Library Cards
- Your student ID or employee ID card is your library card. Please bring it with you
to check out items. LCC ID cards may be obtained in the Admissions Center Building
(ADC), Room 151, next to Advising.
- Community members wishing to sign up for a library card must present two pieces of currently dated identification with current address, one of which must
be a photo ID.
- Students and faculty currently associated with a Washington State Community and Technical College other than LCC may obtain Community Cards through our Reciprocal Borrowing program.
Library Card Privileges
- Books may be borrowed for 21 days.
- Materials from the Reserve Collection are for LCC student use only and are loaned
for periods set by the course instructor. Students are limited to two reserve items.
Reserve items are not renewable.
- DVDs may be borrowed for 3 days. DVDs are not renewable.
- Reference materials, periodicals, atlases, and some Reserve Collection materials are
for library use only.
- Headphones are available for students and LCC employees, and are for library use only.
- Chromebooks are available to currently enrolled students and LCC employees.
- Faculty may check materials out for longer periods.
- Community users may borrow up to five items at a time and do not have renewal privileges.
Library Fines
We no longer charge overdue fines, however we do charge a lost & replacement fee for
each item that is lost or damaged. The fee amount is determined by the assessed value of the item. You may not borrow materials if you owe the Library $5.00 or more in unpaid fees.
If you lose library materials, you are responsible for paying the replacement fee.
Books, paperbacks:
- Replacement fee: $10-$100 per item
- How many days before I'm charged a lost & replacement fee? 4 days
DVDs:
- Replacement fee: $10-$100 per item
- How many days before I'm charged a lost & replacement fee? 1 hour
Reserve materials which circulate for 24 hours or less:
- Replacement fee: $10-$200 per item
- How many days before I'm charged a lost & replacement fee? 1 hour
Reserve materials which circulate for over 24 hours:
- Replacement cost: anywhere from $10-$200 per item
- How many days before I'm charged a lost & replacement fee? 1 hour
Users are charged replacement fees for each item lost or damaged.
For materials which are no longer in print:
- The user will be charged the original cost of the item plus a $5.00 out-of-print service
fee.