Announcing major changes to Thomas Library circulation policies! We will no longer be collecting fees for most overdue items and most items will automatically be renewed.  

The library will not be assessing late fees for most OhioLINK, Wittenberg owned, and Interlibrary Loan items. If your item is not eligible for renewal and is overdue, you will be billed for the replacement of the item if it isn’t returned. If you have the item, simply return it and the replacement fees will be removed from your account. SearchOhio requires us to collect late fees, so please be careful to renew and return these items on time. 

Eligible library materials are now being automatically renewed by the system. You will receive an email with a new due date if your items are automatically renewed. Most OhioLINK and Wittenberg materials are eligible for 6 renewals. SearchOhio and Interlibrary Loan items are not eligible for autorenewal. 

For more details on our circulation policies, please visit: https://wittenberg.libguides.com/circulationpolicy

For more information from the American Library Association about the rationale behind eliminating fines, see their “Resolution on Monetary Library Fines as a Form of Social Inequity”: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/Resolution%20on%20Monetary%20Library%20Fines%20as%20a%20Form%20of%20Social%20Inequity-FINAL.pdf