Borrowing
Your UB Card serves as your library card. Current UB students, faculty and staff may use their cards to check out books and other materials at any campus library.
Loan Periods
Loan periods vary and are determined by library location, material type and borrower status.
Generally Circulating and Audio/Visual Materials
- 16 Weeks: all active UB faculty, staff, and students
- 16 Weeks: walk-in borrowers affiliated with a SUNY institution
- 30 Days: University Libraries Courtesy and Guest Borrowers
Loanable Equipment
- 7 Days for active UB faculty, staff and students only
Course Reserve Loan Period - Print
- 2 hours in-library-use
- 4 hours in-library-use
- 4 hours overnight
- 24 hours
- 7 days
Digital Course Reserve Loan Period
- 2 hours