Hege Library Patron Policies
Hege Library serves a number of different patron groups in addition to its primary patron group of Guilford students, faculty and staff. The groups and the lending policies are as follows:
Guilford College Students - Lending Periods
| Books | 30 days during regular semesters |
| Renewals | 2 |
| Juvenile Books | 14 days (1 renewal) |
| Overdue limit (record blocked) | 5 books |
| Lost book replacement fee | $55.00 per item |
| Lost book processing fee (non-refundable) | $20.00 per item |
| CDs | 14 days |
| Renewals | 1 |
| Lost CD replacement fee | $35.00 per item |
| Lost book processing fee (non-refundable) | $20.00 per item |
| Videotapes and DVDs | 14 days |
| Renewals | 1 |
| Lost video replacement fee | $75.00 per item |
| Lost video processing fee (non-refundable) | $20.00 per item |
| Reserve Materials | |
| "In-house" reserves * | 3 hours |
| "Overnight" reserves | 10:30 p.m. until 9 a.m. next day |
| Overdue reserves fines | 50 cents per hour |
*In-house reserves includes library laptop computers. A Quaker card is required for borrowing laptops.
| Recalled Items | |
| Recalled items due: | |
* Books |
2 weeks |
* 7-day items |
1 week |
| Fines for overdue recall items | $1.00 per day |
Guilford College Faculty - Lending Periods
| Books | One semester |
| Summer terms until September 15 | |
| Renewals | 2 |
| Juvenile Books | 14 days (1 renewal) |
| Overdue limit (record blocked) | 10 books |
| Lost book replacement fee | $55.00 per item |
| Lost book processing fee (non-refundable) | $20.00 per item |
| CDs | 14 days |
| Renewals | 1 |
| Lost CD replacement fee | $35.00 per item |
| Lost book processing fee (non-refundable) | $20.00 per item |
| Videotapes and DVDs | 14 days |
| Renewals | 1 |
| Lost video replacement fee | $75.00 per item |
| Lost video processing fee (non-refundable) | $20.00 per item |
| Reserve Materials | |
| "In-house" reserves * | 3 hours |
| "Overnight" reserves | 10:30 p.m. until 9 a.m. next day |
| Overdue reserves fines | 50 cents per hour |
*In-house reserves includes library laptop computers. A Quaker card is required for borrowing laptops.
| Recalled Items | |
| Recalled items due: | |
* Books |
2 weeks |
* 7-day items |
1 week |
| Fines for overdue recall items | $1.00 per day |
Non-Guilford Patrons / Friends of the Library / Guest Patrons
PALS Consortium Institution's faculty and students - Bennett, Greensboro, and Salem College, and Salem Academy are permitted to borrow circulating materials by requesting items through the PALS system or by presenting current ID cards at the desk. The Consortium rules limit borrowing to a total of 15 items at one time from all Consortium schools and allow one renewal per item.
Faculty and Students from Triad Academic Libraries may borrow most circulating items (some AV materials excluded). See TALA borrowing information for additional details and a full list of institutions.
Members of Friends of the Guilford College Library who have made an annual donation of $50 or more ($25.00 for senior citizens or Guilford Alumni) receive borrowing privileges that allow them to borrow up to ten books at one time. They may also borrow other circulating materials like CD's, videos, recordings and Juvenile books. Retired Guilford College faculty members receive the same privileges as the Guests of Hege Library. Residents of Friends Homes at Guilford may also apply and receive limited library borrowing privileges from Hege Library.
Members of the groups above are subject to the same regulations and fines that apply to all library patrons.
