Loan Periods and Who can Borrow

UT student, faculty, staff or official retiree

UT students, faculty, staff and official retirees use their UT ID cards to check out materials. Students must be currently enrolled or qualify for summer privileges; faculty and staff must be currently appointed or retired.

Summer privileges:

The UT Libraries extend summer privileges to University of Texas at Austin students who were enrolled for the spring semester, even if they are not enrolled for the summer semester. Spring graduates also retain full student privileges over the summer. Students who withdraw during the spring semester do not have library privileges over the summer; their privileges resume when they re-enroll. Summer privileges end on the twelfth class day of the fall semester.

Borrower Services

Location:

Perry-Castañeda Library

PCL 2.122E

Austin, Texas

Email:

circserv@lib.utexas.edu

Phone:

512-495-4300

Website:

https://lib.utexas.edu/study-spaces-technology/spaces/borrower-services

Loan Periods

Loan periods vary depending upon the status of the borrower and the collection to which an item belongs.

General Collection materials:

Borrower type	Loan period	Item limit	Renewal limit
UT Austin students, faculty, staff and official retirees	Semester loan	Unlimited	Unlimited unless requested by another patron
UT System staff	Semester loan	Unlimited	Unlimited unless requested by another patron
UT Austin Official Visitors and Special Borrowers	Semester loan	Unlimited	Unlimited unless requested by another patron
Proxy Borrowers	Semester loan	Unlimited	Unlimited unless requested by another patron
All other borrowers	28 day loan	100	12 unless requested by another patron

Limited Circulation materials:

Loan periods for limited circulation materials are the same for all borrower types.

Material type	Loan period
Periodicals	Loan periods for bound periodicals vary by library and are 3-days or library use. Loan periods for unbound periodicals vary by library and are generally two-hour or library use. Borrowers with special needs may request a longer loan period, which are granted at the branch level.
Non-book materials (ex., CDs, DVDs, maps, software, equipment)	Loan periods for these materials vary by library
Special collections	Special collections in specific libraries may have limited loan periods as determined by the library. For example, at PCL the New Books Collection has a 14-day loan period.
Rare book, manuscript materials and reference materials	Library use only
Reserve materials	2-hour, 24-hour, or 3-day loan, as designated by the instructor placing materials on reserve.