Welcome to the Library!
We are glad you have chosen Macomb Community College library as your online and on-campus resource. When you are in the library, can you help us maintain a clean, quiet study/work environment for your fellow students? Please also let us know how we can help you. Here are some guidelines to help maintain an enjoyable environment for everyone to study and learn.
- Avoid loud talking.
- Socialize with your friends elsewhere, because your conversation can be a distraction to others.
- Use your cell phone in the stairwells, and set it to vibrate when you are in the library. When the room is quiet, everyone can hear your ring tone and your phone conversation.
Thanks for your cooperation in helping to make the Macomb Community College library an inviting and pleasant place for everyone to study and work.
| Item Type | Loan Periods & Limits | Overdue Fines |
|---|---|---|
| Books | 21-day loan period Macomb Students: 10 items total (incl. DALNET Get It Local, up to five MeLCat titles), one renewal County residents, guest students, and community borrowers: Three items total (incl. DALNET Get It Local and/or MeLCat), one renewal |
25 cents per day, per item |
| DVD & Media Items | Four-day loan period Students, guests, and community borrowers: Three items total, one renewal |
$5.00 per day, per item |
| Reserve Materials | Varies, three hours - 21 days Students: One renewal |
Hourly: $.01 per minute, per-hourly loan time Daily: $1.20 per day, per-daily loan item |
Overdue Notices:
Notices will be sent to the borrower's home address:
- First Notice after seven days overdue
- Second Notice after 14 days overdue
- Final Notice after 21 days overdue
- Bill for fines and/or Replacement Cost after 28 days overdue.
Even if you renew the overdue items, you are still responsible to pay the late fees which you incurred between the time the item was due and the day you renewed it. If you have any questions or concerns about library fines and/or fees, please contact the Library Services staff at the campus from which you checked out the materials.
Failure to pay student account balances, including library fines, can result in having a HOLD placed on your student account, which blocks you from registration and obtaining important information such as transcripts.
Who Can Get A Library Card?
If you fit into any of the categories below, you may obtain a library card and borrow items directly from the Macomb College Library.
- Current students, faculty or staff of Macomb Community College can borrow up to ten items.
- Macomb County residents can borrow up to three items.
- Students at other academic libraries that participate in SEMLOL can borrow up to three items.
- Users from MILibraryCard Libraries can borrow up to three items.
How Can I Get My Library Card?
You may obtain a library card by visiting the front Library Services Desk at either campus library. You must have a driver's license or state I.D. card as proof of identification.
If you are a current student using a Macomb OneCard, you may activate the library card number on the back of your OneCard in lieu of getting a separate library card.
Can't access resources at another local library or through Michigan eLibrary catalog (MeLCat)? Through our ILL service the library staff can also order books or copies of articles from other libraries for current Macomb College academic credit students, faculty and staff. Ordered materials typically take 7-14 days to arrive. ILL requests are picked up at the front desk. Most items can be borrowed for three weeks, while photocopies of articles are yours to keep. Please ask a Reference Librarian for further information.
All library computers print to a combined photocopier/printer. Printouts/copies are 10 cents per page for black and white, and 30 cents per page for color. You must first purchase a print/copy card in order to print from the computers or make photocopies.
If you require assistance with purchasing a card, printing from the computers or in making photocopies, library staff are available to help you.
| How Can I Renew? | What Can I Renew? |
|---|---|
| Online - Follow the sign in link in the upper right to log in using your My Macomb ID and password. Then choose “Loans” under your name in the upper right of the screen. | Books and media may be renewed once, if not already overdue at time of renewal. |
| Phone Library Services | Books and media may be renewed once. |
If items are overdue at the time of renewal, the borrower is still responsible to pay any fines incurred between the original due date and the date of the renewal. For further information please see the library fines above.
After one renewal, items must be returned to the library before being checked out again.
If you have any other questions not covered here regarding fees, fines or renewals, please call the Library Services staff.