Borrow & Renew Materials
Borrowing privileges for IWU students and faculty
Borrowing privileges for individuals NOT affiliated with IWU
Loan periods
Number of items you can borrow
Lost books
Renew borrowed materials
Access to other libraries
Photocopying services
Laptops & Media Equipment Information
Poster Printing
For more information contact the Circulation Coordinator.
Telephone: (309) 556-3224
Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 am – 12 pm, 1 pm – 4 pm
Borrowing privileges for IWU students and faculty
Students, faculty, and staff are automatically granted library borrowing privileges.
The university identification card acts as your library card. Individuals should present this card to borrow items from The Ames Library. It may be necessary to activate the card the first time you use services at the library.
Circulating items, such as books and audio-visual materials, may be borrowed at the Circulation Desk. Items obtained via Interlibrary Loan are also checked out at this desk.
Laptops and media equipment may be borrowed at the Circulation Desk.
Community users should review the borrowing priviliges for individuals NOT affiliated with IWU
| Students | Faculty & Staff | Community Card | |
| Audio (CDs & LPs) | 1 week | 16 weeks | 1 week |
| Books, Government Documents, & Maps | 4 weeks | 16 weeks | 4 weeks |
| Reference, Microform & Newspapers | In building use only | In building use only | In building use only |
| Journals, bound | Overnight | 1 week | In building use only |
| Reserve materials, traditional | 2 hr, 4 hr, overnight | 2 hr, 4 hr, overnight | Not applicable |
| Video (VHS, DVD, etc.) | 1 week | 4 weeks | 1 week |
| Laptops | 5 hours; building use only | 2 weeks | Not applicable |
| Hard disk camcorders, Flip video camcorders | 5 days | 5 days | Not applicable |
| Canon PowerShot digital cameras | 5 days | 5 days | Not applicable |
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Handheld digital audio recorders, audio cassette player/recorders |
5 days | 5 days | Not applicable |
| iPod Shuffle (1GB) | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | Not applicable |
| TV/DVD/VCR cart | 5 hours | 5 hours | Not applicable |
| LCD projector/screens | 5 days | 5 days | Not applicable |
| Ethernet cords, headphones | 5 hours | 5 hours | Not applicable |
| Screens, tripods | 5 days | 5 days | Not applicable |
Loan periods for interlibrary loan materials are determined by the library which owns the item.
If books are not returned within 30 days after the due date, the individual will be billed for the cost of the book, plus a $15.00 processing fee for each item.
Ames Catalog - Renew items owned by IWU or I-Share (Blue Due Date Slip)
ILLiad - Renew items with the Yellow Due Date Slip
Number of items allowed to be borrowed
IWU individuals are allowed to borrow as many items as are needed to complete a project.
Individuals are held financially responsible for all items borrowed on their library record.
Members of the IWU community may visit and borrow from many (but not all) academic libraries in Illinois. Please view the listing of CARLI libraries to find out which libraries will honor a valid IWU ID card for borrowing privileges.
Loan periods may vary from those provided by The Ames Library.
For more information on this service, please stop by the Help@Ames Desk, send an email, or call 309-556-3350 or ask at the Circulation Desk (contact information above).
For information on having items from other libraries delivered to The Ames Library for your use, please see Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
The Ames Library provides photocopiers on each level for your convenience.
Faculty or staff wanting to charge the cost of making copies to their departments must present their departmental banner account number at the Circulation desk before making copies.
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