UVM and FAHC Borrowing Privileges

Your UVM identification or FAHC badge is your borrowers card.

General Borrowing Privileges

You may use any library on campus subject to the policies governing that specific library.
You may check out a maximum of 100 books from the circulating collections of UVM Libraries at any one time.
You may use non-circulating materials (reference) in the library.
Your card is non-transferable and may be used only in person.

Loan Periods

Books are checked out for four weeks.
Bound journals are checked out for four days.
Unbound journals are checked out for four hours.

Holds and Searches

If you cannot locate a book on the shelf, check the UVM Library Catalog to see if the book has been checked out to someone. You may place a hold or recall on an item. You will be notified when the requested book has been returned, and it will be held for you at the Circulation Desk for seven days. If the book is not on the shelf and is not checked out to someone, please request that a search be conducted by notifying staff at the Circulation Desk.

Recalled Books

Any library material you have checked out may be recalled for use by a UVM student, faculty member, or staff member. Materials requested for course reserve are subject to immediate recall. If you do not return a recalled item by the date indicated on the recall notice, you will be charged a $10 recall overdue fee, and you will lose borrowing privileges until the book is returned to the library.

Overdue Materials and Fines

All library users are subject to charges. Library users are responsible for remembering when their books are overdue. A due date is stamped in the back of each charged book. One overdue notice is sent before a charge notice is generated. Overdue notices are a courtesy. Failure to receive this notice does not exempt a user from overdue charges.

Overdue Charges and Replacement Charges

If you do not return a book within ten days of the due date, you will incur a charge. An overdue transaction charge of $10.00 is charged for each book overdue. Cost of replacement is based on the book price. Cost adjustments are made for expensive items or items that may have to be searched for and obtained from the out-of-print book market.