Borrowing Policies CSU Patrons

Eligibility

  • Must be a current CSU Faculty, Staff, or Student
  • Must have physical or digital ID from another CSU campus

Loan Limits

  • May have up to 20 items checked out at any given time

Requesting Items

  • May request items from the CSUSM general collection 
  • May request items from other CSU collections (CSU+) 

Loan Periods

  • CSUSM General Collection materials and CSU+ – 16 weeks
  • CSUSM Library Reserves, CSUSM Library Equipment, and CSUSM Game Collection – not available for checkout
  • Interlibrary Loan (ILL) – not available. CSU Patrons must request ILL materials from home campus. 

Renewals

  • CSUSM General Collection – one 16-week renewal
  • CSU+ items – no renewals

Overdue, Lost, & Damaged items

Overdues

  • CSUSM General Collection & CSU+ – no overdue fees

Lost/Billed and Damaged Items*

Overdue Items are billed and considered “lost” 14 days after due date. A $10 non-refundable billing fee is applied to each lost item.

  • CSUSM General Collection – actual replacement cost
  • CSU+ items – $90 lost replacement

*In some situations, a replacement copy may be accepted in lieu of the replacement cost, check with the Library Circulation Desk

Paying Fines and Fees

  • All payments for library fines must be made online.

Borrowing Policies