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Loan Periods and Policies

For information about borrowers, see Who May Borrow. For Recall/Hold policies, see Recalls and Holds. For information on fines, see Fines and Replacement Fees. For Reserves and Interlibrary Loan policies, see Reserves and Borrowing From Other Libraries (ILL).

	Students/ Staff	Seniors	Faculty, Administrators, Trustees, Language Interns, Faculty/Student Assistants, Emeriti	Faculty/ Student Assistants	Faculty/ Administrator Spouse	Special Borrowers, Alums, Faculty/Staff Children	Summer Students/ Summer Programs Participants
Limits on # of Items that can be Borrowed	100	100	250	100	100	10	10
Circulating Books/ Scores	30 days 1 renewal (but not until a week before the item is due or thereafter)	Semester loan*	1 year Fixed due date at end of May. 1 renewal	1 year Fixed due date at end of May. 1 renewal	1 yr. 1 renewal	30 days 1 renewal	2 weeks Unlimited renewals while card is valid
Browsing Books	3 weeks No renewals.	3 weeks No renewals.	3 weeks No renewals.	3 weeks	3 weeks No renewals.	3 weeks No renewals.	3 weeks No renewals (if applicable by program)
Reference/ Special Collections	In-house use only.	In-house use only.	In-house use only.	In-house use only.	In-house use only.	In-house use only.	In-house use only.
Periodicals	In-house use only	In-house use only	2 weeks	2 weeks	In-house use only	In-house use only	In-house use only
Videos and DVDs (Not Reserve)	1 day	1 day	1 week	1 day	1 week	1 day	1 day
Laptops, Computer Equipment, Keys	In house use only. Must be returned before closing on day checked out.	In house use only. Must be returned before closing on day checked out.	In house use only. Must be returned before closing on day checked out.	In house use only. Must be returned before closing on day checked out.	In house use only. Must be returned before closing on day checked out.	NA	NA

* Books taken out in fall can be renewed for spring semester. Exception: For senior non-art majors, art books circulate as they do for other students.