Lending
Loan periods for any specific items available through York University Libraries will be displayed by signing into Omni. For further information, please see the Lending Code.
Regular Stacks
| Faculty | 120 days, unlimited renewals* |
| Graduate students | 120 days, unlimited renewals* |
| Undergraduate Students | 120 days, unlimited renewals* |
| Staff | 120 days, unlimited renewals* |
| YUELI SCS Education Professional Development |
14 days, 6 renewals* |
| External | 14 days, 2 renewals* |
*Regular loan items are subject to recall at any time. If an item is recalled, its due date is 7 days from the date of recall; if an item is loaned with an active recall on it, its due date is 14 days from the date of loan. The library will notify you by email of any changes affecting your loans.
Reserves
| Available to current students, staff and faculty only. | 3hrs or 24 hrs, no renewals |
Other Formats
Sign into Omni to see relevant lending information for items in different locations.
Renewals
Items can be renewed by checking your account in Omni and reviewing Loans in My Library Account.
Fines & Charges
Fines and charges can be paid at any circulation desk or online by checking your account in Omni. Library accounts are blocked from borrowing after accumulating fines of:
- $25 for Faculty, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, and Staff
- $5 for all other borrowers
For appeals process pertaining to fines/charges, please see the Lending Code.
| Overdue Stacks | No fines |
| Overdue Media (e.g. film, sound) | No fines |
| Overdue Bound Periodicals (not currently loanable) | No fines |
| Overdue Recalls - Stacks | $4.00/day to max $56 |
| Overdue Recalls - Media & Maps | $10/day to max $100 |
| Overdue Reserves - 24 Hour Loan | $5.00/day to max $100 |
| Overdue Reserves - 3 Hour Loan | $3.00/hour to max $100 |
| Overdue Reserves - Media & Other | $3.00/hour to max $100 |
| Lost/Damaged - Replacement charge (30 days overdue) | $125.00 default |
Returning Items
Library materials must be returned on or before the date and/or time due. Materials found in the stacks are considered returned on the date found.
All library materials, with the exception of those noted below, may be returned to any book return located in each of the York University Library branches.
Materials borrowed from the Reserve collections must be returned to the library from which they were borrowed. Maps and Sound and Moving Image Collection items must be returned to the Scott circulation desk. Inter-Library Loans can be returned at any York University Library branch.
For borrowers at the Glendon campus, Reserve, Inter-Library Loans and Map Library materials may be returned at the Frost Library Circulation Desk. In these cases, original due dates and times apply.
For borrowers at the Markham campus, Reserve and Inter-Library Loan materials may be returned at the Markham Campus Library Circulation Desk. In these cases, original due dates and times apply.
Notices are sent when materials are overdue or have been recalled for another borrower. Failure to receive such notices does not relieve borrowers of the responsibility to return books by the due date.