{"id":175,"date":"2016-07-14T19:42:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T19:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/borrowing\/?page_id=175"},"modified":"2025-09-16T19:24:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T19:24:42","slug":"visitors-and-affiliates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/borrowing\/visitors-and-affiliates\/","title":{"rendered":"Visitors and Affiliates"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Courtesy Card Eligibility<\/h2>\n<p>Visitors, affiliates, community users, and others,\u00a0may be eligible to apply for a U of I Urbana campus courtesy card, which will let you borrow books from the Library. Visitors from other academic institutions may be eligible for a courtesy card under <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.illinois.edu\/reciprocalborrowing\">an existing reciprocal borrowing agreement<\/a> with other institutions. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/borrowing\/courtesy-cards\/\">Courtesy Card information page<\/a> for instructions on how to apply for a courtesy card. (Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#LH\">LH<\/a> courtesy card &#8211; Visitors who are scholars sponsored by an academic department; Members of U of I President&#8217;s Council; Holders of Big 10 Academic Alliance ID Card; members of <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.illinois.edu\/affiliates\">Allied Agencies<\/a> and K-12 Illinois teachers with proof of current employment<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#LL\">LL<\/a> courtesy card &#8211; Non-Urbana campus affiliated state of Illinois residents with valid ID; persons holding Urbana campus Spouse IDs; U of I alumni living in Illinois; Non-registered Urbana campus doctoral students living in Illinois; Extra Help workers and Research Park Employees; K-12 Illinois substitute teachers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#LB\">LB<\/a> courtesy card &#8211;\u00a0Non-Urbana campus affiliated persons residing outside the state of Illinois with valid ID<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"LH\">LH Courtesy\u00a0User<\/h2>\n<p>The following Library\u00a0privileges are extended to current Urbana campus LH courtesy card holders\u00a0with\u00a0library\u00a0accounts in good standing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bookstacks access with current courtesy card<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Online catalog requesting privileges <\/strong>&#8211; Urbana campus\u00a0only.\u00a0Must be at least 18 years old.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maximum items borrowed<\/strong> &#8211; 100<\/li>\n<li><strong>Loan periods<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Books &#8211;\u00a04\u00a0weeks<\/li>\n<li>Periodicals &#8211; Building use only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Renewal limits<\/strong> &#8211; 10 renewals (for most books)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/borrowing\/overdue-and-lost-items\/\"><strong>Fines and fees<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Fines are charged for overdue recalls, reserves and media.<\/li>\n<li>Replacement charges and processing fees are charged for items considered lost (35 days overdue for most books).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"LL\">LL Courtesy\u00a0User<\/h2>\n<p>The following Library\u00a0privileges are extended to current University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign LL courtesy card holders\u00a0with\u00a0library\u00a0accounts in good standing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Online catalog requesting privileges\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Urbana campus only. Must be at least 18 years old.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maximum items borrowed<\/strong> &#8211; 25<\/li>\n<li><strong>Loan periods<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Books &#8211;\u00a04\u00a0weeks<\/li>\n<li>Periodicals &#8211; Building use only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Renewal limits<\/strong> &#8211; 5 renewals (for most books)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/borrowing\/overdue-and-lost-items\/\"><strong>Fines and fees<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Fines are charged for overdue recalls, reserves and media.<\/li>\n<li>Replacement charges and processing fees are charged for items considered lost (35 days overdue for most books).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"LB\">LB Courtesy\u00a0User<\/h2>\n<p>The following Library\u00a0privileges are extended to current Urbana campus LB courtesy card holders\u00a0with\u00a0library\u00a0accounts in good standing.<\/p>\n<p>Proper ID may be needed\u00a0to use material on site. You may wish to call in advance to make certain the material you need is available.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Online catalog requesting privileges<\/strong> &#8211; Urbana campus only. Must be at least 18 years old.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maximum items borrowed<\/strong> &#8211; 4<\/li>\n<li><strong>Loan periods\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Building use only<\/li>\n<li><strong>Renewal limits<\/strong> &#8211; No renewals<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/borrowing\/overdue-and-lost-items\/\"><strong>Fines and fees<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Fines are charged for overdue recalls, reserves and media.<\/li>\n<li>Replacement charges and processing fees are charged for items considered lost (35 days overdue for most books).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Card Eligibility Visitors, affiliates, community users, and others,\u00a0may be eligible to apply for a U of I Urbana campus courtesy card, which will let you borrow books from the Library. Visitors from other academic institutions may be eligible for a courtesy card under an existing reciprocal borrowing agreement with other institutions. 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