Renewing Materials

To extend your borrowing time or avoid late fees, renew materials on or before their due date.

Books may be renewed in any of the following ways:

1. Online through Your Account (U of M faculty, staff, and students only).
2. Via email by submitting a request to renew@umn.edu. Please include:
• Your name
• Library borrowing card number
• Title and barcode number for each item you'd like to renew
3. In person at a library service desk.

Please note: Interlibrary Loan items must be renewed through your ILLiad Account (U of M faculty, staff, and students only).

Exclusions:

• Different renewal policies may apply to maps, reserve materials, music recordings and scores, 3-day loans, Learning Resources Center materials, and Bio-Medical Library and Law Library materials.
• Email Requests: If a renewal request is denied, email notification will be sent. Failure to read email or inability to access email will not be grounds for canceling overdue fines. If a renewal request cannot be processed, the patron will be notified.
• Renewal Limits: Twin Cities Libraries materials (excluding Interlibrary Loan materials) may be renewed a limited number of times. After that limit is reached, materials must be brought back to a Circulation desk to be renewed. Renewal limits are as follows:
• U of M Faculty, Staff , and Retirees may renew materials an unlimited number of times up to 5 years.
• U of M Graduates may renew materials an unlimited number of times up to 1 year.
• U of M Undergraduates may renew materials an unlimited number of times up to 6 months.
• Special Privilege and Friends of the Library Borrowers may renew materials up to 2 times.
• Periodicals for ALL Borrowers may be renewed up to 3 times.
• Other Exclusions: Twin Cities Libraries materials (excluding Interlibrary Loan materials) cannot be renewed:
• If a recall or hold has been placed by another patron.
• If the patron's borrowing privileges have expired.