For CT State Community College students, faculty and staff, the college ID card serves as your library card. A Library card is required for guests to borrow. Any Connecticut resident 15 years of age or older with ID containing both name and address may be issued a library card. Children under 15 who are currently enrolled in a Manchester campus college program may be issued a library card with the consent of a parent or guardian.
Individual borrowers of library materials and equipment are responsible for the prompt return of items loaned to them in the same physical condition as received. The privilege of borrowing is a personal one and may not be transferred. If a library card is lost or stolen, it must be reported immediately to the library staff. If library material is damaged, missing, lost or stolen, borrowers are responsible for any assessed replacement costs.
Books and Audiobooks: 3 weeks with a 2-week renewal on or before the due date. Current MCC faculty and staff may borrow books in the New Books or Stacks location for 120 days with one 120-day renewal.
Best Sellers: 2 weeks, no renewals.
DVDs and Compact Discs: 1 week with a 1-week renewal on or before the due date.
Laptops/WiFi Hotspots: Will be loaned to approved MCC students for the entire semester, no renewals.
iPads: Students: 2-days, no renewals; Faculty & Staff: 1-week, no renewals.
Periodicals Issues: 7-days with a 7-day renewal on or before the due date.
Reserve Materials: Loan period vary. Reserve items that circulate outside of the library may be renewed only if there is another circulating copy of the same item on the shelf. All other reserve items may not be renewed.
MCC students may have up to 10 items checked out at any one time.
MCC faculty and staff may have up to 20 items checked out at any one time.
Community borrowers may have up to 5 items checked out at any one time.
The Library does not charge overdue fines for most materials, but there are a few exceptions noted below.
Overdue reserve materials (textbooks, etc.) are $5 per day, up to a maximum of $20 per item.
Overdue iPads, Photography equipment, and WiFi hotspots are $5 per day, up to a maximum of $20.
Overdue laptops are $ 5 per day, up to a maximum of $30.
Courtesy notices will be sent to MCC students, faculty and staff via college email 1 day before item(s) are due. For guest borrowers, notices will be sent to the personal email address the Library has on file.
If borrowed library material is lost or damaged, the borrower is responsible for all replacement costs, including a $10 processing fee for each item.
Students with unpaid fines or bills for lost/damaged materials may be blocked from registering for further courses or from receiving their degree. As soon as the materials are returned, or the bill is paid, the charge will be removed from the borrower’s account.
Any one of the following problems on a patron’s library account may result in the suspension of borrowing privileges:
1 lost item
2 overdue items
$10 or more in fines and/or fees
A blocked borrower will not be permitted to borrow materials, unless the materials are returned, or the bill is paid. Textbooks on reserve may still be borrowed by students with lost or missing items, but are not permitted to leave the library.