Borrowing Details
User Type |
Loan Period |
Can Checkout Reserve Items? |
Can Checkout Journals?1 |
Can Renew Items? |
Can Recall Items?2 |
Can Place holds and choose pick up location?3 |
Maximum number of books checked out |
Caltech Faculty/ Administrators/ Trustees/ Librarians, Unit Heads, Emeritus Faculty |
Until end of current term |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
300 |
Caltech temporary faculty, visiting faculty, Post-Doctoral Scholars with Caltech ID |
Until end of current term |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
200 |
Caltech Graduate Students |
Until end of current term |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
200 |
Caltech Undergrade Students |
4 weeks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
50 |
Caltech Staff and Peripheral Employees |
4 weeks |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
50 |
JPL Regular Staff |
4 weeks |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
50 |
USC/UCLA Reciprocal Faculty & Graduate Students/ G4 Consortium Faculty |
4 weeks |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
10 |
Caltech Alumni, Huntington Readers, Caltech Associates, Retired Caltech and JPL Employees, Immediate Family Members of Caltech, Caltech Contract Employees, Polytechnic Teachers |
4 weeks |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
25 |
Non-Caltech Undergraduates: SFP, MURF, YesS with Caltech ID |
4 weeks |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
5 |
Notes:
1Current faculty, staff and students may check out journals for 7 days. All other borrowers may check them out for 1 day.2If you recall an item, the loan period will be shortened and it will be placed on hold for you when it's returned. However, the original borrower is assured of having the material for 7 days from checkout
3Available items on the regular shelves will be pulled by staff the next day and put on hold at the circulation desk of your choice.
