Your NDSU ID card functions as your library card.

Library borrowing privileges are made available for Tri-College and NDUS students with student IDs. Area high school students must present a Student Referral Form signed by their school librarian or instructor.

North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota residents who provide a valid driver's license or other proof of residence can be issued an NDSU Libraries community borrower card for an annual fee of $25.00 at the Main Library Circulation Desk or at Klai Juba Architecture/Landscape Architecture Library. Alumni, faculty/staff spouses, and NDSU-sponsored workshop participants can be issued a community borrower card for no fee.

People located at NDSU without a faculty appointment can request library access by filling out an NDSU Early Employee ID Request Form and submitting the form, accompanied by a letter from their respective departments requesting access, to Human Resources. Completing this process will allow individuals to check out materials, access library databases, and use interlibrary loan services.

• Books, Shott Collection, and Documents: 28 days, 2 renewals
• Periodicals: 5 days, no renewals
• Reserves (limit of 3): As designated, 1 renewal (2 hour reserve only)
• Reference Materials: No loan
• Newspapers: No loan
• Maps: 28 days, 1 renewal
• Media (limit of 5): 7 days, 1 renewal

• Books, Shott Collection, and Documents: 180 days, 2 renewals
• Periodicals: 5 days, no renewals
• Reserves (limit of 3): As designated, 1 renewal (2 hour reserve only)
• Reference Materials: No loan
• Newspapers: No loan
• Maps: 28 Days, 1 renewal
• Media (limit of 5): 7 days, 1 renewal

• Books, Shott Collection, and Documents: 28 days, 2 renewals
• Periodicals: No loan
• Reserves (limit of 3): As designated, 1 renewal (2 hour reserve only)
• Reference Materials: No loan
• Newspapers: No loan
• Maps: 28 days, 1 renewal
• Media (limit of 5): 7 days, 1 renewal

Borrowing privileges will be suspended at all NDSU Libraries for the following reasons:

• Maximum fines
• Maximum checkouts
• Withdrawal from the University

A replacement and processing fee per item will be billed to the patron’s Campus Connection Account for Library items not returned within 30 days after the due date. These fees are payable only online at Campus Connection or in person at Bison Connection. Items returned after billing will be credited for all but the $10.00 late fee.

$1.00 per day fine per item until item is returned. These fees are payable only online at Campus Connection or in person at Bison Connection. Items returned after billing will be credited for all but the $10.00 late fee. No refunds will be issued after a bill is turned over to a collection agency.

• For two hour reserves: $2.00 per hour fine per item until returned.
• For three day reserves: $5.00 per day fine per item until returned.

These fees are payable only online at Campus Connection or in person at Bison Connection. Items returned after billing will be credited for all but the $10.00 late fee. No refunds will be issued after a bill is turned over to a collection agency.

$1.00 per day fine per item until returned. Hold fines are non-refundable.

$2.00 per hour until key is returned.

Intentionally defacing or destroying library materials is a criminal act (North Dakota Century Code 32-03-09.2). Anyone caught mutilating library materials will be questioned and campus security will be notified. University patrons will be prosecuted by the University, and public patrons will be prosecuted through the civil judicial system.

NDSU Libraries abide by the State of North Dakota's records retention schedule.