Course Reserves Policies


Loan Policies

Items on reserve generally circulate for 2 hour loans. Some library locations also offer overnight or weekend loans. Details vary by library; click the location names below for more information on specific location policies.

Items on reserve may not be renewed online. If you would like to charge out a reserve item again, ask at the service desk when you return it. If no one is waiting for the item, it may be charged out again.

Items on reserve must be returned to the library where they were charged out. If the library is closed, you may return reserve items to that library’s book drop.

We circulate reserves for short loans to preserve access for all students in a course. A reserve item that is 2 days overdue is considered “lost.” Your library account will be charged a replacement fee for lost items. The fee will be removed when the item is returned. A single lost item will have an adverse impact on your library privileges.

Fees may be paid by credit card (Mastercard, Visa or Discover), check or money order by contacting the Library Information Office.

Loan Period

Reserves materials circulate for 2-hour intervals and are for library use only. No overnight loans are available.

Location: 300 Avery
Telephone: (212) 854-6199
E-mail: avery_reserves@library.columbia.edu

Loan Period

Reserves materials circulate for 3-hour intervals.

Location: 3041 Broadway
Telephone: (212) 851-5605
E-mail: burkereserves@library.columbia.edu

Loan Period

Reserves materials circulate for 2-hour intervals before 3 pm, Monday - Thursday.

  • After 3 pm Monday - Thursday, reserves items circulate overnight and are due at 10 am the following day.
  • Friday, Saturday and Sunday, reserves items circulate overnight all day and are due Monday at 10 am.

Location: 130 Uris
Telephone: (212) 854-7804
E-mail: business_reserves@library.columbia.edu

Loan Period

Reserves materials circulate for 2-hour intervals before 2 pm, Monday - Thursday.

  • After 2 pm Monday - Wednesday, reserves items circulate overnight and are due at 11 am the following day.
  • After 2pm Thursday, reserves items circulate overnight all day and are due Monday at 11 am.

Location: 360 Geffen Hall
Telephone: (212) 853-3621
E-mail: business_reserves@library.columbia.edu

Reserves Policies

Reserves materials may be requested at the circulation desk, room 308 Butler Library. Anyone with building access privileges may use reserves materials in the building. Patrons with borrowing privileges may borrow materials for use outside the building.

Loan Period

Reserves materials circulate for 2-hour intervals before 6 pm, Monday - Friday.

  • After 6 pm Monday - Thursday, regular reserves items circulate overnight and are due at 10 am the following day.
  • Friday, Saturday and Sunday, reserves items circulate overnight all day and are due Monday at 10 am.
  • Last copies circulate overnight 2 hours before the Butler Reserves service desk closes and are due back 1 hour after the Butler Reserves service desk opens the next day.

Location: 308 Butler Library
Telephone: (212) 854-5327
E-mail: butlres@library.columbia.edu

Loan Period

Reserves materials circulate for 2-hour intervals before 3 pm, Monday - Friday.

  • After 3 pm Monday - Thursday, regular reserves items circulate overnight and are due at 10 am the following day.
  • After 3 pm on Friday, regular reserves items circulate overnight and are due Monday at 10 am.
  • Last copies circulate for 2-hour intervals, in-library use only.

Location: 300 Kent Hall
Telephone: (212) 854-4318
E-mail: starr_east_asian_reserves@library.columbia.edu

Loan Period

Reserves materials circulate for 2-hour intervals before 2 pm, Monday - Friday.

  • After 2 pm Monday - Thursday, reserves items circulate overnight and are due at 11 am the following day.
  • Friday, Saturday and Sunday, reserves items circulate overnight all day and are due Monday at 11 am.

Location: 203 Journalism
Telephone: (212) 854-0390
E-mail: journalism_reserves@library.columbia.edu

Loan Period

Reserves materials circulate for 2-hour intervals. Items circulate overnight 3 hours before the circulation desk of the library closes and are due 1 hour after the library opens the next day.

Location: 300 International Affairs
Telephone: (212) 854-3547
E-mail: lehman-reserves@library.columbia.edu

Loan Period

Reserves materials circulate for 2-hour intervals. Items circulate overnight 3 hours before the circulation desk of the library closes and are due 1 hour after the library opens the next day.

Location: 303 Mathematics
Telephone: (212) 854-4712
E-mail: math_science_reserves@library.columbia.edu

Loan Period

All reserves materials circulate for 2-hour intervals. Items circulate overnight 3 hours before the circulation desk of the library closes and are due 1 hour after the library opens the next day.

Location: 701 Dodge
Telephone: (212) 854-4711
E-mail: music_reserves@library.columbia.edu

Loan Period

Reserves materials circulate for 2-hour intervals and are for library use only. Items circulate overnight 3 hours before the circulation desk of the library closes and are due 1 hour after the library opens the next day.

Location: 400 Northwest Corner Building
Telephone: (212) 851-2950
E-mail: scieng_reserves@library.columbia.edu

Loan Period

Reserves materials circulate for 2-hour intervals before 3 pm, Monday - Thursday.

  • After 3 pm Monday - Wednesday, reserves items circulate overnight and are due at 11 am the following day.
  • Friday, Saturday and Sunday, reserves items circulate overnight all day and are due Monday at 11 am.

Location: 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, 2nd Floor
Telephone: (212) 851-2194
E-mail: socwk_reserves@library.columbia.edu

Renewals

Reserves materials cannot be renewed online.

Returning Reserves Materials

Reserves materials must be returned to the library from which they were checked out. You will be subject to fines for reserves items returned to another library.

Patrons returning Butler Reserves materials may deposit them in outdoor bookbins or After Hours Book Drop when the Reserves Desk is closed.