Using and Renewing Materials

Items from the Browne Popular Culture Library, Center for Archival Collections, and closed Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archive collections must be used on-site. Items from the main stacks, Curriculum Resource Center, and open Music Library collections can be checked out and taken home.

Items from the main stacks and open Music Library collections check out to undergraduates for 6 weeks and can be renewed for up to a total checkout period of 36 weeks. They check out to graduate students until the semester ends and can be renewed for up to a total checkout period of 28 months. And they check out to faculty and staff until the academic year ends and can be renewed for up to a total checkout period of 84 months.

Items from OhioLINK and the Curriculum Resource Center check out to all patrons for 6 weeks and can be renewed for up to a total checkout period of 36 weeks.

To renew items, log in to your library account or contact the Circulation Desk.   

You can authorize another BGSU community member to check out materials for you by completing the Authorized Borrower form.

Students maintain library privileges during summer break as long as they haven't graduated and plan to return in the fall.

Borrowing Limits

Undergraduate students: 100 items total, including up to 50 from OhioLINK
Graduate students: 200 items total
Faculty and staff: 500 items total, including up to 200 from OhioLINK
Note: The Curriculum Resource Center and Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives may have different policies.

Delivery to Distance Learners

We can mail physical items from our collection, OhioLINK, or Interlibrary Loan to your home address. You will be responsible for return shipping costs. Contact the Circulation Desk to get started.

Purchase Requests

To request a book for the library to purchase, use the Purchase Request Form.