Circulation privileges
Yale's circulation policies are designed to permit prompt and equitable access to library materials. The staff at circulation service desks are focused on meeting the research needs of the library's readers.

Registered students, faculty, staff and affiliates of Yale University may borrow library materials.

Library privileges may also be granted to researchers not affiliated with Yale. All non-Yale researchers who wish to use the Yale collections must register in person at the Privileges Office (located in Sterling Memorial Library) Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. On Saturdays, assistance with privileges is offered at the Sterling Memorial Library Circulation Desk from 10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Arts Library Circulation Policies

• Art & Architecture Library: Students and staff may check out one book at a time for one day; faculty may check out up to 5 books at a time for one week. All borrowed materials are subject to recall. The date due slip in each book is the only notice patrons will receive before fines are assessed.
• Arts of the Book: The Arts of the Book Collection is non-circulating.
• Classics Library: The Classics Library Collection is non-circulating.
• Drama Library: Drama materials circulate for 2 months.
• Visual Resources Collection: Slides and photographs circulate for teaching or lecturing at Yale University. Please contact the VRC (432-2440 or 432-2444) for more information.

Charging Arts Library Materials to the Visual Resources Collection (VRC)
For improved security and tracking purposes, from now on, the Arts Library staff will only charge to individual patrons Arts Library books needed for image processing in the VRC. You will still need to transport Arts Library materials to the VRC, and staff there will continue to assist you in preparing your image processing orders.

Once the books are physically received at the VRC office, Arts Library staff will re-charge them on a daily basis to a VRC account; until that time, you are responsible for the material and the usual circulation policies apply. Materials from other libraries to be used in the VRC may still be "Eli-Expressed" to the Arts Library for transfer, or charged to your personal account directly from those locations.

Renewals
Yale students, staff, and affiliates with valid Yale NetIDs may renew one Art & Architecture Library book online through Orbis up to three times. After that, if you still need the book, you must bring it to the A&A Library for renewal. For general information on renewing Yale library materials, click here.

Exceptions to online renewals:

• You must renew your book before 11:59 PM on the day that it is due.
• No renewals on overdue books. If you try to renew a book after 11:59 PM on the day it is due, its status will be overdue.
• No renewals on recalled books. If your title is recalled, you must return it immediately to the Art and Architecture library. All Art & Architecture books that are returned to other libraries will be considered overdue and will accrue a $5.00 fine for every day that they are late.
• No renewals for patrons with blocked library accounts.
• For information on renewals for other Yale University Library materials, click here.

Non-Circulating Materials
Reference books and course reserve materials in the Art + Architecture Library do not circulate. In addition, periodicals do not circulate.