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Borrowing, Renewing, & Fees: Home

All you need to know about our circulation policies!

Sign In: Searching & My Library Card

In order to sign into Jacket Search and access your My Library Card, you will be prompted to use your DC email and password:

You will also need to login this way when requesting an item through OhioLink, logging into one of our resources (databases, journal articles, etc.) from off campus, or while using a personal device on campus.

 

You can use My Library Card to see your Loans, Requests, Fines & Fees, and Blocks & Messages. You can even Renew items. 

Borrowing: How Much & How Long

How many items you can borrow & how long you can keep an item depends on your status.

Type of Patron &

Loan Amount

Defiance Books

(Main collection, Hench Autism, CMC/Textbooks, Juvenile)

Defiance or OhioLINK Media

(CD, DVD)

OhioLINK Books

Students

(Undergrad or Grad)

50 items

Loan Period: 21 days

Renew: 6 times

Loan Period: 7 days

Renew: 3 times

Loan Period: 21 days

Renew: 6 times*

DC Faculty/Staff

(Full or Part Time)

200 items

Loan Period: 42 days

Renew: 6 times

Loan Period: 7 days

Renew: 3 times

Loan Period: 42 days

Renew: 6 times*

DC Community Patron

5 items

Loan Period: 21 days

Renew: 6 times

Loan Period: 7 days

Renew: 3 times

Cannot borrow

OhioLINK items

 

*All patrons have the potential to renew books six times, as long as another person has not placed a hold on the item. These loan periods and renewal policies do not apply to SearchOhio materials. For circulation questions please contact Maddie Clawson at mclawson@defiance.edu or (419) 783-2414.

Your Library Card & Off Campus/Personal Device Access

Your student/faculty/staff i.d. card is also your library card! 

Library Card with Barcode

Be sure to bring it with you to the Library if you want to check out any materials!

More Information

For more information on borrowing & renewing material, and Fines & Fees associated with borrowing material, click on the following links:

Renewing Material

Renew your items one of three ways!

  1. Visit the Pilgrim Library
  2. Call & ask us to renew your material (our phone number is (419) 783-2481).
  3. Renew your material online using My Library Card 
Pilgrim Library:   
  419-783-2481     
  library@defiance.edu     
  Click the purple "Ask Us" side tab above