Please use your OCID when checking out materials.
Loan periods and fines vary by the format of the material and the current demand for the item. In general, the following rules apply:
| Type of material | Loan period | Fine rate |
| Books, Scores & Government Publications | ||
| Regular | length of semester | not fined unless recalled |
| Recreational Reading (McNaughton books) | 3 weeks | $0.50/day |
| Faculty Publications | 3 weeks | $0.50/day |
| Seminar (Conservatory) | 3 days | not fined unless recalled |
| Reserves | varies, ask at check-out | $2.00/hour or portion thereof (more on hourly fines) |
| Bound periodicals | ||
| Art Library | library use only | n/a |
| Conservatory Library | 3 days | $1.00/day |
| Main Library | 3 weeks |
$1.00/day |
| Science Library | 1 week | $1.00/day |
| Unbound periodicals | ||
| Art Library | library use only | n/a |
| Conservatory Library | 1 day | n/a |
| Main Library | 1 day | $5.00 |
| Science Library | 1 week | $1.00/day |
| Microforms | library use only | n/a |
|---|---|---|
| Sound Recordings | library use only | $2.00/hour or portion thereof (more on hourly fines) |
| Videos/DVDs | ||
| Art Library | circulating: 1 week non-circulating: library use only |
$3.00/day n/a |
| Conservatory Library | library use only | $2.00/hour or portion thereof (more on hourly fines) |
| Main and Science Libraries | 1 week | $3.00/day |
| Reserves | varies, ask at check-out | $2.00/hour or portion thereof (more on hourly fines) |
| Laptop computers and accessories | varies, ask at check-out | $5.00/item/hour or portion thereof (more on hourly fines) |
| iPads | 3 days | $10.00/item/day |
| OhioLINK/SearchOhio books | 3 weeks | $0.50/day; billed after 30 days overdue |
| OhioLINK/SearchOhio media materials | 1 week | $0.50/day; billed after 30 days overdue |
Students must return or renew all overdue materials before they may enroll each semester.
Students who leave Oberlin without returning library materials will be billed for the cost of replacement and processing. Students may also face honor code and/or judicial charges for consistent disregard for library policies, lack of response to library notices, or other actions that interfere with others' use of the collection.