1. The University of Alabama Libraries
2. Borrow, Renew, and Course Reserves
3. Renewing

• Books, Scores, and Government Documents

Active and retired Faculty and Staff, Graduate Students

Fixed due dates are February 1, June 1, and October 1; all items due June 1 must be brought into the library for renewal or a faculty office call can be requested. All items due February 1 and October 1 may be renewed online.

Office calls

Office calls are available to active and retired Faculty and Administrative Staff any time a renewal is needed. If you have seven or more books checked out, contact one of the librarians listed below to schedule an appointment for a staff member to visit your campus office and renew your books. If you have fewer than seven books, please take your books to any library location for renewal.

Undergraduate Students

3 renewals online or in person.

Borrower’s Card patrons (Community Users)

1 renewal online or in person.

• Bound Periodicals

• • • Active and retired Faculty and Staff, Graduate Students – 1 renewal online or in person.
    • All other patrons – In-library use only

• Non-Renewable Materials

• • • Equipment (Sanford Media Center, laptops, headphones, calculators)
    • Reserves
    • Curriculum Materials

To complete online renewals

• • 1. Log into My Library
    2. Look at the Charged Items List, which is a list of items you have checked out and the dates they are due back.
    3. Click on the Renew box on the left of the screen for each item you want to renew.
    4. At the bottom of the Charged Items List, click on Renew Items.
    5. Check the box to the right of the item. If it was renewed, a new due date will show. If the message “Not Renewed” appears beside an item, you must bring that item to the circulation desk of any of the UA Libraries.
    Do not click twice on the ‘Renew Items’ link.

For clarification call the Circulation Desk at 348-9748.