If a Penrose item is lost or stolen, the minimum Item Replacement Fee is $75.00 or the actual price of the item, if greater. An additional, non-refundable $15.00 processing fee per item is charged. We apply the Item Replacement Fee once the item has been overdue for more than 21 days.
Summit and Interlibrary Loan materials which are lost or stolen incur a minimum of $90 per item replacement fee, or the actual price of the item, if greater.
Replacement items that are charged to your library account will block your ability to borrow Summit and Interlibrary Loan materials.
The immediate return of billed items will clear the replacement charge. when returning a billed item, please speak with the Circulation Supervisor to make certain that the charge has been cleared from your Library account. Refunds will not be issued if the book has been lost for more than one year.
Please direct questions about replacement costs and billing to the Access Services Manager (kirbyk@whitman.edu).
