Access Services & Borrowing Privileges: Borrowing at Fordham

General Collections
University administrators - academic year (books due the Friday before University Commencement)
University staff members - 28 days

Audio/Visual Materials
CDs, DVDs and VHS cassettes: 5 days
Books with CD-ROMs (available in Walsh Library EIC): 28 days

Reserve Materials
DVDs and VHS cassettes (available in Walsh Library EIC): 4 hours
DVDs and VHS cassettes (available in Quinn Library A/V Room): 2 hours
DVDs and VHS cassettes (available at Fordham Westchester Library Circulation Desk): 2 hours
Books on Reserve at all campus libraries: 2 hours

General Collections
Doctoral students - semester (books due after exams conclude)
Graduate students - semester (books due after exams conclude)

Audio/Visual Materials
CDs, DVDs and VHS cassettes: 5 days
Books with CD-ROMs (available in Walsh Library EIC): 28 days

Reserve Materials
DVDs and VHS cassettes (available in Walsh Library EIC): 4 hours
DVDs and VHS cassettes (available in Quinn Library A/V Room): 2 hours
DVDs and VHS cassettes (available at Fordham Westchester Library Circulation Desk): 2 hours
Books on Reserve at all campus libraries: 2 hours

General Collections
Undergraduate students - 28 days

Audio/Visual Materials
CDs, DVDs and VHS cassettes: 5 days
Books with CD-ROMs (available in Walsh Library EIC): 28 days

Reserve Materials
DVDs and VHS cassettes (available in Walsh Library EIC): 4 hours
DVDs and VHS cassettes (available in Quinn Library A/V Room): 2 hours
DVDs and VHS cassettes (available at Fordham Westchester Library Circulation Desk): 2 hours
Books on Reserve at all campus libraries: 2 hours

Alumni borrowing is currently suspended. 

General Collections
Alumni - 28 days
(Note: The Alumni borrowing privileges program is being revised. Details to come.)

Audio/Visual Materials
CDs, DVDs and VHS cassettes: 5 days
Books with CD-ROMs (available in Walsh Library EIC): 28 days

Reserve Materials
DVDs and VHS cassettes (available in Walsh Library EIC): 4 hours
DVDs and VHS cassettes (available at Quinn Library's Library Services Desk): 2 hours
DVDs and VHS cassettes (available at Fordham Westchester Library Circulation Desk): 2 hours
Books on Reserve at all campus libraries: unavailable to alumni

Graduate Assistants or other authorized users can obtain direct borrowing privileges on the account of the faculty member or administrator for whom they are working on a semester or an academic year basis.

Please provide the following information to Circulation staff at any campus library by emailing univlib@fordham.edu or sending the Circulation Desk written permission on department letterhead:

• Name and email address of faculty member/administrator and the authorized user(s)
• Duration of the authorization, with start and end dates listed

Since library accounts are private, library staff cannot checkout materials on another user's account without written permission!

Faculty members and administrators granting borrowing privileges to their graduate assistants or other authorized users are reminded to check their accounts frequently to ensure accuracy since they are responsible for any materials on their accounts at the end of the academic year.

Visiting, Teaching, and Research Fellows receiving appointments at the University have the equivalent of faculty borrowing privileges during their stay at Fordham.

To have a Fordham library account created, please complete the Visitor Form for Fellows and submit it to the Circulation Desk at your campus library. Please have your Guest Fordham ID card with you (or a valid photo ID), along with your appointment letter on University letterhead.

Note: If the assignment of a study carrel at the Walsh Library is included in your appointment letter, please visit the Administration Office (Room 219) between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday.

Spouses of current faculty members and administrators of Fordham University are eligible for privileges at the University Libraries.

To have a faculty spouse account created, please complete the Faculty Spouse Form and visit the Circulation or Library Services Desk at any campus library with a valid photo ID. The current Fordham faculty member or administrator must be present at the time of account creation.

Books checked out from the Library can be recalled after 14 days if another copy is not available at the Fordham Libraries. Recalls can be processed by:

• sending an email to univlib@fordham.edu, providing the title, author and call number of the item being recalled, and the campus pickup library
• visiting any campus library Circulation Desk in person
• calling:
  • RH: 718-817-3578
  • LC: 212-636-6062
  • FW: 914-367-3060

Recall notices are sent directly to your Fordham e-mail account and indicate the adjusted due date for the recalled book. Items returned after the adjusted due date are subject to a recall overdue fine of $0.10 per day. The patron requesting the recall will be notified via e-mail as soon as the item has been returned.

Please note: Recalled items can be returned to any of the three campus libraries in order to fulfill the recall request.

While every effort is made by the Fordham Libraries to retrieve recalled items, patrons may want to explore alternative options since we cannot guarantee the timely return of the materials. In time-sensitive situations, please consider requesting the items from a library outside Fordham University through our Interlibrary Loan service or by taking advantage of our access agreements with other library systems for on-site use of their materials. (Note: Check with the library you wish to visit to ensure that visitor/guest access is available currently.)

Please see the Document Delivery Service tab for more information! 

Books in general collections:  $0.10 per day
Overdue recall:  $0.10 per day after adjusted recall due date
Reserve books: $5.00 per day
Reserve Audio/Visual Materials: $5.00 per day, per disc/cassette tape
Non-Reserve Audio/Visual Materials: $1.00 per day, per disc/cassette tape

The Fordham University Libraries assess a replacement fee for any borrowed item that is lost or badly damaged from the collection. The following replacement fee schedule applies to all circulating items in the collection:

Books: $75.00
DVDs: $55.00
VHS cassette tapes: $55.00
Audio CDs: $45.00
CD-ROMs: $250.00
Replacement fees may be paid at any Circulation Desk; cash or check made payable to "Fordham University Libraries" are accepted. Checks must include address and phone number.

In lieu of paying a separate replacement fee, patrons are allowed to replace a lost item with a new copy. Replacement copies must be:

• in new, or like new, condition
• the same edition and format as the original lost item
• without markings, underlining, highlighting, other forms of marginalia, or dog-eared pages

Please note that ex-library copies are not acceptable as replacements for lost Fordham items. Under certain circumstances, a newer edition of a lost item may be accepted with library staff approval in advance.

The Fordham University Libraries are under no obligation to accept a replacement copy that does not meet the Libraries' standards. Replacement copies not deemed acceptable will be refused and returned after review, and patrons will remain responsible for the replacement fees on their library accounts.

Replacement copies may be sent directly to any of the addresses listed below. Please include your name, email, and, if possible, phone number on any shipments to the Libraries.

• Fordham University, Walsh Library, Circ Dept., 441 E. Fordham Rd., Bronx, NY 10458
• Fordham University, Quinn Library, Circ Dept., 140 W. 62nd St., New York, NY 10023
• Fordham University, Westchester Library, Circ Dept., 400 Westchester Ave., West Harrison, NY 10604

Books with a publication date of 1999 or earlier with a home library of Lincoln Center are shelved in QuinnX.

To obtain needed materials from QuinnX, place holds on the items in the Fordham Library Catalog or see a library staff member for assistance.