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The UW-Madison Libraries are a member of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) libraries, which is a consortium of member libraries who have committed to intentionally managing their core collections of books and digital assets as one collection to meet the growing needs of faculty, researchers and students on each campus.
The BTAA strives to optimize access to the combined collections of its member libraries through onsite reciprocal borrowing and interlibrary loan services. Through these services, users at member institutions are granted access to the collective wealth of information of the entire consortium.
BTAA libraries member institutions agree to provide reciprocal in-house use and in-person borrowing privileges to current faculty, emeritus faculty, students, and staff at the other BTAA member libraries. Borrowing privileges are governed by the lending library based on local circulation policies established for guest borrowers.
UW-Madison faculty, staff, and students may borrow materials in-person from other BTAA member libraries through the reciprocal borrowing program. To access other BTAA member libraries, you must present your Wiscard and login to the BTAA Reciprocal Borrowing Application (using valid netid/password) at the site of the member library where you’d like to have in-house use or borrowing privileges.
Before your visit, contact the Permissions Contact for that library to ensure you will be able to access materials during your visit. You can also contact UW-Madison Libraries Circulation Support for help arranging reciprocal borrowing with another BTAA library.
Patrons from participating BTAA libraries member institutions may borrow materials in-person at UW-Madison Libraries by applying for a Courtesy Community Borrowing Card. You must be a current student, staff or faculty member of a participating Big Ten Academic Alliance institution.
Please submit the application (Select your affiliation as “BTAA Member Student, Faculty, or Staff”) at least 7 days before your visit to ensure your borrowing card is ready when you arrive. When you pick up the card at Memorial Library, you will need to present a current state or government issued photo ID (passport, driver’s license, tribal ID, or state ID). In addition, library staff will request that you verify your affiliation using your institution’s username and password.
Before your visit, review our information for visitors, and contact UW-Madison Libraries Circulation Support with any questions.
The BTAA libraries interlibrary loan service offers rapid access to over 90 million books from the collections of BTAA member libraries and the Center for Research Libraries.
UW-Madison students, faculty, and staff request materials from BTAA libraries through Interlibrary Loan. Contact UW-Madison Interlibrary Loan with any questions.
Patrons from participating BTAA libraries request materials from UW-Madison through your own library’s interlibrary loan service.