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Circulation Services is responsible for the loan and return of library materials, maintaining borrower records, overdue notices, fines and debt postings, reserve materials, interlibrary loans, and general collection maintenance.

Library Cards

Your Student Identification Card is your library card. These picture ID cards are obtained at the time of registration and are accepted at all Maricopa Community Colleges. IDs are valid for the current semester only. Present your current GCC picture ID at the circulation desk to be validated. ID cards are not transferable. Borrowers are responsible for any use of their library card, unless reported lost.

Community Borrower Cards

Maricopa County Residents over eighteen years of age who are not currently attending any of the Maricopa community colleges may obtain a Community Borrower card. See the Community Borrower webpage for details on services and restrictions.

Loan Periods

Checkout Procedure

A current student, staff or faculty ID, or a Community Borrower card, MUST be presented at the circulation counter to checkout ANY item. Student IDs may be obtained at the Enrollment Center.

Number of items

The total or maximum number of items a student can have checked out on his or her borrower record at one time is twenty (20). There is a limit of three (3) books on a single subject or collection. The limit on DVDs or VHS tapes is three (3).

Return of Materials

Book returns are located at the Circulation desk, outside the west door of the library, and on the drive on the east side of the campus just off of 59th Avenue and between the Music and Humanities buildings. Return reserve materials to the circulation desk.

Overdues and Debts

All borrowers are responsible for lost and damaged library material and will be billed for replacement and processing debt posting costs.

Debts are posted on all unreturned material and are posted to the borrower's school record. Failure to receive overdue notices does not remove the responsibility for paying associated debts.

Reserves

Heavy demand classroom materials may be placed on reserve by instructors and are available at the Circulation desk. The loan period is generally two hours. Reserve items may not be taken from the library. One Reserve item may be checked out at a time.

Interlibrary Loan

Books or copies of articles in periodicals not located in the library may often be obtained from other libraries. This service is free for most requests. Requests are normally filled in seven days from MCCD libraries, but allow a minimum of two weeks for requests outside of the district. Ask at the circulation desk for more information. The library does not request non-print or media materials. Community Borrowers must request interlibrary loans through their local public library.

Note: Individual students and faculty are limited to seven outstanding/active interlibrary loan requests at any one time. An outstanding request is a request that is placed into the online system. An active request indicates that the borrower is still in possession of the loaned material.

Textbooks

The library does not generally purchase and/or house textbooks.

Some instructors may place copies of current texts on reserve for their classes. A CURRENT STUDENT ID OR PICTURE ID SUCH AS A DRIVER’S LICENSE IS REQUIRED TO CHECKOUT THESE ITEMS.

Check with the campus bookstore and your course syllabus for required and optional textbooks. Access the bookstore's website (eFollett.com) to determine the text(s) used for your class(es).

On This Page

• Library Cards
• Loan Periods
• Checkout Procedures
• Number of Items
• Return of Materials
• Overdue & Debts
• Reserves
• Interlibrary Loan
• Textbooks

Related Pages

• Circulation Staff
• Collections
• Community Borrowers
• Loan Policy
• Periodical Services
• Reserve Materials Form (pdf)
• Reserve Materials Guide (pdf)
• Video Policy