Library Policies

Who can appeal?
All library users can appeal. Charges may be upheld, reduced, or cancelled.

When do I appeal?
Appeals must be filed within twenty-one (21) days of billing or of when the library user is made aware of the charges.

Reference materials are non-circulating. In some instances, however, they may circulate for brief periods with the permission of a reference librarian.

Your Highline College (HC) or CWU student identification card (ID) is your library card.

Please pickup your HC Student Identification card at the Registration & Records Department in Building 6.

Public Borrowers/Community Use

Members of the community must visit the HC library with current photo ID and fill out a Public Borrower's form in order to get a card to checkout books, periodicals, or media items. Public borrowers cannot access ILL services, checkout Reserve Collection books, or library databases from off-campus.

Textbooks for use in the library are located in the Reserve Collection at the Circulation Desk, 2nd floor Plaza level. Most reserve textbooks are available for 2-hour checkout.

• The Reserve Collection is organized by Course name and number. Example: MATH& 111
• 1 textbook checkout at a time
•  Only those textbooks placed on Course Reserve by instructors and departments are in the collection
  -- not all campus textbooks

Search the Course Reserves online to see if the library has your textbook(s) in the Reserve Collection.

Placing Materials on Reserve

1. Instructors: Please fill out this Google Doc
2. Bring your faculty-owned books/DVDs to the 2nd Floor Plaza Circulation Desk or send the item(s) via campus mail to Mailstop 25-2.
3. Please allow up to 2 workdays for processing of faculty-owned reserve items. We will give you an estimated time that your items will be ready. You will receive email confirmation when the items are available for your students.
4. We ask that you keep the processing time in mind when you inform students when the material(s) will be available for checkout.
5. If you have any questions regarding course reserves, email libcirc@highline.edu or call 206-592-3134.

All patrons are responsible for the materials they check out. If materials are damaged beyond repair (Examples of damage include soiled pages or water damage, pencil/crayon/pen marks on multiple pages, teeth marks, page(s) torn off), the fines must be paid or a new copy of the book(s) can replace the fines.

If you do not renew or return materials, we will assume the materials are lost. You will receive an email notification of Lost Material Fine(s). If the lost items are returned, all fines are cleared from your library record.

Lost material fines: $22.00 per book, $10.00 per Media Collection item, or $100.00 per Rental Graphing Calculator.