Library Donors

Donors of $50 or more to the Libraries’ charitable funds are eligible for a Community Borrowing Card. Whether donors give to the Library Impact Fund or any other library fund, they have the following library privileges:

• Access to campus libraries and physical collections
• Loans of UW-Madison items, up to 999 items. See loan periods below.
• Requests of UW-Madison physical materials to be picked up at the campus library of choice, up to 5 requests at one time.
• Loan renewals
• On-campus access to databases, full-text electronic materials, and other digital resources
• On-campus guest wireless access

The following services are NOT available:

• Off-campus access to UW-Madison licensed electronic resources
• UW System materials
• Interlibrary loan or requesting from other institutions
• Remote Delivery
• Equipment checkout including but not limited to laptops and cameras

UW-Madison also offers some fee-based services to the public.

Friends members with an active community card can continue to use the services that that card provides. Applications for new and renewal cards should be made online at go.wisc.edu/borrowcard.

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