to be lost or stolen, the borrower will be responsible for replacement costs as well as a processing fee.
• The condition of each laptop will be noted each time a computer is checked in.
• Students should check the condition of the laptop and ensure it works before leaving the Library and bring any issues to the attention of Library staff.

Loan Policies

• Laptops are for use by currently enrolled CBC students only. Enrollment will be verified at the time the Laptop Loan Agreement is signed each quarter.
• All equipment is due back to the Library seven days from the time it was checked out or, in the case of holidays or campus closures, the next day of operation, whichever comes sooner.
• The checked out laptop cannot be immediately checked out again at the time of return (but another can be checked out if available) and the loan period cannot be extended online.
• Students should never store files on the local computer system as they will be lost on reboot.
• Laptops not returned by the time the Library closes on the date due will be assessed a fine of $25 per day.
• After seven days, the laptop will be considered lost and the borrower will be responsible for paying the full replacement cost up to $800 plus a processing fee.
• If a borrower does not return a laptop, the incident will be treated as a theft and will be turned over to the Pasco Police Department. In addition, the CBC Business office will be notified immediately to issue a bill for the full replacement cost of the laptop, plus the processing fee. Damages will be assessed on an individual basis and charged in the same manner as an unreturned laptop.
• Student will be responsible for paying any replacement fees by the end of the academic school year in which the laptop was lost or stolen. Any amount not paid by June 30 of that year will be sent to the collection agency.
• Borrowers are required to abide by the CBC Acceptable Use of Information Technology Resources policy.
• Borrowers are responsible for knowing and following the rules stated in the CBC Student Laptop Checkout policy.

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• There are VCRs, TVs, DVD players, CD players, a turntable, and a cassette recorder that you can use in the Library.
• The conference rooms, L-104 and L-105, have a TV, VCR, and DVD player. You can reserve the rooms if a group of students need to watch a video together. A laptop computer can also be checked out to watch videos in any of the group study rooms.
• Headsets may be checked out for library use from Circulation for use with either the computers or the AV equipment.
• Flash drives may be checked out for one week - request at the Circulation desk.

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• Course Reserves are books, articles, and other items that instructors put on reserve for a certain class.
• Instructors' personal copies of reserve items are kept behind the Circulation Desk and the location is called "Reserve Circulation."
• Library owned books on reserve are on the first shelf of the Reference Collection and the location is called "Reserve Reference."
• Most course reserve items are in-library use only, but some may have one-day, three-day, or one-week loan period, depending on the instructors' requests.
• To search for course reserves, use the Library's online catalog.

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Microforms

• Some of our magazines and journals are in microfiche or microfilm. 
• The library has special machines for reading and printing microfiches and microfilms.
• Please ask for help at the Circulation Desk on how to use them. 
• Printing from library-owned microfiche or microfilm is free using these machines.

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Printing, Copying, Scanning, & Saving

• Pick up your printing at the Circulation Desk. Let us know the number of the computer (e.g. Index 8, epicenter 16) that you printed from. 
• To discourage waste and to recover some of the cost of paper, toner, and printer maintenance, a charge of $.05 per page for black & white copies, and $.25 per page for color copies will be assessed for printing of full-text articles, email, assignments, web pages, etc. The black & white printers are set to print double-sided by default.
• Students will not be charged for citation, abstract, library catalog, or MyCBC printing.
• Three self-service coin operated copy machines are available at $.05 per copy for black & white copies. 
• Only CBC supplied paper may be used in library printers and copy machines.
• CBC students have access to printing through their Netprint account. This web-based service currently is able to print files saved in four different formats. Print sources will need to be scanned first. Consult the library staff if you are not certain how to save a particular resource or would like assistance with Netprint.