Friends of UNCW

Welcome to the William Madison Randall Library.

Active members of the Friends of UNCW may be issued a Borrower's Card without charge by presenting a current association membership card at the Circulation Desk and completing a brief registration process. Library privileges expire concurrent with membership.

How to borrow materials

1. Present your Randall Library Borrower's Card for each transaction.
2. Borrowing privileges are not transferable, with one exception. High school students enrolled in grades 9-12 may be added as an authorized user to an adult parent's or guardian's borrower's card. By sponsoring their child, the parent or guardian assumes responsibility for the return of all materials and the payment of any charges assessed for damage or overdues. To check out materials, the high school student should present their parent's or guardian's borrower card and their high school identification card or driver's license at the Randall Library Circulation Desk.
3. Borrowers are responsible for materials borrowed until they are returned to the Library. Lost or damaged material must be paid for and replacement cost as well as a $15 non-refundable billing fee for each item will be assessed.
4. Most materials may be renewed by bringing them to the Circulation Desk. Unless overdue or requested by another user, materials may also be renewed by telephone (962-3272), or by using the Library's online system (access My Library Record,)

Restrictions

• Materials from the following collections may not be borrowed for out-of-building use: Periodicals Collection, Reference Collection and items in the reserve collection.
• No holds (i.e. requests for items already checked out) are allowed.
• Friends are not eligible for Interlibrary Borrowing services.
• Friends are not eligible for are not eligible for laptop, equipment or eReader checkout.
• Friends are not eligible for Reserve material checkout. 

Loan Period

The loan period is:

• 28 days for books from the general and juvenile collections and for government documents
• 21 days for books from the featured new books collection
• For audiovisual materials is the loan period is 7 days
• Reference items and periodicals must be used in the building.

Renewals

• You may renew overdue materials online (access My Library Record) by phone (910-962-3272), or in-person but if another person has placed a hold (request) on an item, renewal is not permitted.
• A/V Renewals: Renewals for videos, DVD's, CDs and audiobooks are limited to two (2) per item.

Overdue Charges

• The library does not charge fines but borrowing privileges may be revoked if a user continually has overdue books.
• If items are overdue for two weeks or more, the item's replacement cost and a $15 non-refundable billing fee will be assessed. Borrowing privileges are revoked if a user has overdue books or owes overdue charges.

Assistance

• Please inquire at the Learning Commons Help Desk for assistance in using the Library. We hope that you will enjoy using the Randall Library.
• Questions about this policy may be addressed to johnsonjj [at] uncw [dot] edu (subject: Friends%20of%20UNCW%20Policy%20Question) (Joyce Johnson), Circulation Supervisor.