Fine & Lending Policies
Borrowing
If you are a UW-Green Bay student, faculty, or staff member, your UW-Green Bay ID is your library card; please bring it with you to check out materials. If you are from another UW school or are a Wisconsin resident, please bring your UW ID or NEW ERA card to the 3rd floor desk to check out materials. For more information on these forms of ID, see Services for Visitors page.
For our full circulation policy, please see our policy document.
Loan Periods
| Item type | Undergraduate students | Faculty, staff, and graduate students | Community members and UW borrowers |
|---|---|---|---|
Books (General collection) | 28 days | Semester | 28 days |
Media (CDs, DVDs, Vinyl, VHS) | 14 days | 14 days | 14 days |
Laptops | 14 days | 14 days | N/A |
Other technology equipment | 7 days | 7 days | N/A |
Board games, dice, RPGs, and maps | 7 days | 7 days | N/A |
Media room remotes, headphones, calculators, | 1 day | 1 day | 1 day |
Video game consoles and video games | 1 day | 1 day | N/A |
Reserves | Determined per item | Determined per item | N/A |
Renewals
| Item type | Undergraduate students and community members | Faculty, staff, and graduate students |
|---|---|---|
Books (General collection), board games, dice, and RPGs | Two renewals | Three renewals |
Media (CDs, DVDs, Vinyl, VHS) | One renewal | One renewal |
Laptops and other equipment, reserves, video games and consoles | No renewals | No renewals |
Number of Checkouts
UW faculty, staff and students are not limited to a number of checkouts except on equipment. Equipment is limited to one of each type of item. Community members are limited to 10 items. Equipment is available for current UW-Green Bay faculty, staff, and student checkout only.
Borrower’s Responsibilities
- Borrowers are responsible for items checked out to them.
- Borrowers are responsible for renewing or returning items by their due date.
- Borrowers who lose or damage items will be responsible for overdue and replacement fees.
Fines & Overdue Fees
Item due notices are sent out by email the day the item is due. If an item is returned late or damaged, there may be replacement costs, processing charges, and/or overdue fees associated with it. Students, faculty and staff with fines of $200 or more will be blocked from further check out privileges. Community patrons are blocked at $5 of fines.
| Item type | Overdue charge | Replacement cost |
|---|---|---|
| Books (General collection) | N/A | $100 |
| Equipment, video games and consoles | $5 per day, maximum of $15 | Actual cost of item |
| Board games, dice, and RPGs | $5 per day, maximum of $15 | Actual cost of item |
| Reserves – 1, 3, 7, and 28 day | $5 per day, maximum of $15 | $100 |
| Reserves – 3 hour | $5 per hour, maximum of $15 | $100 |
| Reservable room keys | $5 per hour, maximum of $15 | $100 |
Fine Appeal
You may submit a fine appeal within 28 calendar days from the fine notice. To submit an appeal, fill out the UW-Green Bay Libraries Fines Appeal Form through one of the options provided below. Notices are sent to your UW-Green Bay email address. Appeals will be answered within two weeks from the date submitted. Decisions are based on a statement provided by the patron, the patron’s library record, previous appeals made by the patron, the total amount due on the account, and any other relevant information. It is very important to be specific with details of the appeal. All reasonable concerns related to library charges will be considered.
The following are NOT reasons on which an appeal may be based:
- Lack of understanding of library circulation policies
- Non-receipt of notice
- Forgetting due dates
- Disagreement with the library fine/fee structure
- Inability to pay fines/fees
- Materials loaned to a third party
- Materials returned to the wrong library
- Being out of town
The decision made by the library is final and binding. If you wish to appeal a library fine, fill out the online Library Fines Appeal form.