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Overdue Items & Fines, Lost or Damaged Materials
Overdue items and fines
Overdue notices are sent as a courtesy to remind borrowers of a missed due date. The overdue notice does not absolve a borrower of responsibility to return or renew materials. For Queen’s students, faculty and staff, the email address used for all Library notices is the patron’s Queens’s NetID.
We charge overdue fines for Recalled items and Reserves
| Types of Material | Fine |
|---|---|
|
Regular Loans |
No overdue fines for Queen's Community (Undergraduate, Graduate, Faculty and Staff, RMC, Local Teachers and our Partners) Alumni, Community, SLC and Inter-University Borrowing Program (IUBP) on standard material |
| Recalled items | $4.00 per day per item |
| Reserves items |
3 hour loans: 5 cents per minute 24 hr loans: $12 per day |
Lost Materials / Replacement Charges
Failure to return material or a book that is overdue by 30 days will have a lost status applied to your account. Failure to return Reserves material that is overdue by 7 days will have a lost status applied to your account.
All items declared lost will incur the following charges:
- $125 default replacement charge
Damaged Materials
With the exception of regular wear and tear, damaged library material should be reported to the Information desk prior to checkout. The material will be stamped indicating that the damage has been noted before you borrowed it.
If an item is returned in damaged condition beyond repair the $125 default replacement charge will be applied.