Associate Borrowing Privileges

Retired faculty and staff, contracted campus staff (e.g. Sodexo), and visiting religious scholars/residents receive semester borrowing privileges. For information about eligibility and setting up associate borrowing privileges, please contact the Circulation Desk.

Books

  • Check-out period: To the end of the semester
  • Number of renewals allowed: 2
  • Renewal period: 1 semester
  • Item replacement fee: $65.00 + $15.00 processing fee
  • Books in some collections are subject to separate borrowing rules. For more information see the borrowing policies for the Popular Reading Collection and Curriculum Materials Collection.

Persons with associate borrowing privileges are eligible to check out books or request articles from other libraries using ILLiad. Emeritus LMU faculty are eligible to check out materials from AJCU institutions through AJCU Passport.

Media

  • Check-out period: 7 days
  • Number of renewals allowed: 2
  • Renewal period: 7 days
  • Item replacement fee: Variable

Basement Journals

  • Check-out period: 7 days
  • Number of renewals allowed: 1
  • Renewal period: 7 days
  • Item replacement fee: $65.00 + $15.00 processing fee

Basement In-house Reference Books

  • Check-out period: 3 hours in-library use
  • Number of renewals allowed: 0
  • Item replacement fee: $65.00 + $15.00 processing fee

Check-Out Limits

  • Media: Maximum of 10 items at a time
  • Books and journals: Maximum of 150 items at a time

Equipment

For more information about available equipment and equipment loan rules, see Equipment Check-Out @ The Library.

Recalls

Associate borrowers are eligible to request recalls on checked out materials. Please email circulation@lmu.edu. All items checked out are subject to recalls per the library's recall policy.

Off-Campus Access to E-Resources

Only faculty, staff, or enrolled students at LMU's Westchester campus may access e-resources remotely. Owing to the license agreements we sign with the vendors of these products, they are not available to other users of the library. For more information, For more information, see Off-Campus Access @ the Library.