Borrowing Policy - Oregon Card and Community Borrowers

Eligibility

  • All users must be 16 years of age or older
  • Residents of Oregon and select Southwest Washington Counties (Current Washington Counties include: Clark County, Klickitat County, Skamania County, and some areas of Cowlitz County: Cities of Ariel, Cougar or Woodland, and Yale Precinct)
  • Students, faculty, and staff visiting from Bushnell University and Gutenberg College

What Can Be Borrowed

  • Most material in the UO Libraries general collection and AV collection can be borrowed.
  • You may also borrow material from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) for a fee.

Come to the Library to Register for your Account

  • Please bring the following to any UO Libraries checkout desk:
    • Photo ID 
    • Proof of age
    • Proof of current mailing address, e.g., utility bill
    • Any card with a barcode, e.g., public library card

Borrower Responsibilities

  • You are responsible for knowing the due date of library material that is checked out to you and for returning material on time. Check your LibrarySearch account to view a list of borrowed items and due dates.  
  • All items are subject to recall by other library users at any time, including breaks and between terms. If a recall shortens your loan period you will receive an email notification with the updated due date. 
  • You are responsible for returning borrowed material in the same condition as it was in when borrowed. 

Loan Periods 

  • Maximum Loans: 10 items checked out at a time
  • Maximum Holds: 10 holds on checked out items
  • Some collections do not circulate to community users, e.g., Law Popular reading collection
  • UO Books: 3 weeks
  • Audio recordings: 6 days
  • Videos:
    • Most are a 4 hour check out (in-library use)
    • Portland Video Collection 7 days
    • Some special video collections are not available for public use, for example the Law Video Collection.
  • Interlibrary Loan material: Due date determined by the lending library
  • Course Reserves and equipment loans: Hourly loans on limited equipment.

Renewals

  • Eligible material will renew automatically unless requested by another user, the account has expired, or the maximum loan period has been reached. Typically this will include items in the UO general book collection.
  • When the maximum loan period has been reached, users will be sent a courtesy email notification.

Overdue Fines and Fees

  • Interlibrary Loan request fee: $15 per request, plus any copyright or other charges assessed by the lending library
  • Overdue Books and ILL material: $.50/day 
  • Overdue Portland Video and Audio recordings: $2/day
  • Overdue recalled material: $5/day
  • Overdue equipment: Varies
  • Overdue course reserves material and hourly video checkouts: $3/hour
  • Damaged or lost items: Repair or replacement charge plus a $20 service charge, and any applicable overdue fines. 

Billing

  • Library fines and fees are applied to your UO billing account. These are paid directly to UO Business Affairs. 
  • If you believe library charges have accrued on your account in error, or you were unable to return items on time due to extenuating circumstances, you may appeal those charges using this form. 

Contact 

  • All Library-related notifications are sent to your provided email address. 
  • If you have questions about this policy, please call the Knight Library Checkout & Reserves Desk at 541-346-3065 or email libhelp@uoregon.edu. 

Revision

Last revised: 11/20/2024