Columbia Libraries Self-Check
All students, faculty staff, or anyone with library borrowing privileges can use Columbia Libraries Self-Check app or the self-check kiosk to check out a book when they are physically in Butler Library.
How it works:
Step 1: Download Columbia Libraries Self-Check and log in using your UNI. (You must be physically present in Butler Library to download the app initially). Alternatively, visit the self-check kiosk at the 3rd floor circulation desk with the book you want to check out.
Download Columbia Libraries Self-Check for iOS
Download Columbia Libraries Self-Check for Android
Step 2: Check out a book using the app or the self-check kiosk at the 3rd floor circulation desk.
Step 3 (important!): Before you leave the building, visit a release station in the lobby or near the 3rd floor circulation desk to complete the checkout process.
Frequently Asked Questions
All students, faculty staff, or anyone with library borrowing privileges can use the app or the self-check kiosk to check out a book when they are physically in Butler Library. To download the app initially, you must be physically present in Butler Library. In the future, the app may be available in other library locations.
Self-check is limited to Butler’s onsite circulating collections. Rare books, reading room materials, media, reserves, Interlibrary Loan and Borrow Direct books, holds and other restricted items are not available for self-check. In the future, the app may be available in other library locations.
A book that is eligible for self-check may not check out properly for a number of reasons. The book may have been mis-shelved from another library location, may be in a non-circulating collection, or may have a barcode that is placed in a difficult location for the barcode scanner to reach. Here’s what to do if the barcode won’t work:
If this issue happens during Butler Circulation hours, please visit the 3rd floor circulation desk.
If this issue happens outside Butler Circulation hours, please leave the book in the book drop near the circulation desk and return when the service desk opens.
If your book is not released properly, it will set off the alarm as you exit Butler Library. If you encounter a problem releasing the book before you leave, here’s what to do:
If this issue happens during Butler Circulation hours, please visit the 3rd floor circulation desk.
If this issue happens outside Butler Circulation hours, please leave the book in the book drop near the circulation desk. Returning the book to a drop box will remove the charged book from your account.
Patron transactions are sent over a secure connection and are not stored. Our catalog, CLIO, is still the data source for patron information.
Yes. But if you identify as a FLIG student and haven’t already registered for expanded borrowing privileges, please remember to fill out this access form.
No. The app does not have detailed account information or the ability to renew. It only sends an email or prints a receipt listing items and due dates. You can log in to your account on our website to renew a book.