Renew Online @ Your Online Library Account
Extend your borrowing time and also avoid fines - renew online! You can renew books once on the Case Catalog at "View your library record." Choose a PIN and put it in your library account so you can renew online, check your account, track your OhioLINK orders, and more.
Email Notices Keep You Informed!
Overdue notices are sent only as a courtesy to borrowers, and help you manage your borrowed library materials. All Case borrowers are responsible for returning items by the due date, and for paying overdue and replacement fines, and advance & overdue courtesy email notices help you keep your account in good standing. All delinquent library accounts are sent for collection--enjoy & use borrowed materials responsibly and without cost, through online renewals.
The library is not responsible for late or non-receipt of overdue notices - check your library account online for due dates, and renew if you have not yet done so.
NOTE: Courtesy overdue notices are sent via email to the @case.edu address. Forward your Case email to your service provider, if you use an ISP or other web mail servers. Large commercial ISPs (Juno, Hotmail) may block these system notices. Check your account frequently to stay aware of due dates, etc.
Overdue Fines
Overdue fines apply to all borrowers - Faculty, Staff, Students, & Alumni and Individual or Corporate Visitor Borrowers, and delinquent accounts are sent to a collection agency. Manage your library account and your due dates, and remain fine-free!
- $.25/day/item for most circulating Case items*
- Videos/DVDs: $1.00 hr, $5.00/day/item *
- Recalled items: $1.00 per day per item
- OhioLINK: $.50/day/item
- OhioLINK: the overdue fee is $50.00 per item, in instances when the item is returned after a $125.00 billed notice is sent. OhioLINK is not a substitute for required textbooks--order a second OhioLINK copy, or return on time. The spirit of OhioLINK resource sharing is to honor the consortium privileges when borrowing other schools' materials.
*Reserve, recalled items, laptops, Bound Journals, and special items may have different loan periods and fines.
Replacement Fees
Replacement copies are not accepted by the library in lieu of the replacement fee. The library & collelction manager reserve the right to determine which copy or title is appropriate in the case of a lost or irreparably damaged item. We always encourage you to talk with us & look again for a missing item, so that replacement fees are not needed. Refunds are not available, if paid items are later found.- Case books: $110.00 per item
- Lost items are billed at the same replacement bill rate.
- OhioLINK items: $125.00 per item*
*OhioLINK is not a substitute for required textbooks. *New billing policy (10/2004) for OhioLINK:
Higher fees will be levied if overdue notices are ignored and OhioLINK items kept out too long. If an OhioLINK item is returned after the replacement-bill has already been sent, a $50 fee will be collected when the item is returned.
Return on time, reorder another copy if necessary--OhioLINK institutions share their materials generously and depend on everyone to honor the due dates.
Notices for Overdue & Replacement Fees
- Courtesy reminder notice is sent 2 days before an item is due.
- Overdue notice is sent via email 2 days after the due date.
- Second overdue notice is sent via email 5 days after the first overdue notice.
- Third notice is a bill and is mailed 14 days later. It is an automatic replacement fee plus processing costs.
- Delinquent accounts, where the fine/fee notices are not acted upon within 30 days, are sent to collections.
- Delinquent accounts are sent for collection. [July 2006]
Replacement copies are not accepted by the library in lieu of a replacement fee.
Suspension of Borrowing Privileges
- Case, OhioLINK, ILLiad, KSL Freedman Center privileges, and poster printing services are suspended if account fines total $15.00, or when a bill of replacement has been sent. Your account must be paid and cleared to good standing in order to restore privileges for these library services.
General questions may be directed to the Kelvin Smith Library Main Service Desk 216-368-3506 or the Contact Us links on the library website.