Reserve Policies and Use -- Students

• How to Find Reserve Books
• Loan Periods-Reserves
• Fines-Reserves
• Returning Reserve Books
• Renewals-Reserves
• Responsibilities of Patrons

• If you are searching by professor, please enter the instructor's last name.
• If you cannot locate your course by professor, please search by the course name. You must type Bothell or Cascadia before the course name.  You may also search by the course abbreviation.  
  Examples: 
  • Bothell Interdisciplinary Studies 349 or BIS 349
  • Cascadia Spanish 102 or CCCSPAN 102
• Click on the link for your course.
• The course reserves page will list the books on reserve with the current availability for each item.  Items with a location of Bothell/CCC Reserve and an "available" status should be shelved in the open reserves area on the first floor of the Campus Library by call number order; high demand materials are shelved in the closed reserve stacks behind the Information Commons Desk.   Items in use are noted with the date and time they are due back.  Write down the call numbers of the items you need and locate them in the appropriate area.  You may read the reserve book in the open reserves area or check out circulating reserve books at the Information Commons Desk with your current UW or Cascadia Community College student ID card.
• Media reserves (e.g. videos, DVDs, sound recordings) are available in the Campus Media Center on the second floor of the Campus Library.
• Please ask for assistance at the Information Commons Desk if you are having trouble locating a reserve book.  Additional circulating copies may be available at other UW branch libraries.

Short loan periods are assigned to optimize access to materials.  Most reserve books are on 72-hour reserve.  Shorter loan periods will be assigned to materials in high demand.  Other reserve loan periods include 2, 4, 24, and 168 hours.  Books marked as "library use only" may not leave the library. 

Each reserve book has a date due slip attached to the inside back cover indicating the loan period.  

Loan periods are fixed by the computer and cannot be changed.

Media reserve materials (videotapes, DVDs, cassettes, etc.) are available in the Campus Media Center and are generally library use only.

Reserve fines are set a a high level to motivate borrowers to return material on time for use by other patrons.  Fines apply all days and hours, even if the Campus Library is closed.

All reserve materials are due at a specific hour. Late fines will accrue for each hour items are overdue. 

Patrons are responsible for knowing the date and time items are due back. The date due slip attached to the inside back cover of each item is stamped with this information. 

Overdue fines for reserve materials accrue at $2.50 for the first hour, then 50-cents per hour thereafter up to a $30 maximum for each item. After the $30 maximum charge, a replacement cost is added.  Once an item is 57 hours overdue, a bill for replacement is produced during the next scheduled printing of bills.

Unpaid library fines may result in the blocking of registration, graduation, transcripts and other sanctions.   For payment of fines, please click here.  If you feel you received a fine in error, please contact the Information Commons Desk.

When the Campus Library is open, all reserve books must be returned to the Information Commons Desk.   Reserve fines may accrue if materials are placed in the after-hours book drop when the library is open. 

When the library is closed, reserve books may be placed in the after-hours book drops located directly outside the Campus Library or on Campus Way NE near the Library Annex.

Do not return UWB/CCC reserve books to another library on the Seattle or Tacoma Campus.  Reserve materials returned to these campuses are mailed back via campus mail and are not checked in until they reach the UWB/CCC Campus Library.  Large reserve fines will be charged for overdue materials.

If you are using reserve materials in-house, you may return them to the Reserve Returns Box located in the open reserves area.  This box is for returning reserve materials which have not been checked out.

Please do not re-shelve reserve materials.  

Reserve books may not be renewed.

If a reserve book is needed longer, you must bring it to the Information Commons Desk.  Library staff will check in and check the book back out.

Reserve books are typically in high demand and may not be held or reserved for an individual student.

If a reserve book is constantly checked out when you need it, please search the UW Libraries Catalog for additional circulating copies or contact the Information Commons Desk for assistance.

Patrons checking out materials are responsible for the following:

• Locating materials in the UW Libraries Catalog
• Knowing when reserve items are due
• Understanding the UW Libraries' fine policies

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