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• Caltech students, staff, and faculty
• Visiting Summer Students, Volunteers & Other Caltech ID Card Holders
• Family Member of Caltech Faculty, Staff, & Postdocs
• JPL Staff
• ArtCenter College of Design & City of Hope Professional Staff
• Retired Caltech Staff
• Caltech Associates, Retired JPL Staff, Caltech Alumni, Thirty Meter Telescope Staff, Huntington Library Staff & Fellows, Affiliated College and University Students & Staff
• Guests of Current Caltech ID Card Holders

Caltech students, staff, and faculty

• See hours for individual library location access
• Caltech ID card required to unlock doors of any library location
• Faculty members can checkout 300 items for a period of one calendar year
• Students can checkout 100 items for a period of one academic term
• Staff, postdoc, visiting faculty can checkout 200 items for a period of one academic term

Visiting Summer Students, Volunteers & Other Caltech ID Card Holders

• Caltech ID card required to unlock doors of any library location
• Can checkout 5 books for a period of 30 days
• Equipment, rooms, and other technologies are not available for checkout

Family Member of Caltech Faculty, Staff, & Postdocs

• Must have government issued ID
• Access to Sherman Fairchild Library only 
• Available hours are 9am-4pm, weekdays only
• Can apply for library card granting 5 book checkouts for a period of 30 days
  • Card does not unlock doors
• Equipment, rooms, and other technologies are not available for checkout

JPL Staff & Postdocs

• Must have JPL Badge
• Access to Sherman Fairchild Library only 
• Available hours are 9am-10pm on weekdays and 12pm-8pm on weekends
• Can checkout 10 books for a period of 30 days
• Equipment, rooms, and other technologies are not available for checkout

ArtCenter College of Design & City of Hope Professional Staff

• Must have ArtCenter or CoH ID card
• Access to Sherman Fairchild Library only 
• Available hours are 9am-8pm, weekdays only
• Can checkout 5 books for a period of 30 days
• Equipment, rooms, and other technologies are not available for checkout

Retired Caltech Staff

• Must have Retiree ID card
• Access to Sherman Fairchild Library only 
• Available hours are 9am-4pm, weekdays only
• Can checkout 5 books for a period of 30 days
• Equipment, rooms, and other technologies are not available for checkout

Caltech Associates, Retired JPL Staff, Caltech Alumni, Thirty Meter Telescope Staff, Huntington Library Staff & Fellows, Affiliated College and University Students & Staff

• Must have government issued ID
• Access to Sherman Fairchild Library only 
• Available hours are 9am-4pm, weekdays only
• No checkout privileges

Guests of Current Caltech ID Card Holders

• Access to Sherman Fairchild Library only
• Available hours are 9am-4pm, weekdays only

Government Documents & Archives Users

Other external researchers may have limited access to use the U.S. Government Documents collection and the Caltech Archives & Special Collections. 

Access to the Caltech Archives is Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm by appointment and subject to staff availability. Contact us for more information.

Access to Government Documents is Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm by appointment and subject to staff availability. Contact us for more information.

Friends of the Caltech Library

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