Retired Faculty and Staff or Visiting Scholars
Retired UD Faculty and Staff must request a free library card from the 1st floor circulation desk. Photo identification must be presented at time of request. All materials are checked out at the 1st floor circulation desk.
Visiting Scholars must request a free library card from 1st floor circulation desk. A letter from their department must be presented at time of request.
You can borrow from us...
- Local materials (max number 100) and media
- Leisure Reading materials
- OhioLINK materials (max number 100) and media
- Materials and media from other libraries
....and you can keep them longer. Renew in person at the 1st floor circulation desk or by phone (229-4234). Renewals will be blocked if there are holds or other requests for the item.
But you have to bring it back
| Loan Period | Renewals | Fines | |
| Local materials | 120 days | 4 | 15 cents per day |
| Local media | 7 days | 1 | 50 cents per day |
| Leisure Reading materials | 21 days | 1 | 15 cents per day |
| OhioLINK materials | 21 days | 6 | 50 cents per day |
| OhioLINK media | Varies | No | 50 cents per day |
| Interlibrary loan materials | Varies | Varies | $1.00 per day |
| Reserve materials | Varies | No | 50 cents per hour for hourly loans, 50 cents per day for daily/weekly loans |
Some items are so special, you'll have to stay a while to view them
- Reference materials
- Journals
You can even borrow from other libraries
Interlibrary loan (also know as ILL): a service that obtains materials from other libraries, is available. Please check at 1st floor circulation desk for more information, by phone (229-4234).
What you want is checked out?
You can request an item by placing a hold. We'll let you know when it comes back. Maximum number of holds: 30
Not all of our inventory is on our shelves
Some of our items are in remote storage so you may have to wait up to 4 days for retrieval. Please check at first floor Circulation Desk for more details.