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Family Member Privileges

Access and borrowing privileges are provided to immediate family members of current Hope College faculty and staff.

Library Card

  • To obtain a library card, fill out a Fee-Exempt Registration form at the circulation desk on the first floor. You must have a driver’s license or other government issue ID. Cards limited to 18 years or older
  • Immediate family members of retired faculty and staff will continue to be eligible for free guest library cards

Item Limits

  • You may borrow up to 50 items at a time
  • Different material types have different loan periods
  • If you lose an item or keep it past its due date, overdue fines and other restrictions will apply
  • Borrowing privileges are suspended when any money is owed to the library

Renewing Items

  • Log into your account in the library catalog to renew materials yourself
  • For assistance, call 616.395.7905 or bring the item to the circulation desk and we will renew it for you. Some items may be non-renewable if they have reached the renewal limit, been requested by another patron, or are a resource type that is non-renewable

Placing Holds

  • Placing holds on materials prevents anyone else from renewing or borrowing them
  • To place a hold on an item yourself, find it in the library catalog, sign in and click the Request This button
  • To have us place a hold for you, call 616.395.7905 or ask at the circulation desk

Restrictions for Hope Family Members

  • Limited use of the library computers (you may use computers on the 1st floor for library research when logged in by Research Help Desk staff)
  • Electronic Resources are unavailable off campus; you may access them by visiting Van Wylen Library
  • No Interlibrary Loan privileges (you may request materials through MeL)
  • The Digital Media Lab is unavailable to Hope family members
  • To make black and white photocopies, you must pay 10 cents per page