About us: Policies

General

• Place phones on vibrate or turn off.
• Step outside the library to use your phone.
• Computers, study rooms, and study tables are first come, first served. They may not be reserved.
• Groups of two or more have priority for study room use. Individual users may use a room, but if all rooms are occupied and a group requests one, individuals may be asked to vacate.
• Athens Technical College students, staff and faculty have priority over community users in the use of computers, study spaces and assistance.

Borrowing

Students may keep books for 4 weeks, with 2 renewals as long is there are no holds on the item.
Students may keep DVDs for 3 days.
Laptops and external webcams are available for 2-hour in-library use. 

Students with overdue books may have a hold placed on their student record that will affect registration, financial aid, grades, and graduation status.

Faculty and staff may keep books for 90 days; popular books for 4 weeks. 

Fines and fees

Overdue: $.25 per day 

If an overdue book is recalled, the $1.00 per day charge begins the date the book was recalled.

Failure to return items on reserve:  $.50 per day 

Lost materials: $35 non-refundable processing fee in addition to the cost of replacing the item.

Copyright

The Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or any other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying or printing order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.

For more information, visit the U.S. Copyright Office Copyright Law of the United States

Technology Nest policies

Collection development policy

Procedures