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For further information about our circulation policies, please consult the University Libraries Borrowing Policies Web page.

Checking Out Materials at the Music Library

Borrowing Information
Loan Periods
Book Returns
Book Recalls

Borrowing Information
Books, scores, and periodicals are held in open stacks in the Music Library. Audio and video recordings are held in closed stacks behind the circulation desk; provide the desk attendant with the call number and a recording will be retrieved for you. A maximum of 3 recordings at a time may be borrowed. Headphones are available for use at the listening and viewing stations in the Music Library.

Patrons not affiliated with the University are welcome to browse, consult books, scores, and periodicals on-site, and listen to audio recordings or view video recordings. A photo ID is required for listening and viewing. To check items out of the Music Library requires a current UMN student or staff ID card. Alumni and non-affiliated patrons must have a current Friends of the Libraries card to be able to check anything out of the library. Most recordings may be checked out only by faculty and teaching assistants.

Loan Periods
Loan periods vary depending on a patron's status and the type of item needed. Not all Music Library materials circulate. Please check at the Circulation Desk for details.

Materials	Faculty and Academic Staff	Grad Students/ Staff	Undergrads	Spec. Privileges, Friends of the Library, Alumni
Historical Sets/Collected Editions (Msc)	2 weeks	room use	room use	room use
Books/Scores	13 weeks	13 weeks	6 weeks	6 weeks
Bound Periodicals	1 day	1 day	1 day	1 day
Unbound Periodicals	overnight or to class	room use	room use	room use
CDs	2 weeks	room use limit 3	room use limit 3	room use limit 3
LPs	2 weeks	1 day limit 3	1 day limit 3	room use limit 3
Ethno LPs	2 weeks	room use limit 3	room use limit 3	room use limit 3
Videocassettes, DVDs	2 weeks	room use limit 3	room use limit 3	room use limit 3
Audio Cassettes	2 weeks	1 day limit 3	1 day limit 3	room use limit 3
Reserve: bk, sc, rec	overnight or to class	overnight (after6p/4p see below)	overnight (after 6p/4p see below)	room use
Reserve: Videos, CDs, personal copies	room use or to class	room use	room use	room use
Vocal Arts Collection, Rare Books	Room use with permission

Book Returns
Please return reserve items, sound recordings, and periodicals directly to the Music Library during library hours. Other books and scores may be returned to any Libraries' circulation unit on campus. The Music Library's after-hours bookdrop is located in the tunnel just outside the Music Library's door on the basement level of Ferguson Hall.

Book Recalls
After an item has been charged out to a patron for 2 weeks, another patron may request that the item be returned for his/her use. The recall due date supersedes the original due date. Items may be recalled for course reserve at any time.