Overdue Library Materials
Renewals
If you are a current student, staff or faculty member, the following options are available for renewal.
Yale Library Materials: Renew Yale Library materials using My Library Account.
Interlibrary Loan: Request a renewal by emailing smlill@yale.edu.
**Please note that all Borrow Direct materials must be returned.
Returns
If you are no longer at Yale University, we would like to ask that these materials are returned as soon as possible. Options for returns are as follows:
Return to a Yale Library bookdrop (Locations are available here)
Request a free shipping label (1 label for every 20lbs of books) through askyalelibrary@yale.edu. Include your name, preferred shipping address and number of labels requested.
All overdue and lost item fees will be removed when materials are returned.
Already Returned?
If you already returned your materials, please fill out this form. We will start an extensive search of the library to try to locate these items.
All circulating library materials may be recalled by another reader. You will be sent a notice if this happens.
Faculty may designate assistants as proxy borrowers by following these steps. Non-Faculty staff are not eligible for proxy borrowers.
Loans from any collection, including requests from the Library shelving Facility (LSF), are counted.
Faculty are eligible for free on-site borrowing privileges from all Borrow Direct institutions. To see a full list of participating institutions along with links to each institution's policies, please visit http://www.borrowdirect.org/on-site-borrowing.
If you believe you've accrued a fine in error or if you believe you've returned an item that is still on your library account, please fill out the following form.
Send questions to Sterling Memorial Library Services at:
Phone: (203) 432-1775
E-mail: askyalelibrary@yale.edu
The Library Service desk is located on the ground floor of Sterling Memorial Library in the nave and is open during normal library hours.
Academic Year
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Friday: 8:30AM-4:45PM |
Saturday: 10AM-4:45PM |
Sunday: 12noon-6PM |
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