INFORMATION FOR
| Lending Services | Reserves Information | Use of Other Libraries |
The following do not circulate and must be used in the Library: Reference materials, maps, Special Collections, periodicals, microforms; as well as, textbooks, curriculum guides and teaching aids from the Curriculum Materials Department.
You may renew library materials one time prior to the due date.
Overdue material must be brought to the Lending Services desk for renewal.
Items not eligible for renewal:
For further information, please call Lending Services 973-720-3180 or email renewals@wpunj.edu
Using the Online Catalog
By Telephone
By Email
In Person
If an item is checked out to another borrower, students, faculty or staff of William Paterson University may ask that it be held for them when returned. A notice will be sent when the item becomes available.
A book may be recalled if requested by another patron or needed for course reserve. The current borrower will receive a notice that the item is needed. If deemed necessary the Library may shorten the item's current loan period to make it available to the next borrower. Fines may be charged if the material is not returned promptly. Stop by the Lending Services desk to place a hold or recall on an item currently checked out to someone else.
When the Library is open, please return materials directly at the Lending Services departments. When the Library is closed, two book drops are available outside the front doors. These outside drops are emptied and locked at the beginning of each work day. For your convenience, a book drop is available in Room 1005 in Valley Road Building.
Fines continue to accrue the longer you keep an item overdue. You are responsible for any overdue fines once materials are returned. Fines for overdue materials are collected as follows: $.25 per day for books; $1.00 per day for AV materials; and $5.00 per hour for Reserve materials. Maximum overdue fines are $20.00 per item, except for Reserve materials for which the maximum fine is $100.00 per item. If fines are not paid within 90 days, we will place a HOLD on your student Banner account until these obligations are resolved.
If materials are not returned within 90 days of the due date, you will be billed for the replacement costs and charged a non-negotiable processing fee of $15.00 per item. Contact the Lending Services department for the actual replacement cost, which varies by material type. After 90 days, your borrowing privileges will be suspended and we will place a HOLD on your student Banner account until the obligations are resolved. After six months, we will submit your name to the New Jersey State collection agency which will deduct fees from your New Jersey state income tax refunds and homestead rebate.
Borrowers are responsible for all materials charged out on their record and will be required to pay the replacement cost and a non-negotiable processing fee of $15.00 per item for each lost or damaged item. Replacements costs vary by type of item. Please contact Lending Services for specific item and replacement cost information.