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Borrowing Guide: Faculty

COVID-19 Updates

All Yale Library buildings and spaces are closed but library staff continues to support online support for Yale classes and research.  More information: https://web.library.yale.edu/news/2020/03/covid-19-library-update

All fines for overdue, recalled, and lost Yale Library, Borrow Direct and Interlibrary Loan materials will be waived. If you accrue fines, email askyalelibrary@yale.edu or fill out this form for quick resolution.

Faculty Guide to Borrowing

How long can I borrow?

  • 1 year for all General Circulating Collections
  • 2 weeks for materials from the Film Study Center

 All circulating library materials may be recalled by another reader. You will be sent a notice if this happens.

Can I have some one else check books out for me at the library?

Faculty may designate assistants as proxy borrowers by following these steps.  Non-Faculty staff are not eligible for proxy borrowers.

How many books (or other types of loans) can I check out at once?

  • Regular Faculty: 1000 books/loans, 20 items from Film Study Center
  • Summer Faculty: 25 books/loans

Loans from any collection, including requests from the Library shelving Facility (LSF), are counted.

How much am I charged if I'm late returning a loan?

  • Faculty are generally not charged for regular overdue books but the Library appreciates the timely return of books.
  • Lost or long-overdue material: Material that has not been returned 30 days after the due date will be declared LOST automatically. The patron will be assessed a $130.00 Unreturned Book Fee.
  • Other types of overdue fees:
    • $2.00 per day for overdue books that have been recalled.
    • $2.00 per day for 3-day reserves.
    • $3.00 per hour for reserve 2-hour, 3-hour, and 24-hour reserve materials
    • The borrower is responsible for the return or renewal of the book on or before the due date.

Borrowing materials from other Ivies+ institutions (BorrowDirect Plus)

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. 


Problems with your account

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.

 

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Contact

Send questions to Sterling Memorial Library Services at:

Phone: (203) 432-1775

E-mail: askyalelibrary@yale.edu

Location

The Library Service desk is located on the ground floor of Sterling Memorial Library in the nave and is open during normal library hours.

Visitor Library Privileges Hours

Academic Year

Monday-Thursday: 8:30AM-6PM
Friday: 8:30AM-4:45PM
Saturday: 10AM-4:45PM
Sunday: 12noon-6PM

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