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Loan Periods for UW-Madison Faculty & Staff

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This table lists the loan periods for faculty and staff at UW-Madison. Faculty and staff from other UW System campuses should see UW System Faculty & Staff Loan Periods. CIC Visiting Faculty and OCLC Reciprocal Borrowing Program Faculty should see Memorial Library Courtesy Card Loan Periods.

Go to Library Privileges for UW-Madison Faculty & Staff or Loan Periods for UW-Madison Libraries

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Library Name	Books	Journals	Government Documents	Microform	Video & DVD	CD-ROMs & Software	Audio
American Indian Studies Program Resource Center	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	28 days / 2 renewals	--	--	14 days / no renewals	--	14 days / no renewals
Art Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	7 days / no renewals *see note	--	non- circulating	non - circulating	non- circulating	--
Astronomy Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	1 day / 1 renewal	--	2 days / 1 renewal	14 days / 1 renewal	--	--
Business Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	non- circulating	--	--	--	--	--
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Chemistry Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	non- circulating	--	non- circulating	--	--	--
College Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	7 days / no renewals	--	--	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals Open Book Collection: Games: 14 days / 2 renewals	Music CDs : December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals
					Open Book Collection: 7 days / no renewals		December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals
Ebling Library (Health Sciences) More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals ***see note	non- circulating	Audiovisual: 14 days / 1 renewal Print: December 30 / May 30 2 renewals	28 days / 2 renewals	14 days / 1 renewal	14 days / 1 renewal	14 days / 1 renewal
Geography Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	7 days / no renewals *see note	28 days / unlimited renewals	varies / ask library staff for assistance	28 days / unlimited renewals	varies / ask library staff for assistance	--
Geology Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	7 days / 10 renewals *see note	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals
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Historical Society Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals *see note	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	varies / ask library staff for assistance	--
Journalism Reading Room More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	3 days / no renewals *see note	--	--	--	--	--
Law Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 2 renewals	non- circulating	28 days / 2 renewals	28 days / 2 renewals	3 days / no renewals	varies / ask library staff for assistance	varies / ask library staff for assistance
Math Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	2 hours / no renewals *see note	--	--	7 days / no renewals	--	--
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Memorial Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	7 days / no renewals	--	varies / ask library staff for assistance	14 days / 1 renewal	14 days / 1 renewal	14 days / 1 renewal
MERIT Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	non- circulating	--	28 days / 2 renewals	14 days / 2 renewals	28 days / 2 renewals	28 days / 2 renewals
Music Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	7 days / no renewals *see note	--	2 hours / no renewals, in-house use only	7 days / 1 renewal	7 days / 1 renewal	7 days / 1 renewal
Physics Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	1 day / 2 renewals	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	14 days / 1 renewal	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals
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Primate Center Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals §§ see note	non - circulating	--	--	14 days / 2 renewals	--	14 days / 2 renewals
Schwerdtfeger Library (Space Science) More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	2 hours / no renewals	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	--	--	28 days / 3 renewals	--
SLIS Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	non- circulating	--	28 days / 2 renewals	28 days / 2 renewals	3 days / 2 renewals	28 days / 2 renewals
Social Science Reference Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	2 hours / 1 renewal	--	--	--	--	--
Social Work Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	non- circulating	--	28 days no renewals	7 days / no renewals	--	7 days / no renewals
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Steenbock Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	2 hours / no renewals	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	non- circulating	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals
UW-Madison Shelving Facility	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	retrievable to any campus library for in-library use	--	--	--	--	--
UW System Libraries	December 30 May 30 / 2 renewals	--	¤ ¤ see note	¤ ¤ see note	14 days / no renewals	¤ ¤ see note	¤ ¤ see note
Wendt Commons Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	non- circulating	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	varies / ask library staff for assistance	28 days / 23 renewals	varies / ask library staff for assistance	--
Wisconsin's Water Library More Information	December 30 May 30 / 6 renewals	28 days / 2 renewals ¤ see note	28 days / 2 renewals	28 days / 2 renewals	28 days / 2 renewals	28 days / 2 renewals	28 days / 2 renewals

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Exceptions for individual libraries' circulation policies:

* Art, Geology, Geography, Historical, Journalism, Math and Water Resources Libraries: Unbound journal issues do not circulate.

*** Ebling Library: Books published before 1914 do not circulate.

§§ Primate Library: Computer books in the stacks have two renewals.

¤Wisconsin's Water Library: Current journal issues do not circulate.

¤ ¤ UW System Libraries: Circulation policies for non-book materials vary among the different UW System libraries.

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