User Fees

  • Public patron card
    • Members of the public who are permanent residents of the Yukon, and not employees of the College, can purchase a library card, valid for one year, for a fee of $50.00. Current Yukon government ID, such as driver’s license, health care card, etc., must be shown.
    • Yukon College is not a branch of the Yukon government so “employee” does not refer to Yukon Government employees unless they are also directly employed by Yukon College and possess a Yukon College Employee ID.
    • Public patron cards allow the purchase to borrow up to 5 circulating items from the collection, but does not include access to the databases and there are additional fees for interlibrary loans.  Please see Database Access for the Public and About the Interlibrary Loan Service for more information.
  • Fines and replacement costs
    • The cardholder is responsible for the items checked out on his/her card.
    • Any fines generated are also the responsibility of the cardholder.
    • Items that are renewed or returned after the due date will be charged a fine of $1.00 per day per item.  This policy applies to all library patrons.
    • A fine balance of more than $12.00 will prohibit a student from borrowing materials until the fine is paid down. The limit for public patrons is $10.00
    • Students who have an outstanding fine balance will not be able to graduate, receive transcripts, register for courses, etc.
    • Items overdue for more than two months will be billed at replacement cost plus $6.00 processing fee.
    • Check-out privileges will be suspended until the item(s) has(ve) been returned and the processing fee paid or the replacement fee(s) and processing fee(s) have been paid.
    • Replacement charges must be paid for items that are lost or damaged. The charge will reflect the actual replacement cost plus a $6.00 administration fee.
    • Patrons who have paid and then returned lost items within a year or less after the initial billing date will be refunded the replacement cost, but not the processing fee.
  • Note to Yukon College Employees
    • An outstanding fine balance greater than $50.00 for a College employee will result in the withholding of check-out privileges until the balance has been reduced to less than $12.00
    • We expect and demand this level of responsibility from our students, and it would be unprofessional of us to expect less from employees.  Particularly since all employees have a generous grace period of 21 days before fines start accruing.  This grace period does not apply to interlibrary loaned items.
    • An employee can pay the fine out of his/her own pocket, or, if their dean/director approves, by way of an Internal Requisition transferring the money to the library’s budget.
  • Interlibrary loans
    • Students, staff and faculty may order the first five interlibrary loans free of charge. The charge beyond that is $3.00 per loan.
    • Public patrons pay $10.00 per item requested through the interlibrary service. For more information, see our webpage About the Interlibrary Loan Service.