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The College’s Library Planning Committee has recommended several changes to Library circulation policy, including a check-out limit of 50 books at a time per person.

The rationale for the change is that books kept out for prolonged periods are unavailable to other faculty and students. Currently, 52 library users have more than 50 items checked out, 14 users have more than 100 items checked out, and one individual has 493 items.

The Committee also raised the issue of long-overdue DVDs, a problem exacerbated by the absence of fines. As an alternative to fines, the Committee recommended prohibiting further DVD check-out to those with overdue DVDs and limiting faculty to 5 DVDs at a time (student limit is 3).

If you have feedback on any of these policy recommendations, please contact Lynn Sutton.