Library Cards
Library Cards are available to Gwinnett Technical College (GTC) registered students (part-time & full-time) in good standing, faculty (adjunct & regular), staff, alumni and Adult Education students who reside in Gwinnett County. Picture identification (student ID or driver’s license) is requested at the time of registering for a new card. Students are verified against active registration databases.

Borrowing Materials & Loan Periods
Students
• Books – two weeks (fourteen business days)
• Videos & DVDs – one week (seven business days)
• Course Reserve Materials – two hours, library use only
• Reference Materials – library use only
• Periodicals & Newspapers – library use only

Faculty, Staff, Admin
• Books – Four weeks (twenty-eight business days)
• Videos & DVDs – Two weeks (fourteen business days)
• Course Reserve Materials – two hours, library use only
• Reference Materials – library use only or three days by special arrangement
• Periodicals & Newspapers – library use only or three days by special arrangement

Adult Education Students
(e.g., ESL, GED students who are residents of Gwinnett County)
• Books – two weeks (fourteen business days) no renewals
• Videos & DVDs – library use only
• Course Reserve Material – library use only
• Reference Materials – library use only
• Periodicals & Newspapers – library use only

Limits on number of items that can be checked out may apply.

Renewals
Most library circulating materials may be twice, providing no holds or requests are pending on the item. Items may be renewed either in person or by telephone.

Blocked Library Cards
Materials may not be checked out if a customer owes $10.00 or greater.

Library Extended Loan Fees
The charge for overdue materials is 10 cents per day per item after the due date. Library customers are responsible for returning material on time, either in person or by placing items in the book drop beside the entrance to the Library.

Lost or Damaged Materials
Library customers are responsible for lost and damaged materials as per library policy. Customers will be charged for the cost of the item plus any processing fees. Damaged material is treated as lost and replacement fees will be assessed accordingly. Theft or vandalism of library material may result in prosecution and/or disciplinary action.

Students with unreturned materials or delinquent accounts of $10.00 or greater from loan fees and/or lost or damaged charges will have a hold placed on their student record. This may interrupt access to registration, financial aid, grades, transcripts and/or graduation.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service through which print materials not owned by the GTC Library may be borrowed from other library systems. GTC is a member of the Georgia Online Database (GOLD) interlibrary loan network. Membership in GOLD provides access to the collections of GOLD-member libraries statewide, as well as with other states in the Southeastern Library Information Network (SOLINET).

Library customers initiate ILL requests by filling out an ILL request form and agreeing to all terms and conditions of the lending library. Requests for media such as videos, Books on CD or tape or music, cannot be accepted.

Loan period and renewal are determined by the lending institution and lending institutions may require that their materials be used in the library.

It is difficult to determine the length of time necessary to fill an ILL request. Customers will be notified of the availability of requested materials within two to four weeks of submitting their request.