Lehman Library Circulation Policies
You must have a current valid Columbia or affiliate ID to receive borrowing privileges.
| LOAN PERIODS* |
| Regular Circulation |
- Undergraduate students and staff: 4 weeks
- Officers, Ph.D. students, and graduate students: Semester loan
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Reserves Circulation
(same for all borrowers) |
- Last copies: 2 hour intervals until 2 hours before library closes. At that time circulate overnight, due back 1 hour after library opens the next day.
- Extra copies: After 6pm weekdays, due 10am the following day.
- After 3pm Fridays and all weekend hours, due 10am Monday
(subject to change over holidays and intersessions).
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| *All circulating items may be recalled by another patron or for course reserves. |
| FINES |
| Regular Circulation |
Reserves |
Recalled Items |
| 25 cents per calendar day, up to a maximum of $7.50 |
$1.00 an hour for each hour the item is overdue, up to a maximum of $50. |
$1.00 for each calendar day that a recalled item is overdue, up to a maximum of $30; borrowing privileges blocked. |
| An additional $75 fee is charged after 45 days to replace the item. |
An additional $75 fee is charged after 7 days to replace the item. |
| ANY BORROWER WITH MORE THAN $299 IN FINES OR REPLACEMENT FEES WILL HAVE BORROWING PRIVILEGES SUSPENDED AT ALL COLUMBIA LIBRARIES. |
SPECIAL MATERIALS
- Current and bound periodicals circulate for 2 hours. No overnight or weekend loans.
- Newspapers do not circulate.
- Maps (depository and non-depository) do not circulate.
- U.S. Government Documents collection and South Asian Language material adheres to the regular circulation periods stated above.
- Reference material (any item with a gold or red star on the spine) does not circulate.
- Videos on reserve circulate for 1 week.
- Slavic microfilm may be used only by special arrangement with the Slavic Bibliographer in room 206.
- Microfilm and microfiche do not circulate.
- Tibetan Material: a key for room 210.1 can be checked out at the circulation desk. Bound volumes adhere to the regular circulation periods stated above; boxed, unbound materials do not circulate.
All materials may be returned to the BOOK DROP in the lobby outside of the main entrance when the library is closed.
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