Library FAQ

CSUSM Local Materials - Books & Media Materials

• None for current CSUSM faculty, staff, and students 

• Other Users (CSUSM Alumni, CSUSM Retirees, Community Borrowers, and others)

  • $0.25 per day, per item

Library Reserves

• $1.00 per hour or day, per item (based on loan period - hourly loans are per hour, daily loans are per day)

Lost/Damaged charge per item (includes books, equipment, games, kits, microforms, VHS/DVD, etc..):

• CSUSM - items replacement cost and nonrefundable $10.00 billing fee
• Reserve - items replacement cost and nonrefundable $10.00 billing fee
• CSU+ - item replacement charge is $90.00 and nonrefundable $10.00 billing fee
• Interlibrary Loan - items replacement cost and nonrefundable $10.00 billing fee

Paying Fines

• All payments for library fines can be made online. CSUSM campus users can simply login to their account and pay fines.
• Users unable to pay online should contact the Library Circulation Desk via email or phone

See the Borrowing Books and Media page for further details.