Circulation Policy

East Georgia College students, staff, and faculty are the Library's primary borrowers. Students affiliated with any other institution in the University System also qualify for borrowing privileges in accordance with the same policies governing the East Georgia College Library users. The Library encourages borrowing of its resources by residents of the college's 14-county service area. Patrons under the age of 18 must have a guardian present to check out material.

The Library prefers that all East Georgia College students present a current ID card to check out material. In lieu of the ID card, students whose names are listed on the college's automation system as presently enrolled may present some other type of identification (e.g., driver's license) to qualify for borrowing privileges. All other individuals wishing to circulate books must provide current photo identification.

Works in the general collection circulate for 28 days and video works are loaned for 3 days. Loose periodicals circulate overnight. Reference titles circulate for abbreviated time at the discretion of library staff. Fines will accrue on overdue materials.

Material in the Library is cataloged and classified using the Library of Congress classification system. Library material is retrieved by making use of our OPAC accessed through the GALILEO homepage.

Students and faculty can request materials not held in our collection by making use of Interlibrary Loan. Loans may be requested either through GIL Express, a cooperative interlibrary loan program within the University System of Georgia, or via OCLC World Resource Sharing/ILL. Items requested via ILL must be required for academic assignments or scholarly research.

As a member of the University System of Georgia, the Library is offered a full range of resources, including online access to the catalogs of every library within the system, as well as selected public and private libraries within the state. The Library is a full participant in the GALILEO database systems as offered to USG institutions.

The Library circulates material at all times when the facility is open. Books may be returned directly to the Library or at the outside book-drop. Videos and periodicals should be returned directly to the library.

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