{"id":9812,"date":"2025-04-01T12:18:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T16:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/?p=9812"},"modified":"2025-09-01T08:54:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:54:40","slug":"billing-returns-and-summer-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/2025\/04\/01\/billing-returns-and-summer-loans\/","title":{"rendered":"Billing, Returns and Summer loans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/files\/2023\/05\/carrying-books-e1398623975798-edited.webp\" alt=\"Student with a huge stack of books.\" class=\"wp-image-9816\" style=\"width:146px;height:274px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/files\/2023\/05\/carrying-books-e1398623975798-edited.webp 218w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/files\/2023\/05\/carrying-books-e1398623975798-edited-160x300.webp 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\" id=\"4afcd999-5649-446f-b4a6-9457e33f9583\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"4afcd999-5649-446f-b4a6-9457e33f9583\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Replacement costs and reimbursements<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"4afcd999-5649-446f-b4a6-9457e33f9583\">\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-garnet-color\">Replacement costs are fully refundable upon return of items.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Books, DVDs and CDs are billed $75 each; Chromebooks are $300, Green Bikes are $150.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 17<\/strong>: All students will be billed replacement costs for all overdue materials, including CBB and MaineCat items, overdue more than a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 19<\/strong>: All students will be billed replacement costs for all remaining overdue materials checked out, including CBB and MaineCat items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Replacement cost will be refunded in full for each item returned, unless damaged or otherwise unusable or the college has already purchased a replacement&nbsp;for the collection (either ebook or physical).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can credit graduating seniors for any return until June 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can credit rising classes until you graduate. If you find our library materials, return them to the library at any point.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\" id=\"3e5cd115-8c91-41dd-a554-5d95f84595fc\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"3e5cd115-8c91-41dd-a554-5d95f84595fc\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">You can return library material at the Circulation Desk<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"3e5cd115-8c91-41dd-a554-5d95f84595fc\">\n<p>Ladd will be open. We will check in your returns and process any credits right through the big day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>May 21-23, Wednesday-Friday, end of Short Term, 8am-8pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May 24, Saturday, Baccalaureate, 8am-430pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May 25, Sunday, Commencement, 8am-430pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May 26, Monday, Memorial Day, Closed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We are open 8am-4:30pm Monday-Friday during the summer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\" id=\"3c46661a-269a-4f10-94aa-14b1c715c76d\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"3c46661a-269a-4f10-94aa-14b1c715c76d\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">You can return library material in our 24\/7 returns drop boxes<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"3c46661a-269a-4f10-94aa-14b1c715c76d\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The first returns&nbsp;drop box&nbsp;is located at the front entrance, inside the exterior set of doors, in the glass wall to the left of the doors \u2013 accessible from both inside the vestibule or inside the building.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The second returns drop box is located outside at our shipping\/receiving door (facing Hedge and Roger Williams). It\u2019s a huge black book drop which somehow manages to visually disappear.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chromebooks and Green Bike keys may be returned in the media slot of the drop boxes if the building is closed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\" id=\"4228ef98-e0eb-4321-ae2e-99133fbb4961\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"4228ef98-e0eb-4321-ae2e-99133fbb4961\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">You can return library material by mail<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"4228ef98-e0eb-4321-ae2e-99133fbb4961\">\n<p>Materials can be returned to the library by&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pe.usps.com\/text\/dmm300\/173.htm#ep1113500\" target=\"_blank\">library or media mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ladd Library Bates College<br>48 Campus Ave<br>Lewiston, ME 04240-6087<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: We can only credit graduating seniors for returns until June 30 but we are always happy to receive our books back for the collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can credit rising classes until you graduate. If you find our library materials, return them to the library at any point.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\" id=\"e40368ca-923d-468c-a412-884d1847dcd9\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"e40368ca-923d-468c-a412-884d1847dcd9\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">How to Return your Thesis Locker:<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"e40368ca-923d-468c-a412-884d1847dcd9\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Empty your locker of ALL contents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leave the lock locked on the locker.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stop by the Circulation Desk in Ladd Library, tell us you\u2019re done with your locker. We\u2019ll check it in for you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>But I need more time!?!? We can renew it for you until Commencement.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-shortcodes-btn btn-wrap\" id=\"073f1576-f933-4f4b-a7aa-1e0c95090d0f\"><div class=\"btn-action\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"073f1576-f933-4f4b-a7aa-1e0c95090d0f\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h3 class=\"btn-title\">Borrowing materials over the summer<\/h3><div class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"btn-content\" id=\"073f1576-f933-4f4b-a7aa-1e0c95090d0f\">\n<p>Ladd Library does not close for the summer break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book loan period for students is 28 days. Rising seniors have 150 day loan period for CBB materials. (Class of 2026 will be rolled into the senior loan period privileges mid-June.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You have to keep track of your due dates and renew them every month during the summer just like you do during the academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can manage your library account online at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/librarysearch.bates.edu\/discovery\/account?vid=01CBB_BCOLL:BATES&amp;section=overview&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bates LibrarySearch &#8211; My Library Card<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we (or Bowdoin or Colby) require the materials you have checked out for Fall course preparations or for another patron, you will need to return them, by mail if necessary.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Please contact Brenda Reynolds (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:breynold@bates.edu\" target=\"_blank\">breynold@bates.edu<\/a>) for assistance with any library billing questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time to return those piles of books. 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