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LIS Virtual Services Guide: Returning Library Items

Returning Items in Person

Regular Circulating Items (books, DVDs, etc.)

  • items can be returned in person at Rose Library, JMU Libraries Express, the Music Library, or at ETMC in Memorial Hall
  • items can be returned at either of our two drive up book drops at Rose Library or JMU Libraries Express:
    • Rose Library: book drop located on Alumni Drive next to Rose Library on East Campus
    • Express: book drop located near the back of the building in Parking Lot K (1050 South Main Street)

Interlibrary Loan Items

  • Interlibrary Loan items can be returned in person at any service desk or at either book drop location as well

Equipment Loans

  • Equipment loans should be encouraged to be returned in person at the equipment loans desk in Rose Library during their regular operating hours of M-F 8-5
    • after hours returns can be given to LIS desk staff at either Rose Library or JMU Libraries Express, but items WILL NOT be fully checked in until the next day by equipment loan staff
  • Equipment loan items CANNOT be returned by book drop, they MUST be returned in person
    • additionally, equipment loans CANNOT be returned at the Music Library or ETMC locations

Returning Items by Mail

Regular Circulating Items

  • items from any JMU Libraries location can be returned via mail by addressing them to our on site storage center, The Hub, where Libraries staff will process them for returns
    • The Hub
      MSC 1704
      James Madison University
      771 Duke Drive
      Harrisonburg, VA 22807

Interlibrary Loan Items

  • Interlibrary Loan items can be returned by mail also to The Hub but addressed specifically to Interlibrary Loan staff
    • James Madison University
      Interlibrary Loan, MSC 1704
      The Hub, 771 Duke Drive
      Harrisonburg, VA 22807