You can check out items or pick up hold requests at Circulation Services on the main floor of the Library. Self-checks are available on the first and ground floor of the Library.

How Many Items Can I Check Out? | How Long Can I Keep My Items?
Interlibrary Loan | Suggest a Purchase | Teacher/Vacation Loans | Courtesy Delivery

How Many Items Can I Check Out? 

	Adult & Teen Collections	Children's Collection
Board Games	5	n/a
Books on Disc	25, any combination
DVDs	50, any combination
Electronic Devices (in-house use) & Mobile Hotspots	5, any combination
Equipment *	10, any combination
eReaders	5, any combination
Kits	n/a	5
Music CDs	50, any combination
Video Games	5	n/a
Vinyl Records	10	n/a

 

How Long Can I Keep My Items?

	Loan Period	Maximum Renewals
Board Games	2 weeks	10
Books (new and bestsellers)	2 weeks	10
Books (older)	4 weeks	10
Books on Disc	4 weeks	10
Electronic Devices (in-house use)	2 hours	10
Entertainment DVDs	2 weeks	10
Equipment	2 weeks	10
eReaders	2 weeks	10
Kits	2 weeks	10
Magazines	4 weeks	10
Mobile Hotspots	2 weeks	10
Music CDs	4 weeks	10
Non-Fiction DVDs	2 weeks	10
Video Games	1 week	10
Vinyl Records	2 weeks	10

 

Urbana Free Library items renew automatically up to 10 times, except in the following circumstances: overdue items, items that have requests, items with loan periods less than three days, rental items, interlibrary loan items, or e-items. When a patron has a long-overdue item, other items checked out to them will not auto-renew.

You will not be able to check out any items if there are fees higher than $25.00 on your account or if you have long-overdue (28 days) items.

 

Interlibrary Loan

Urbana Free Library cardhholders can use interlibrary loan (ILL) to borrow up to 10 books and articles from outside of CU Catalog. 

The Library charges $5.00 each for books or articles loaned by out-of-state public libraries and $20.00 each for books or articles loaned by out-of-state academic libraries, special libraries, and in-state libraries known to charge. Renewals for ILL items cannot be done online because we must contact the owning library. Please call 217-367-4057 or ask at Circulation Services if you would like to renew these items.

Late fees for books loaned from outside the CU Catalog are 20¢ per day.

Suggest A Purchase

Don’t see a title in CU Catalog that you would like to borrow? Use our handy Suggest a Purchase form to get your recommendation directly to our librarians. While we can’t guarantee every suggestion will make it into our collection, we value your ideas and give them strong consideration.

Teacher/Vacation Loans

Teachers planning extensive units and borrowers going on extended vacations can renew one- or two-week renewable items up front when there are no requests on those items. Teacher/vacation loans use up one available renewal. Ask at Circulation Services if your items qualify.