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Access Services: Borrowing & Renewing

Learn about borrowing, renewing, and requesting materials from Neumann Library.

Borrowing and Renewal Rules

Undergraduate Students 99 items total
5 media
6 weeks
No renewal limit
6 weeks
2 renewals
3 weeks
No renewals
Graduate Students 99 items total
5 media

End of semester
No renewal limit

6 weeks
2 renewals
3 weeks
No renewals
UH System Faculty (Current and retired) 400 items total
10 media
Annual April 15th due date
No renewal limit
6 weeks
2 renewals
3 weeks
No renewals
UH System Staff (Current) 199 items total
10 media
120 days
No renewal limit
6 weeks
2 renewals
3 weeks
No renewals
Adjunct faculty 199 items total
10 media
End of semester
No renewal limit
6 weeks
2 renewals
3 weeks
No renewals
Alumni, Affiliates, FMCU students, Hawk Connection 10 items total
4 media
6 weeks
1 renewal
6 weeks
1 renewal
3 weeks
No renewals
TexShare, Lunar & Planentary Institute Borrowers 4 items total
4 media
6 weeks
1 renewal
6 weeks
1 renewal
3 weeks
No renewals

Lost/Unreturned Library Items

  • If an item is not returned within 30 days after its due date, it will be billed to your account. Billed items will result in a suspension of borrowing privileges and a block on UHCL student or employee records.
  • If you return an item after it has been billed, it will clear your account of all replacement costs for the item.  Any applicable overdue fines will remain.
  • The charge for lost UHCL items is the price of the item plus a $10.00 processing fee. Payment for lost items must be by cash or check.
  • Replacement costs for items from other UH campuses are determined by their home campus.  Check the University of Houston or University of Houston Downtown library policies for additional information.  Payment for lost items from other UH campuses must be made at the campus that owns the item, even if the book was checked out at UHCL.
  • If you pay for a lost/billed UHCL item, and then locate it, you may still return it to the library up to one year after payment date. The cost of the item will be refunded, but not the $10.00 processing fee.  Policies differ for books owned by other libraries.

Recalls

What is a recall?

A recall may occur if there are holds on an item that has been checked out for an extended period of time.

Recalled items cannot be renewed and accrue fines of $1.00 per day after their due date.

Most items are subject to recall after six weeks. DVDs, audiobooks, and juvenile items are subject to recall after three weeks. These are only guidelines; there may be exceptions.

If an item you have borrowed is recalled, you will receive an email notification.

  • If the item has no renewals, the due date stays the same and fines will not accrue until that date.
  • If the item has been renewed one or more times, the due date for the item may change. The email you receive will notify you of the new due date.

Renewal Policies & Procedures

Library items are available for renewal if:

  • Renewal limit on the item has not been reached
  • There are no active requests for the item
  • The item has not been recalled
  • Your account has not been blocked due to billed items or excessive fines

Items can be renewed:

  • At the circulation desk by presenting your ID card
  • By calling the Circulation Desk at 281-283-3939
  • Online through OneSearch

Renewing Books Online:

Go to OneSearch and select Sign In.  Once you are logged in, select My Loans you can select individual items to renew or select "Renew All".

Return Library Items

You can return library items at:

  • The Neumann Library circulation desk
  • The UHCL Pearland Library service desk
  • The book drop located next to the Neumann Library entrance
  • The book drop located outside the Bayou Building entrance closest to the student parking lot
  • Any other library in the University of Houston system

-Items must be returned in the same condition as when checked out.

-Do not write or highlight in books, fold pages, or remove pages.

-Borrowers are financially responsible for damage that occurs to the item while it is checked out to them.

-If you notice damage before checking the item out, please bring it to the attention of library staff.  The damage will be noted in the item's record, and you will not be held responsible for the damage upon return.

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