Angelo & Jennette Volpe Library

• General Collection - books, music, movies, and more that are located on the 3rd floor
• Popular Collection - popular books and DVDs located on the 2nd floor
• Course Reserves - items on reserve for courses; located at Collections & Access (not for Community Borrowers)
• Permanent Reserves - books located on the 2nd floor near the magazines (not for Community Borrowers)
• InterLibrary Loan (ILL) - items borrowed from other libraries (not for Community Borrowers)
• Umbrellas - located at Collections & Access (not for Community Borrowers)

• All Tech users must have an Eagle Card in order to check out items.
• All loans can be monitored using My Library Account through EagleSearch.  If your items have not been deemed lost (10+ days overdue), you must use My Library Account to renew items that are eligible for renewal.
• All checkouts, due date reminders, overdue and lost reminders, and return confirmation emails are sent to your TNTECH email.
• There is no limit to the number of items you may borrow.
• Once an employee or student leaves the university, they may become a community borrower. However, they cannot get a community borrower account until their employee/student library account is clear of all checkouts and fines.

• Anyone with a current, valid, U.S. government-issued ID can get a Community Borrower account.
• Community Borrowers MUST have a valid, active email account.  Checkout and due date confirmations, overdue notices, and return confirmations are sent via email and are your way to track items you've borrowed.
• Renewing items may be possible, but you must bring the items and inquire at Collections & Access in person.  We will not renew items automatically or over the phone.
• To return items you are not interested in renewing, you must bring all items to Collections & Access or deposit them in the 24/7 book drop (outside the front doors on the brick wall to the left) by or before the due date. 
• You may only have 45 borrowed items at any given time.
• You may not borrow items if you have any overdue items on your account or any unpaid fines/fees.
• If your items are overdue for 10+ days, they are considered lost. The lost fee is $100 per item, or you can purchase a replacement.
• If you have unpaid fines/fees on your community borrower account for more than 60 days, your balance will be sent to a collection agency for payment.
• The second time your account is sent to a collection agency for payment, your community borrower privileges will be suspended for four years.

	Regular Collection	Popular Collection	Course Reserves*	Permanent Reserves*	Reference & Journals	ILL (InterLibrary Loan)*	Umbrellas*
Undergraduate	45 days^	45 days^	2 hours or 4 days	7 days	n/a	ILL checkout durations vary. Check your My Library Account for due dates on ILl items	4 days
Graduate	90 days^	45 days^	2 hours or 4 days	7 days	n/a		4 days
Employee	365 days^	45 days^	2 hours or 4 days	7 days	n/a		4 days
Community Borrower	45 days	45 days	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

^You can only renew these items two times before you must bring them back in person; if no one is waiting for them, you can check them out again.

*These items are not renewable. 

Students:  All student accounts expire at the end of the latest semester for which they are registered.

If students wish to avoid disruption in library privileges, they must be registered for a future semester before their current semester ends. When a student registers for an upcoming semester, their library account is created/updated overnight.

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Employees:  Employee accounts are deactivated approximately 30 days before they leave the university. Due dates will be changed to be due before they leave the university.

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Community Borrowers:  Community Borrower accounts are active for one year and can be reactivated in-person.

Tech Students and Employees:
You must renew your items in My Library Account.  

If you cannot renew an item in My Library Account, you must bring it to Collections & Access to return it and check it out again.  We will not renew items automatically or over the phone. You are limited to two renewals on eligible items.

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Community Borrowers:
Renewing items may be possible, but you must bring the items and inquire at Collections & Access in person.  We will not renew items automatically or over the phone.

Only community borrowers have a limit to the number of items they can borrow (see Community Borrowers section above). Tech employees and students may borrow as many items as they wish.