Circulation Policies

Lake Forest College faculty, staff, graduate students(M/LS and thesis), emeriti faculty & trustees:

Unlimited borrowing (books & government documents)

Loan period of full semester

Ten renewals allowed

No daily overdue fines

Lost item status and fines after 30 days overdue; replacement fines will be waived when item(s) are returned, processing fines will not be waived for graduate (M/LS and thesis) students

 

Current Lake Forest College undergraduate students:

Unlimited borrowing (books & government documents)

Loan period of three weeks

Ten renewals allowed

No daily overdue fines

Lost item status and fines after 30 days overdue; replacement fines will be waived when item(s) are returned, processing fines will not be waived

Lake Forest College Alumni and Lake Forest & Lake Bluff public library patrons:

Ten items may be borrowed total (books & government documents)

Loan period of three weeks

Ten renewals allowed per item

No daily overdue fines

Lost item status and fines after 30 days overdue; replacement fines will be waived when item(s) are returned, processing fines will not be waived

May not borrow media items (CDs, DVDs, and videos)

Faculty, staff, emeritus faculty & trustees:

Unlimited borrowing (videos, DVDs, CDs)

Loan period of one week

Two renewals allowed

No daily overdue fines

Lost item status and fines after 30 days overdue; fines and fees will be waived when item(s) are returned

Reserve items may be borrowed with permission of all relevant instructors

Current Lake Forest College undergraduate & graduate students:

Up to two videos or DVDs at one time (no CDs allowed)

Loan period of three days

No renewals allowed

Overdue fine of $1.00 per day per item (up to $10 per item) with 24-hour grace period

Lost item status and fines after 10 days overdue; replacement fines will be waived when item(s) are returned, processing fines will not be waived

Overdue fines will not be waived

Reserve items may not be borrowed

Course Reserves, Permanent Reserves, Rooms and Supplies

All items in the categories below can be checked out at the Donnelley and Lee Library Circulation Desk (photo ID required).  Items that are on reserve for less than one full day may not be removed from the library.

 

Course Reserve Materials - Various lending periods

Instructors may place course materials on reserve in the library. The loan period for these items is generally 2 hours. A patron may request to extend the loan period if needed for viewing a single DVD or video with a running time greater than 120 minutes. Occasionally, items may have a 1-day, 2-day or 3-day loan period - this will be noted on the item. An instructor that has placed an item on reserve may borrow that item through the end of the term. If more than one instructor places the same item on reserve, the loan period then defaults to 2-hours for all borrowers.

 

Permanent Reserve - 2-hour loan period

This includes material such as high-demand journals (The Economist, Vanity Fair, etc.) and newspapers (including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal).

 

Study Rooms - 2-hour loan period

Lake Forest College Students may check out a key for study room on a first-come, first served basis. When the student is done using the study room, all dry-erase writing surfaces must erased, and any furniture that has been moved must be returned to its original location.

 

Viewing Rooms - 2-hour loan period (exceptions noted)

Lake Forest College Students, Faculty and Staff may check out a key for a viewing room on a first-come, first served basis. Exception: a patron may request to extend the loan period if necessary to view a single DVD or video with a running time greater than 120 minutes. When the student is done using the viewing room, all equipment and lights must be turned off, and any furniture that has been moved must be returned to its original location.

 

Supplies - 2-hour loan period

The following supplies are available for Lake Forest Students, Faculty and Staff to check out: headphones, calculators, rulers, protractors, dry erase markers, and Internet cables.

 

 

Other patron groups, including alumni, participating I-Share institution patrons, community patrons, and non-affiliated patrons:

No borrowing of media permitted.   No borrowing of curriculum collection materials permitted.

Non-Circulating Materials

The following items do not circulate to any patron group:
periodicals and bound journals, reference materials, microfilm, archives and special collections materials, and reserve items.

Lost or Damaged Items

Please refer to our page on Library Fines and Fees.

For contact information and details about fines and fees from other I-Share libraries, please consult CARLI's page.

Use of the Library

Anyone may use the libraries at Lake Forest College for study, research, and in-house use of the general collections, periodicals and journals, government documents collection (including electronic government documents and public workstations), and special collections and archives.

Viewing rooms for media may be used by community patrons provided no Lake Forest College patron needs one.

We encourage visitors to search the library's catalog, or to call the Reference Desk at (847) 735-5074 before you visit.

Some library databases are proprietary and may be used by Lake Forest College affiliated patrons only.

For more information on use of the library, see: Who May Use the Library?