Wilbur Wright Library Website

The libraries serve current City Colleges of Chicago students, faculty, and staff. Patrons from I-Share libraries are also able to use CCC libraries. A current ID is required (meaning the holder is registered for a given term) to check out materials.  

Library patrons have access to electronic resources (databases, e-books, articles) both on campus and off-campus, with the latter access requiring a CCC username/password for authentication.  

Borrowing privileges and off-campus access to electronic resources are not available to CCC alumni. 

CCC libraries are open to the public for in-library use of physical materials.  

Items can be requested and sent for pickup to the CCC library most convenient for patrons. Borrowed items can be returned to any CCC library. Patrons of other I-Share libraries can request materials to be sent for pickup at their library. 

Borrowed items are not automatically renewed. Email notifications are sent three days before items are due asking patrons to manually renew or return items by the due date. Items can be renewed online at https://library.ccc.edu, in person at a CCC library, or by telephone. Contact information for CCC libraries.  

Items can be requested and sent for pickup to the CCC library most convenient for students. Borrowed items can be returned to any CCC library. Items can be renewed online at library.ccc.edu, in person at a CCC library, or by telephone. Contact information for CCC libraries.  

• Loan period is 28 days with the ability to renew, unless a hold has been placed by another patron. The final due date for students is always the last Friday of the term. For faculty and staff, the final due date is one year after the initial checkout date.
• Late/overdue fines: no overdue or late fines will be applied, with the exception of fines for reserve (library-use only) materials. At 35 days past the due date items are marked as lost and patrons will be billed. If a lost item is returned, the lost fee will be removed from the patron’s account. Patrons are not billed for items lost by fire, flood, or theft; police reports or insurance claims must be provided.
• Fines for non-CCC interlibrary loans items are determined by the lending institution.
• Reserve items (required textbooks or other materials for a given class) typically do not leave the library and circulate for two hours at a time, with renewals possible only if no one else is waiting for the item. Overdue fines may be applied to reserve items.
• There is no limit on the number of items that can be checked out at a given time.
• Patrons are responsible for and will be billed for lost or damaged items. If a late item is returned in good condition no fees will apply. Patrons may replace the book in kind with a copy of the same or newer edition of the missing or damaged item, which is preferred, or pay the replacement cost of an item (cost is determined by the lending library) at any CCC business office.
• If a patron has three or more lost books on their account across all CCC libraries, they will be blocked from further borrowing until they have returned or replaced all the lost books.
• Patrons will be given three “claims returned" items if they believe they returned a book, but it is not present in the library.

• CCC Library Circulation Policy Fall 2024

• Lost or unreturned items: Students are responsible for and will be billed for lost or unreturned items. If a late item is returned in good condition no fees will apply. Students can replace the book in kind with a copy that matches the ISBN of the missing item, which is preferred, or pay the replacement cost of an item (cost is determined by the lending library) at any CCC bursar’s office.  

• The final due date is always the last Friday of the term. 

Do you have books to return to the library? At Wright, the book drops are located near both 2nd floor entrances. If the library is open, you may also return books at the Circulation desk. You can also return your books to another CCC library. 

CCC libraries collect materials in a variety of formats to support academic curricula, career programs, information literacy goals, community interests, and lifelong learning pursuits of students and faculty.

Read our full policy here.