USAFA Library Guides: Services: Borrow and Renew

Borrow

Cadets, faculty, and staff may borrow items from the McDermott Library circulating collections using their library barcode. New users should visit the Service Desk to be assigned a barcode. Different collections have different loan rules.

General Collection Non-Fiction Titles:

Cadets and Staff: 2-week loan, with up to 2 renewals
Faculty: Semester-long loan

General Collection Fiction Titles, Government Documents, Playaways, and CDs:

All Groups: 2-week loan, with up to 2 renewals

DVDs:

All Groups: 1-week loan, with no renewals. Instructors who need items for a course should inquiry about an extension.

Bound Periodicals:

Cadets & Faculty: Overnight loan

Other military personnel and civilians may be authorized to borrow items upon approval of written application by the Director of the McDermott Library.

Renew

Cadets, faculty, and staff are able to view the items currently checked out to them and renew them by logging into their Library Account Loans. Books renew for an additional 2 weeks and can be renewed two times online. Note that if the item is already overdue or if another user has a hold placed on the item, it will not be renewable and will need to be returned by the due date.

Holds

McDermott Library borrowers can place a hold to have circulating items from the McDemott Library collections pulled and held for them to pickup at the McDermott Library Information Services Desk. If an item is currently available, library personnel will pull the item from the shelf and send it to the Information Services Desk. You will receive an email notification when the item is available for pickup.

If an item is currently checked out, the item will be placed on hold at the Information Services Desk once it is returned. If there are other holds already placed on the item, you will be added to the queue in the order the holds were placed. You will receive an email notification when the item is available for pickup.

Placing a Hold

Login to your library account.
Search the library catalog.
Click the "Reserve Item" button to the left of the book information.
If the hold is successful, a confirmation message will appear.

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