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What can I borrow, and for how long?

• Borrowing privileges by collection/media type
  
  
• Members of the Carnegie Mellon community
  
  
  • You must show valid Carnegie Mellon ID to check out items.
    
    
  • Undergraduate
    • 30 days - 50 books - 1 renewal per book.
      
  • Graduate
    • 60 days - 50 books - 1 renewal per book.
  • Faculty/Staff
    • 90 days - 100 books - 1 renewal per book.
  • Visiting Affiliate Faculty/Staff
    • 90 days - 100 books - renewal per book.
  • Faculty/Staff Family
    • 30 days - 10 books - 1 renewal per book.
  • Academy for Lifelong Learning
    • 30 days - 10 books - 1 renewal per book.
  • Special Program
    • 7 days - 10 books - 2 renewals per book.
      
      
• Affiliated users
  
  
  • Oakland Library Consortium
    • How to get library cards.
    • The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh staff
    • University of Pittsburgh students, faculty, staff
      • 30 days - 10 books - 1 renewal per book.
        
        
  • PALINET Member Institutions students, faculty, staff
  • Bring photo ID and a signed PALINET borrowing permission form from your library.
    • 30 days - 10 books - 1 renewal per book.
      
      
  • Carnegie Mellon Special Patron [APPLICATION]
    • Purchase a library card (buy privileges for 3 months or 1 year)
      • 30 days. 10 books. No renewals.
    
    
• Others
  • Your library's interlibrary loan service can borrow Carnegie Mellon materials for you to use.