Circulation Policies

Hours | Loan Periods and Fines | Laptop Checkout | Reserves | Print, Copy, Scan

Loan Periods and Fines

Jereld R. Nicholson Library - McMinnville campus

Students (regular program)

Books/CDs/Scores: 6-week checkout period/$0.50 per day overdue
Videos: 6-day checkout period/$0.50 per day overdue
2-hour reserves: $1 per hour overdue
4-hour reserves: $1 per hour overdue
1-day reserves: $2 per hour overdue
3-day reserves: $2 per hour overdue
Replacement cost: $75 + $20 overdue fine

Online and Continuing Education program students

Books/CDs/Scores: 6-week checkout period/$0.50 per day overdue
Replacement cost: $75 +$20 overdue fine

Faculty/Emeriti:

Books/CDs/Scores: 6-month checkout period
Videos: 28-day checkout period
Reserves: 2 hours, 4 hours, 1 day or 3 days
Replacement cost: $75 + $20 overdue fine

Administrators/Staff:

Books/CDs/Scores: 6-month checkout period
Videos: 28-day checkout period
Replacement cost: $75 + $20 overdue fine

Yamhill County residents:

As a Yamhill County resident, you can get a library card by presenting a valid driver’s license or other government-issued ID showing a current address.

Books/CDs/Scores: 6-week checkout period/$0.50 per day overdue
Videos: 6-day checkout period/$0.50 per day overdue
Replacement cost: $75 + $20 overdue fine

Portland campus

Students (regular program)

Books/CDs/Scores: 6-week checkout period/$0.50 per day overdue
Videos: 6-day checkout period/$0.50 per day overdue
2-hour reserves: $1 per hour overdue
4-hour reserves: $1 per hour overdue
1-day reserves: $2 per hour overdue
3-day reserves: $2 per hour overdue
1-week reserves: $1 per hour overdue
Replacement cost: $75 + $20 overdue fine

Online and Continuing Education program students

Books: 6-week checkout period/$0.50 per day overdue

Faculty, Administrators/Staff:

Books: 6-month checkout period

Summit borrowing

Limited to:
- Linfield University community: Requires CatNet ID
- Students, faculty and staff of other Summit institutions: Must first fill out Summit Borrowing form at either library
Most items: 6-week checkout period, no renewals
Videos: 6-day checkout period
Late fee: $0.50 per day
Replacement cost: $75 + $20 overdue fine

Laptop checkout - Nicholson Library only

Mac laptops are available and may be borrowed from the circulation desk located at the entrance of Nicholson Library for use within the library. To borrow a laptop you must be currently enrolled at or employed by Linfield University (student, faculty or staff) with a VALID Linfield ID card.

More information and details.

Reserves

The reserves system at the Linfield Libraries allows students to read required materials for a particular class. Faculty members may place either their own personal copy or a library book on reserve. They may also place photocopies of journal articles or past exams on reserve for two-hour checkout periods. Faculty are responsible for loading digitized documents to their Blackboard courses.

Library staff can support faculty with the digitization of documents. Please e-mail your digitization requests to library-circulation@linfield.edu.

To place physical materials on reserve, fill out a Reserve Request Form for the McMinnville or Portland campus and return it with your materials to the Circulation Desk in the appropriate library. (Note to faculty: see Library Copyright Policy for Reserves, Section III: Exceptions to Copyright Law, p. 5 of the PDF).

For scans and physical articles on reserve, materials should conform to the following guidelines:

Photocopies must be on letter-size, single-sided white paper.
Photocopies should be clean and sharp, without underlining or highlighting.
A full bibliographic citation must be included on the first page of the material.
Whenever possible, either landscape or portrait mode should be maintained throughout.
Documents submitted electronically must be in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or PDF format and should be emailed to library-circulation@linfield.edu. A hard copy of a Reserve Request Form must be submitted to the circulation desk before any processing can take place.

You can find out what is on reserve for a particular class by visiting Course Reserve Readings. Search by keyword, professor or course name/number.

Fines for overdue reserve materials are:

2-hour reserves: $1 per hour overdue
4-hour reserves: $1 per hour overdue
1-day reserves: $2 per hour overdue
3-day reserves: $2 per hour overdue
1-week reserves: $1 per hour overdue