Borrowing Basics

Library facilities and services are open to all students, faculty, staff and community users free of charge. Spokane Community College (SCC) and Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC) students, faculty or staff may check out library materials with a valid college identification card. Guests or community users may check out library materials with a guest library card. 

• College ID Card: At SCC, cards are available at the Registration Office, Bldg. 15.   

• Guest Library Card: These are issued at the SCC library circulation desk. 

When you apply for a college ID card or guest library card, you must show a current copy of one of these documents:  

• Washington State Driver's License 

• State ID 

• Military ID 

You Should Also Know 

• Children under the age of 18 may not apply for a library card unless they are registered students enrolled in an SCC credit class. 

• Minor-age children must be accompanied by an adult to use the libraries. 

• Library patrons are responsible for all items checked out to their library card and are responsible for notifying the library if their card is lost or stolen. 

Check-Out Time Limits 

All library materials are checked out at the circulation desk. Renewals may be requested for items online, in person or by phone by calling SCC at 509-533-8255 or SFCC at 509-533-3805. You must provide your student ID or guest library card number when calling for renewal. 

If a library book is checked out, a “Hold” can be placed on it.  We will notify you when the book is available for checkout. 

Sorry, but no holds or reservations can be placed on library technology that circulates, including laptops, internet hotspots, and cameras.  

Spokane Community College (SCC) Students and Employees 

• Maximum items on loan: 40 

• Maximum items claimed returned:10   

Community Users Loan Periods 

• Videos or DVDs:  Two per card 

• Books: Five per card 

• Magazines: Five per card   

Community users are not eligible to check out equipment or items from the Library of Things, and may only check out five items total. 

Loan Periods for Specific Materials 

Faculty may ask you to read material they have placed on “Reserve.”  Reserve items may include: 

• Instructor’s personal material 

• Library-owned materials 

• Photocopies of articles 

• Other materials in high demand like textbooks 

Materials on reserve are in high demand and short loan periods help make the material available to all members of the class. 

In order to allow everyone to use reserve material: 

• Only two items may be checked out at one time.     

• No hold or renewals are allowed on reserve items.

• Most short-term loans are available for in-library use only.

Ask for reserve items at the library circulation desk. 

You are responsible for all items checked out on your ID/library card. Library fines may be assessed for items returned damaged. Fines will be assessed for items that are not returned.

Fine Types

The library charges no overdue fines. We appreciate on-time returns as it allows others to use library materials without long waiting periods.
 

Unreturned Items

In the library system, unreturned items are given “lost item” status and a “lost item replacement fine” is assessed. This status is automatically applied to overdue items at a designated amount of time past the due date. The amount of time varies per item.

If you paid for a lost item but locate it and return it, the library refunds the replacement charge.

Equipment checkout privileges are blocked for those owing more than $120 to the library.

Library of Things items’ replacement costs are listed on the Library of Things webpage.