Access/Borrowing Services
Loan Period
| Borrowing Privileges
| Renewals | Fines
& Overdues
Loan Period
Books in general collections
The Fordham University community (faculty, students, administrators,
and staff) may borrow books for the following loan periods:
| Full-time Faculty, Administrators |
Academic Year |
| Part-time Adjuncts, Ph.D. Students |
Semester |
| Graduate Students |
Semester |
| Fordham Staff |
28 Days |
| Undergraduate Students |
28 Days |
| Alumni w/borrowing privileges, WALDO faculty |
28 Days |
All of the above loans can be renewed up to three times if no one
else has requested the book. After two weeks, a book may be recalled
if someone else asks for it.
Library notices for overdue books, recalls, and holds will be sent via email to your Fordham email account.
Audio/Visual Materials
Music CDs, VHS, and DVDs - 3 days
Books with CD-ROM in EIC - 30 Days
Reserve Materials
Books and Articles in Reserve Room - 2 hours
Renewals
Books can be renewed up to three times as long as no one else has requested the item.
You can renew online by going to the Fordham Library Catalog and clicking on "My Account". You can also renew in person on or before the due date at the Circulation
Desk, or by telephone. The
telephone number for Rose Hill is 718-817-3578, x3577, or x5109, Lincoln Center
212-636-6062, Westchester campus 914-367-3060.
A/V materials cannot be renewed.
Fines & Overdues
Books in general collections - $0.10 per day.
Reserve Books & Audio/Visual Materials - Flat rate $5.00 per day.
Non-reserve Audio/Visual Materials - $1.00 per day.
Notices regarding fines, overdues, recalls and hold pickup will be sent to your Fordham email account.
Borrowing Privileges
While visiting researchers and scholars are welcome to Fordham Libraries,
limitations of space and staff require that visiting privileges be restricted
to the following groups:
- Full-time faculty at Westchester Colleges and Universities Faculty (WALDO) have guest
borrowing privileges (four-week loans). Must present current photo school ID.
- Westchester Colleges and University Students (WALDO) have reading
privileges.
- Einstein College of Medicine Students and users of St. Luke's/Roosevelt
and Cornell Medical Center Libraries have reading privileges.
- METRO Referral cards permit on-site use of specific books or specified
subject areas.
- New York Area Theological Library Association (NYATLA) faculty and
students have reading privileges.
- Fordham Alumni with an alumni card have reading privileges. Borrowing
privileges are available for an annual fee of $100.
- Borrowing privileges are available to others for an annual fee of
$250.
- Visiting scholars and Faculty from other universities may obtain
reading privileges upon request.
- Fordham Law School Library access should be arranged through the
Law School Library.
- Immediate family of Fordham Faculty, Administrators, and Staff have
borrowing privileges.
- U.S. Government Documents are available for on-site use to the general
public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please apply for
a pass at Rose Hill Library or Quinn Library.
Access to the libraries for all of the preceeding is dependent upon
the presentation of valid I.D.
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