Loan Policies

Most libraries in the UNC University Library system have the same basic policies for book checkout and renewal.

• Faculty: 180 days
• Graduate Students: 90 days
• Undergraduate Students: 30 days
• UNC Staff: 30 days
• Non-affiliated Borrowers: 30 days

** The Undergraduate Library, Health Sciences Library and Law Library circulate books for 30 days regardless of the user's affiliation.

Media Resources Center lends materials to all faculty, students, staff, and anyone with a UNC Borrower's Card.

• Videocassettes and DVDs are due three days after check out.
• Compact Discs are due one week after check out.

Most books from the Highway Safety Research Center, North Carolina Collection, Rare Book Collection, and Southern Folklife Collection, cannot be checked out. For availability check the catalog. For specific loan periods see the individual library or collection.

School of Government Library lends materials to all faculty, students, staff, and North Carolina residents with proper identification for 30 days. The library lends materials to School of Government faculty for one year.