Pick-Up Service
Enables current faculty, students, and staff to request pick up of library materials at participating library locations.
Initiate a request by clicking on the Pick-Up links in CLIO.
The Pick-Up Service enables all Columbia University students, staff, and faculty to request pick-up of eligible circulating library collections. For more information about library privileges see Borrow, Request, Renew.
The Pick-Up Service is based on the availability of the requested materials and the capacity of staff resources to complete the request.
Materials will generally be available within 3-5 business days of request.
Requests are limited to 5 items per day, and no more than 10 items per 7 day period.
Some collections are not eligible for Pick-Up Service requests.
If an item is not available, a staff member will contact the requester by email to resolve.
You will encounter multiple Pick-Up links in CLIO:
Pick-Up: available to all users with borrowing privileges
Pick-Up (Borrow Direct): available to users with permission to request items via Borrow Direct
FLI Pick-Up: available only to first-generation and/or low-income undergraduate students who have signed up for the FLI Partnership Libraries
- Barnard Alum Pick-Up: provides access for Barnard Alums to Barnard Library items
Search CLIO, the Columbia Libraries catalog, to locate the material you are requesting.
Click on the "Pick-Up" link under Request (Please note: not all material is eligible for Pick-Up Service.)
Submit the request.
When it is available, you will receive an email with subject "Library Item Ready for Pick-Up." Please note that all items will be held for 7 days.
Your email notification will list the service desk of the selected pick-up location. It includes a map of library locations. The item can be picked up at the circulation desk of that location (see the list of Libraries for location information) during its open service hours. Please note that all items will be held for 7 days.
All materials borrowed from Columbia University Libraries may be returned to any of the service desks during open service hours or outdoor book bins. For more information about returning items in person or by mail, please visit Returns.
E-mail: pickup@library.columbia.edu
Phone: 212-854-7535