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Miami University Libraries

Borrowing Library Materials

Circulation policies are essentially the same on all Miami University campuses. For specifics on library services offered by the Hamilton and Middletown regional campuses, please visit their web sites at http://www.ham.muohio.edu/library/ and http://www.mid.muohio.edu/library.

Check Out - Miami University Students, Faculty, and Staff need a valid Miami ID with barcode to borrow circulating materials. Other persons wishing to check out materials should contact the King Library Circulation Desk for information at (513) 529-2433.

Check In - Items can be returned to any library. Book drops on the Oxford Campus are also located in the Shriver Center and in Alexander Dining Hall.

Undergraduate	3 Weeks
Graduate Students	1 Semester
Faculty	1 Year
All Other Patrons	3 Weeks

IMC collections

3 weeks

Reserves

Loan periods for Reserve Items vary from 2 hours to 7 days. See the section Reserve Items for details.

Journals

Graduate students and faculty may check out journal issues/volumes for 24 hours.

Loan Periods - OhioLINK Materials

All Miami Students, Faculty, and Staff receive the same loan period for items borrowed from OhioLINK libraries.

Regular Items	Three weeks with up to a maximum of 4 renewals. Renewals not permitted if item is requested by borrower at the library that provided the item.)
Media Items	1 week (no renewal)

OhioLINK items should be returned to the bookdrop inside or outside the library from which they were borrowed.

Notices are sent as a courtesy when items become overdue. It is the borrower's responsibility to return (or renew) items on or before an item's due date regardless of whether an overdue notice has been received. Overdue fines will nt be waived if an overdue notice is not received. Due dates for items are stamped on materials at checkout and can be viewed under the Your Circulation Record link on the Libraries' home page.