Langara Library Borrowing

Students

Faculty / Staff

Langara employees can borrow books for four weeks. The loan period for journals, magazines, DVDs and videos varies according to your needs.

Alumni & Visitors

Late Fees

As of Fall 2024, the Library is Late Fee Free! With the exception of some items in our collection (see below), students will no longer accrue late fees on overdue items from the general collection.

How Does This Work?

Although the Library will not charge on overdue items, the loan periods remain in place. Out of consideration for your fellow classmates, we are grateful if you return items on time and renew items that you would like to keep past the original due date.

If the item is overdue by 30 days or more, it will be considered lost and a replacement charge will be applied to your account. This charge will remain on your account until you return the item or pay the replacement cost.

Which items are not included in the Late Fee Free initiative?

Items that still will still accrue late fees include:

• Items that have been put on Reserve for classes
• Equipment such as phone chargers, with the exception of laptops

Late fees are charged on overdue library materials for every day that the library is open. Late fees vary, depending on the item that is overdue.

Returning library materials:

Materials can be returned to the book return slots at the Check Out Desk. The outside book return (small metal door, left side of the southwest entrance to the L building) is open when the library is closed.

Renewals

Most library items can be renewed twice, for an additional 4 weeks total. Reserve books cannot be renewed. Refer to Loan Periods for more detailed information. You cannot renew an item if someone else has placed a hold on it. You can renew materials through My Library Account by doing the following:

• Enter your Langara e-mail and password, then click on Submit
• Click on Checked-Out Items
• Select one or more items by clicking in the boxes to the left of each item
• Click on Renew Selected

You can also contact the Library at circulation [at] langara.ca (circulation[at]langara[dot]ca) and a library staff member can renew the materials for you.

Holds

If a library book that you want is checked-out to someone else, you may place a hold on it so that you will be the next person to get it when it is returned. This will prevent the person who currently has the book out from renewing it. You cannot place a hold on Reserve items, journals, magazines, videos, DVDs, films, or any item that is currently "Available" in the catalogue.

Holds may be placed through the online Library catalogue by doing the following:

• Search for and select the item you would like to place a hold on
• Click on Request Item
• A "My Library Account Login" page will come up
• To log-in, enter your Langara ID number and password.

When your hold is ready for pick-up, an email will be sent to your MyLangara email account, so be sure to check it regularly. You can also check for a note in your Library account online. Items will be held for you at the Check-Out Desk for 5 working days after notification. Alternately, staff at the Check-Out Desk can place a hold on an item for you (just ask at the desk).

Replacement Charges

If you lose a library item, or return an item that is wet, water-damaged, mutilated, broken or significantly damaged, you will be charged a replacement fee based on the replacement cost of that item, plus a processing fee.

The replacement fee for videos will vary, but we will assess the amount based on our cost to purchase the same item. In some cases the replacment fee for a DVD or video may be very high (hundreds of dollars).

Availability Update

All laptops have been borrowed for the semester.

About

30 laptops are available to be borrowed by regular studies students in the Library for an entire term (Fall/Spring/Summer) on a first come first served basis on the first day of classes. 

• To borrow a laptop, please proceed in person to the Check Out Desk in the Library.
• You must have physical ID to borrow a laptop. Photographs of ID are not accepted.
• Please return your laptop by the due date. To ensure fair access, failure to return a laptop by the due date may result in suspension of the student’s future laptop borrowing privileges

For more information contact the Langara Library Circulation Desk at 604.323.5462.

See the IT website for more details about eligibility and requirements.

Technical Support

If you currently are borrowing a laptop and are facing technical issues, please contact IT on the AskIT Portal for support.

Please note that while on loan, all laptops are bound by the Langara Computing Policy.

Langara College students and employees may borrow materials from participating institutions listed below. Reciprocal borrowing privileges are not extended to alumni or community borrowers. You must present a current Langara College photo identification card when you apply to receive a library card with one of our reciprocal borrowing institutions. Restrictions to borrowing may exist.

Library patrons are held accountable for all materials borrowed through the Reciprocal Borrowing agreement. It is the responsibility of the patrons to be familiar with and adhere to the lending policies of each library from which they borrow materials. 

Any overdue fines and replacement costs for lost or damaged books will be charged to the patron by the lending library. 

In addition, the Library's Interlibrary Loan Service can obtain materials from other libraries for pick up at Langara. For more details, see our section on Interlibrary Loans.

Participating Institutions 

Please check for rules and restrictions at the institution.

• British Columbia Institute of Technology
• Camosun College
• Capilano University
• Coast Mountain College
• College of New Caledonia
• College of the Rockies
• Douglas College
• Emily Carr University of Art + Design
• Justice Institute
• Kwantlen Polytechnic University
• Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
• North Island College
• Northern Lights College
• Okanagan College
• Quest University
• Royal Roads University
• Selkirk College
• Simon Fraser University
• Thompson Rivers University
• Trinity Western University
• University of the Fraser Valley
• University of British Columbia
• University of Northern British Columbia
• University of Victoria
• Vancouver Community College
• Vancouver Island University
• Yukon College