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Library Services (LLC): Circulation

Help finding things in GRCC's Library & Learning Commons

Library Contact

  • General Information, Circulation & Course Reserves:  616.234.3872
  • RaiderLoan Document Delivery & Interlibrary Loan:  616.234.3749

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Library Fines & Student Holds

Please return borrowed materials on time. Call GRCC Library at 616-234-3872 to avoid overdue fines.

Holds:  At the end of each semester, Online Center holds are placed onto students with overdue materials.  This blocks students from getting official transcripts. 

Fines:

  • 25 cents per hour for Course Reserve materials
  • 25 cents per day for GRCC Library books and audio visual materials
  • 50 cents per day for books and audio visual materials borrowed from other Libraries
  • If more than $10 in fines are accrued, a student will be unable to check out any materials (including laptops, reserve textbooks, headphones, etc.). 

Dewey Decimal System Call Numbers

Call numbers are used to help you locate titles on a shelf. GRCC and most public libraries use Dewey Decimal Call Numbers to arrange titles on book and audiovisual media shelves. 4-year colleges and universities usually use the Library of Congress Classification System to arrange their much larger collections. 

At GRCC, only titles on shelves are assigned call numbers; eBooks, eJournals, and streaming media do not need call numbers, so those finding aids provide links to the web-based resources.

  • Fiction titles are shelved  by author's last name in front of the 000s on the 2nd floor.
  • Nonfiction titles are arranged using Dewey Decimal System (DDS) call numbers:
    • 000s-General (including computers)
    • 100s-Philosophy and Psychology
    • 200s-Religion
    • 300s-Social Sciences
    • 400s-Languages
    • 500s-Math & Natural Sciences
    • 600s-Technology (Applied Sciences)
    • 700s-Arts & Recreation
    • 800s-Literature
    • 900s-History & Geography

If you cannot find the title you need with the call number, ask for assistance at the Library Reference Desk on the 1st floor.

Community and Non-Student Library Users

  • Members of the Grand Rapids community may borrow most print and audiovisual materials from GRCC's Library.  Licensing agreements prohibit access to our e-resource collections. 
  • Community members must provide current identification (photo ID (Drivers License, State ID, High School ID) or, a Michigan Public Library Card. Please return materials on time to avoid overdue fines and replacement fees.
  • With a valid Michigan public library card, GRCC will check out materials to you as a "Visiting Patron,"  and, we can offer you a GRCC guest library card. 
  • Contact the library with questions:   616.234.3872