Fines & Fees

Fines

Item Fine
Book Stacks, Media No late fines
Course Reserves $1 per item per hour
$20 maximum per item
Equipment (such as chargers, graphing calculators, headphones) No late fines
Equipment: Digital Lab (such as cameras, microphones) $1 per item per hour
$20 maximum per item
Laptops: 72-hour loan No late fines
Laptops: Semester-long loan $2 per item per hour
$20 maximum per item
Periodicals and Journals No late fines
Summit items $.50 per item per day
$10 maximum per item

Overdue fines will apply to items not returned to the library or renewed by the due date. To avoid these fines, please renew items when possible.


Fees

For lost or damaged Clark Library materials, there is both a replacement charge and a processing fee. Replacement items cannot be accepted. 

Item Fee
Books, DVDs, Videos, CDs Replacement cost of item up to $50 + $10 processing fee
Equipment (borrowed from the Service Desk or Digital Lab, including chargers, headphones, laptops, cameras, microphones, etc.) Replacement cost of item up to $1,000
Periodicals and Journals $10 replacement charge + $10 processing fee

Clark Library does not own Summit or Interlibrary Loan materials. Charges associated with lost or damaged Summit or ILL materials are as follows:

Item Fee
Summit items $60 replacement charge + $30 processing fee
Interlibrary Loan items The fee assessed by the lending library

Fines, Fees, & Borrowing Materials

Students, faculty, or staff with fines or fees over $500 or 10 or more overdue items will have their borrowing privileges suspended until items are returned or fines are paid.

Alumni, Fee card, or Portland community card users with fines or fees over $300 or 5 or more overdue items will have their borrowing privileges suspended until items are returned or fines are paid.