Borrowing Policy
Overdue Items
- The library does not charge daily overdue fines for items past due, however,
- Replacement costs will be billed to your account for long overdue items. Borrowing privileges will be suspended until all long overdue items are returned or replacement costs are paid.
- Items are considered long overdue at:
- Standard Circulation: 30 days
- All other items: 7 days
- Replacement costs for items more than 60 days past due may be refunded at the library’s discretion.
Loan Periods
- Standard Circulation: 6 weeks (90 days for employees)
- Textbooks: 7 days
- Videos, Video Games, and Board Games: 7 days
- Media Equipment and Cameras: 7 days
- Reserves: 4 hours or 3 days, as marked
- Reference: 24 hours
Renewals
- Cameras and Reference do not renew.
- There is a 2 renewal limit for all other items.
- Items are renewed automatically if no one else needs them.
- Items with a hold or recall cannot be renewed.
Other Policies
- Employees and students are limited to 50 items on loan at one time. Affiliate (guest) borrowers are limited to 10 General Collection items on loan at one time.
- Overdue notices are sent to the email address the library has on file (typically your NU email address). You are responsible for updating your contact information with the library. Please note that whether you receive an overdue notice or not, you are still responsible for returning on time all materials that have been checked out on your library card.
- NU students at the Kirkland Campus are eligible for borrowing privileges at King County Library System with a current NU ID card and another form of ID showing date of birth.
- The NU Library reserves the right to limit, suspend, or revoke the borrowing privileges and library services of any patron who abuses or misuses library privileges.
- You can return by mail to: Northwest University Library, PO BOX 579, Kirkland, WA 98083-0579
