Library
Card
- Any major gift
donor (someone who has contributed $1,000 or more within a fiscal year) can get a free borrowing card. (The University fiscal year runs from July through June.)
- Come by the Circulation Desk in Cooper Library or the Architecture Library to get one. Or you may submit the online application and your card will be mailed to you.
Check
out periods
Major gift donors may have 20 items at a time checked out.
| Materials |
Time Periods |
| Books* |
4
weeks |
| Popular
reading materials (books, audiobooks) |
4
for 4 weeks |
| Juvenile
books |
2
weeks |
| Videos |
3 days |
| DVDs |
3 days |
| Music CDs |
3 days |
* All books
subject to recall.
- To find out if
the library has a book, journal, CD, DVD, or other item, check the
online
catalog.
-
- Bring items for
checkout to the Circulation Desk in Cooper Library or the Architecture
Library. Up
to twenty books may be checked out at one time.
Renew
Items
- You may bring materials to the Circulation Desk in Cooper Library or the Architecture Library for renewal, or just your Library courtesy card. It is not necessary to have your books with you to have them renewed! You can also renew your books online through “Your Library Account”. You can log in with your courtesy card number. Only one renewal per check out period allowed.
Recall/Hold Items
If a book is checked-out, you may request a recall/hold using My Library Account. Log in, search the catalog for the item you you want to recall or hold, then click on the hold/recall button. The patron who has it is guaranteed two weeks, but must then return it. You will be notified when it is available. All books are subject to recall.
If you do not return a recalled item by the specified date, you will be charged $1.00 per day late fee and not be able to check out or recall anything else.
Holds can be submitted on Popular Reading items and books that are due in less than two weeks. When a book is placed on hold, the person who has it charged out cannot renew it. When the book is returned, it is then held for the next person on the hold list.
Please note that recall requests take precedence over hold requests.
Returning
Materials
- In the library
- Return materials
to the Circulation Desk in Cooper Library or the Architecture Library.
-
- Book drops
- Cooper Library
parking lots
- Outside the Architecture
Library in Lee Hall
At the Hendrix Student Center
Outside the Holmes building
- Mail to:
- Clemson University
Libraries
Circulation Desk
Campus Box 343001
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-3001
Be sure to allow sufficient time for books to arrive before the due
date.
Fines
| Materials |
Fines |
| Books |
25¢ per item per day |
| Popular
reading materials (books, audiobooks) |
25¢ per item per day |
| Videos and DVDs |
$1.00 per item per day |
| Music CDs |
$1.00 per item per day |
You will receive notification via email, if we have an email address on file. If not, you will receive notification of fines by mail. Please notify the library if your address changes
by using the change
of address form.
If you have questions about Cooper Library materials, fines or fees, please contact the Circulation desk at 864-656-1557. For questions involving Media fines please call the Media desk at 864-656-0402. You may also contact the Architecture desk at 864-656-3933 concerning Architecture Library materials.
If you lose or
damage a library item, you will be billed the cost of the item
($75 average) plus the overdue fines (25¢ per day per item)
and the processing fee ($25). You will receive a bill for any material
that is 45 days overdue. If the item is found within six months, you will be reimbursed the fees but not any overdue fines.
If you replace
a lost or damaged item, you will only be billed $8 plus any overdue
fines. If you have questions about how to replace an item, please
contact the Circulation Desk in Cooper Library (864) 656-1557 or the
Architecture Library (864) 656-3393.
Outstanding bills
are submitted to a collection agency. Additional fees or charges
may be assessed.
The Confidential Library Records Act (South Carolina Code of Law 60-4-10) that was passed by the South Carolina Legislature and signed by the Governor on May 22, 1985 states that it is unlawful to disclose Library records "which by themselves or when examined with other public records would reveal the identity of the library patron checking out or requesting an item from the library or using other library services..."
However the records of library materials you borrow or use can be disclosed:
- to persons acting within the scope of their duties in the administration of the library or library system
- persons authorized, in writing, by the library patron to inspect their personal records
- in accordance with proper judicial order
- in compliance with the USA PATRIOT (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act of 2001 (PL 107-56) regarding terrorist activities
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