Fines and fees

The UHMC Library is a University of Hawaiʻi System library. All the UH Libraries have a standard circulation policy and charge standard fines and fees. You can see an overview of all the policies and codes at the UHMC Library's website's Borrowing + Polices and Procedures page.

Here is a summary of the University of Hawaiʻi's standard fines and fees:

Books

These standard loan and renewal periods apply to books in the main collections. They do not apply to special collections of books (e.g., Library Use Only or Hawaiian). All books are subject to holds and recalls.

BOOKS(Item Type, not format)	Loan and Renewal Period	Renewals	Grace Period	Overdue Fines $10 Maximum	Guaranteed Loan When Recalled	Recall Rate $10 Maximum
Undergraduate Students	28 days	5	0	$.25/day	14 days	$.50/day
Graduate Students	91 days	5	0	$.25/day	14 days	$.50/day
Faculty/Staff	182 days	99	0	$.25/day	14 days	$.50/day

Audiovisual Media

These standard loan and renewal periods apply to audiovisual media in the Main collections. They do not apply to special collections of media (e.g., Library Use Only or Reserves).

AV/MEDIA(Item Type, not format)	Loan and Renewal Period	Renewals	Grace Period	Overdue Fines $10 Maximum	Holds or Recalls
Undergraduate Students	4 days	1	0	$1/day	N/A
Graduate Students	4 days	1	0	$1/day	N/A
Faculty/Staff	4 days	1	0	$1/day	N/A
Note: These audiovisual media loan periods and fines apply ONLY to walk-in transactions, not media that is booked through the Media Scheduling/Booking module.

Lost Item Replacement

	Default Lost Charges	Fines and Processing Fee	Declared Lost
BOOKS	$60	Accumulated fines of $10 and $10 processing fee (you will be charged both a $10 fine and a $10 processing fee per item for a total of $20 per item even if the item is returned)	41 days
AV/MEDIA			11 days
Note: Lost Item refers to any library item charged out to a borrower that has not been returned within a specified period of time.

Fines of $10.00 or more will block patrons from borrowing any additional library materials until the fines are paid. Other sanctions may apply including: withholding of grades, transcripts, and registration for classes and/or submittal to a collection agency or to the Hawaii State Tax Setoff program until the fines are paid.

If you reach the maximum fine for an item ($10), the item  is considered "lost." If you return this "lost" item you you will be still charged both a $10 fine and a $10 processing fee per item for a total of $20 per item.

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Spring Break hours

The UHMC Library will be closed during the week of spring break, March 21 - 25. We will resume our normal spring hours on March 28.

Maui Friends of the Library gift to UHMC Library

Maui Friends of the Library, as part of a grant from the estate of C. Bruce Staiger, has donated $36,000 to the University of Hawaii Maui College to purchase 12 years of missing microfilm editions of The Honolulu Advertiser. The purchase involved 353 microfilm reels from 1961 to 1973.

Pages from the last edition of The Honolulu Advertiser, among those now available on microfilm at the University of Hawaii Maui College Library, are displayed by (clockwise from left) Lisa Sepa, UHMC Library department chair; Dorothy Tolliver, Maui Friends of the Library president; and students Heather Wilkerson and Julius Agdeppa.

We have lots of magazines....

Did you know you can access over 27,000 magazines, periodicals, and newspapers at the UHMC Library? That's a big pile of magazines! You can access our periodical databases from our "Search Us" page.

To make your search a little easier and much faster, try the "All-in-One" search. You can search all our databases at once, or just select as many as you want. And to make it even better, you can also search for books at the same time.

Introducing Voyager mobile

Use your smart phone or other QR scanner enabled device to quickly search the UHMC Library's book catalog.

Search Stories

Google released this cool online app that makes "Search Stories." These would be a nice way to spice up a presentation or online course. It is easy and fun.

You can make one too.

Small kid time

The library's latest display is on the many aspects Childhood.

Highlighted are items from the UHMC Library collection on child development and education, psychology, and cultural aspects.

Also on display are some favorite children's books from the library's Early Childhood Education Reserve collection. This is a collection of books that supports the college's preschool teacher program.

Come over and take a look. Let us know what your favorite children's book is.