Borrow
- Use your student or employee ID or a Bethel Library guest card to check out library materials.
- Check out library materials and equipment at the front desk.
- Pick up items you've requested at the front desk. Requested items are held for 14 days.
- Library materials and equipment are your responsibility until they are returned.
- Checkout periods vary by collection type and patron type.
- If an item is needed for course reserves, the Library may ask you to return it before the due date.
Renew
- You may renew library materials, or request a renewal for items borrowed through interlibrary loan. Follow the instructions for how to renew items in your LibSearch account.
- Equipment cannot be renewed.
Return
- Return items to the front desk, the book return outside the Library, or the outdoor book return at Anderson Center.
- Equipment must be returned to the front desk.
- All items must be returned in the same condition as when they were checked out.
- If damage occurs, you may be charged.
Overdue items and fines
- We'll email you three overdue notices, then a final billing notice. Items not returned after the final notice are billed at the rates below.
- Unpaid library charges go to the Bethel University Business Office. Until they're paid, you can't register for the next term or graduate.
- After 90 days (or 30 days for equipment), a refund or credit may not be available, even if the item is returned.
- Borrowing privileges may be revoked if there are substantial unpaid or unresolved charges on a library user's record.
- If you have been billed for an item that you returned, please contact the library.
Overdue fines
| Equipment | $5 per day |
| Keys | $5 per day |
Overdue fines are nonrefundable. Overdue fines are not applied to books and media.
Replacement cost for lost or damaged library materials
|
Book |
Replacement cost ($65 minimum) |
|
DVD |
Replacement cost ($115 minimum) |
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Equipment |
Replacement cost varies depending on the item, plus overdue equipment fines |
The library may accept a replacement item in the same condition as the item that was lost or damaged.
Borrowing privileges at other libraries
- Bethel students, faculty, and staff may use their Bethel ID to borrow directly from MnPALS member libraries.
- Bethel faculty may apply for special borrowing privileges at the University of Minnesota Libraries.
- Bethel Seminary students, faculty, and staff may borrow directly from Minnesota Theological Library Association (MTLA) member libraries and libraries participating in the Atla Reciprocal Borrowing Program.
- You must honor the policies of the library you borrow materials from.