

Via a call to your neighborhood library.Via the Library’s automated telephone renewal service: (212) 262-7444.Subsequent renewals must be done by the patron online or by calling or visiting a branch.Īs long as your account is in good standing, eligible materials may be renewed: The automated renewal occurs two days prior to the due date. Patrons receive one automated renewal of checked out items, so long as there are no holds or other restrictions on the item. Please note express titles cannot be renewed. You may renew circulating items up to 10 times. Items that have not been requested by another borrower and have not exceeded the maximum number of renewals become eligible for renewal two days into the current loan period. *Eligible Educator Borrowers may request up to 50 items at a time. Materials in our Research Libraries may be requested for on-site use only. Note that this applies only to active requests and not additional checkouts or other use of the card. An explanatory note will be placed on the records by library staff and they will be linked. In order to allow for a family member or other proxy borrower to check out library materials requested by another, a patron can call their local branch to notify staff. **The library card used to request the item must be the same card used to check out the item. *Holds cannot be placed on Book Express and DVD Express titles, CD Express titles, or items that are non-circulating, such as reference materials. Learn more about access to off-site materials. Library materials stored off-site and viewable only in designated Research Libraries may be requested through The Library’s catalog.Please collect all items being held for you at once.**



A receipt indicating the date due is issued with every item you borrow. You are responsible for returning borrowed items on time, and for any fees associated with lost or unreturned items. Library materials may be borrowed for the following lengths of time: Material Typeīooks, Book/Recording Sets, Recorded Books, Pamphlets, CDs, Periodicals, Picture Collection Materials, Scores, Librettos, Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Material You may check out up to 50 items* at a time with your NYPL Card, including a maximum of 10 DVDs.
