To check out materials from Auburn University Libraries, you must present an active TigerCard in-person, read the circulation policies and procedures, sign the user circulation agreement, and abide by the regulations set forth in the Tiger Cub. You are responsible for all library materials checked out with your TigerCard. Overdue and recall notices are either e-mailed or mailed to the address you provided the library. The library is not responsible for any unread e-mail or undeliverable mail.
TigerCards for undergraduate students, graduate students, and special borrowers are not transferable. Conversely, TigerCards for active or retired faculty, active AU staff, and active Non-AU staff are transferable.
A lost TigerCard must be reported immediately to the TigerCard Center and the Circulation Office. You must notify the Registrar's Office of any address change.
| Item Limit: | 50 |
| Loan Periods: | 28 days for regular checkouts; Ineligible for journal checkouts |
| Renewal Limit: | 3 times prior to the due date |
| Overdue fines/fees: | journals, recalled items, reserve items, headphones, wireless computers, power cords, special permission checkouts |
| Database Access: | yes |
| Document Delivery Privileges: | yes |
| Item Limit: | 100 |
| Loan Periods: | 90 days for regular checkouts; 1 day for bound journal checkouts |
| Renewal Limit: | 3 times prior to the due date |
| Overdue fines/fees: | journals, recalled items, reserve items, headphones, wireless computers, power cords, special permission checkouts |
| Database Access: | yes |
| Document Delivery Privileges: | yes |
Auburn University active faculty, retired faculty, active staff, active Non-AU employees, and currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students do not pay overdue fines on materials checked out on regular (28 and 90 day) loan periods. However, all patrons pay overdue fines on journals, wireless computers, power bars for the wireless computers, recalled items, reserve materials, headphones, and materials checked out with special permission. The patrons listed above are blocked when they have accrued $100 in fines. Fines and fees for undergraduate and graduate students are transferred to the student's bursar bill when fines reach $7.
Special Borrowers are charged fines on all overdue items. Special Borrowers are blocked from all transactions including renewals if they have any overdue items. They must bring in the overdue items and pay overdue fines before the blocks are removed.
| Items | Fines |
| Headphones | 25¢ per hour |
| Journals | $1 per day |
| Recalled items | $1 per day |
| Reserve items (2-hour) | 25¢ per minute |
| Reserve items (4-hour) | 25¢ per hour |
| Reserve items (1-day) | 50¢ per day |
| Reserve items (3-day) | 50¢ per day |
| Reserve items (7-day) | 50¢ per day |
| Wireless computers | 10c per minute |
| Power cord for wireless computers | 10¢ per minute |
| Special Borrower checkouts | 25¢ per day |
| Special permission items | 50¢ per day |
Materials which are 35 days past the due date are considered lost by the library and are placed into a new status called "lost-system applied". Once they are in "lost-system applied", all patrons are charged a replacement cost for the item and a $15 non-refundable processing fee for each lost item. Active faculty, retired faculty, active staff, Non-AU staff, and students are blocked from all circulation privileges when fines/fees reach $100. Special Borrowers are blocked from checking out and renewing items when they accrue any fines or fees.
