City University of New York Libraries

Circulation Policies

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• Overview
  
  
• Who may borrow?
  
  
• Loan periods
  
  
• Placing holds
  
  
• Renewals
  
  
• Returns
  
  
• Fines and fees
  

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• Baruch
• BMCC
• Bronx
• Brooklyn
• City
• Graduate Center

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• Hostos
• Hunter
• John Jay
• Kingsborough
• LaGuardia
• Law School
• Lehman

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• Medgar Evers
• NY City Tech
• Queens
• Queensborough
• Staten Island
• York

Overview

The libraries of the City University of New York participate in a Universal Courtesy Open Access lending agreement.  This web site has been designed to provide CUNY students, faculty and staff with each college's circulation policy concerning loans, renewals and fines.

Who may borrow?

• A currently validated I.D. card must be presented to enter or borrow library materials from any CUNY school.

• CUNY faculty, staff, currently enrolled students, and retired faculty (with appropriate identification) may borrow books from any CUNY library except:

• The CUNY Law School Library only lends to Law School faculty, staff and students.  Patrons from other CUNY colleges can visit the CUNY Law Library but have no borrowing privileges.
  
  

• Students currently enrolled in SUNY's Empire State College students are granted the same borrowing privileges as CUNY students. They should be issued a CUNY Open Access card with a generic barcode with an expiration date at the end of the semester.

• Each library has a certain number of patrons that only have borrowing privileges at that library.  These are typically:
  
  
  • Local alumni (alumni have access only to their home campus library)
  • Visiting scholars
  • Friends of the Library
  • Neighboring high school students
  • Special patrons
    

  Check with the circulation desk staff if you have questions about these patrons.

Loan periods

• Loan periods and renewal policies listed on this website are based on regular loan, circulating books only.  Policies may differ significantly for other library materials.
• The regular loan period for students and staff is 21 days. The regular loan period for CUNY faculty (non-local) is 42 days. Local faculty loan periods are set by each library. Multiple renewals may be available for students and faculty, depending on individual library policy.

  See the following pages for more information on local faculty loan periods.

Placing holds

• Open Access patrons can place a hold through CUNY+ when logged onto My Account.

• Patrons can select the pick-up library for the book when placing the hold.

• Circulation desk staff can place holds for patrons who are not part of Open Access.

Renewals

• Items may be renewed if there are no hold requests on the item. Renewals must be done
  
  
  • in person at the lending library only, or
  • electronically through the My Account link in CUNY+.

See the following pages for more information on renewal periods for each library.

Returns

• Books may be returned to any CUNY library.

Fines and fees

• Regular fines: Overdue fines are ten cents ($.10) a day for regular loans.

• Hold/Recall fines: Overdue fines are one dollar ($1.00) a day for recall and rush recall loans to a maximum of $50.
• Reserve fines: Overdue fines are one dollar ($1.00) an hour for reserve loans to a maximum of $100.
• Replacement fees for lost materials must be paid at the library owning the material. Fees may vary. Check with the lending college.
• Although some colleges waive overdue fines for faculty, in all cases faculty must pay for lost books.
• Overdue fines may be paid at any CUNY library.