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Faculty & Staff


Do I need a card to borrow items?

You will need your faculty/staff ID to check out items; there is no separate library card.

Alternatively, you can designate a student assistant to check out items for you.

What can I borrow, and for how long?

What Can I Borrow?   How Long Can I Borrow?                        Can They Be Renewed? 
Circulating / Reference Books                               16 weeks Yes
Children's Books 30 days Yes
CMC Mixed Media 7 days Yes
DVDs 7 days Yes
Reserve Items 4 hours Yes
Games 7 days Yes

How many items can I borrow?

Faculty & staff can check out up to 50 items at a time.

What will cause my borrowing privileges to be suspended?

Faculty & staff borrowing privileges will be suspended if the person has:

  • Lost items OR equipment/devices not returned

  • interlibrary loan materials more than 1 month overdue

Emeritus Faculty

Policy coming soon...

Borrowing information for all users

Renewing items

If your user type permits renewals, you can use My Account.

If you need one, we have a quick tutorial on how to renew items.

Fines & fees

Old Westbury Library does not charge overdue fines.

We will charge you for items you check out and then lose or damage.

If an item is overdue, we will send you three notices to remind you to return it. If we don't hear from you, we will assume the item is lost and apply a replacement charge to your account.

Charges will not prevent students from registering, graduating, etc.

You can contact the Circulation department about payment. 

Ask us to search for missing items

If you can't find an item that should be on our shelves, please let us know! Contact the Circulation department.

Contact Info


email uslibrary_circulation@oldwestbury.edu

Call us(516) 876 - 3150