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Borrowing Privileges & Library Cards

Borrowing Privileges, Borrowing Services, Borrowers Responsibilities

Borrowing Privileges & Library Cards

Rice Community Borrowers. Borrowing privileges are automatically granted, upon presentation of a current valid Rice ID card, to:


Faculty
Students
Staff (including Lecturers, Post-Doctoral/Research Associates, and Adjunct Faculty)
Family members of Rice Faculty, Student or Staff (spouses and minor children up to 18 years of age)
Complimentary Research Associates and Temporary Staff who bring this form signed by their Department Chair
Visiting Scholars who bring this form signed by their Department Chair


Non-Rice-affiliated borrowers. Borrowing Privileges are granted to:


  • Friends of Fondren Card holders

  • Houston Area Research Libraries Consortium
    • Faculty, staff and teaching assistants at HARLiC schools may be eligible for a HARLiC card.  Your HARLiC card should be presented with a school ID to check out as many as four books from the Fondren Library. The card must be renewed every May by your home library.

  • OCLC Card Holders
    • Faculty from any institution that participates in the Online Computer Library Center Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program may enter the library. You must obtain an OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program card from your home institution and present it along with a current photo ID at the Circulation Desk.
    • Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program Participating Schools

  • Bearers of On-Site Interlibrary Loan forms from several area schools of higher education. Inquire at your school's library if you are affiliated with:
    • Houston Baptist University
    • Houston Graduate School of Theology
    • St. Mary's Seminary
    • Texas Southern University
    • University of St. Thomas
    • University of Houston Clear Lake
    • University of Houston Downtown
    • Please note that the University of Houston Central Campus does not participate in On-Site Interlibrary Loan with the Fondren Library.

  • Staff at several area museums and other institutions may be able to borrow books at Fondren Library. Inquire at your institution if you are affiliated with:

    • Austin-Presbyterian Theological Seminary
    • Holocaust Museum
    • Menil Foundation
    • Museum of Fine Arts
    • Museum of Natural Science

Borrowing Privileges are not available for TexShare Card Holders.


Borrowers' Responsibilities

  • For Rice University community members, a valid Rice student, faculty, or staff photo ID is required to check out materials at the Circulation Desk.

  • For Rice community borrowers, various notices will be sent to Rice email accounts, which should be checked periodically for notices from the Library.

  • For non-Rice-affiliated borrowers, a Friends of Fondren, HARLiC, OCLC or Fondren Library Card is required to check out material, along with a photo ID (e.g., driver's license, passport.)

  • All borrowers can check their accounts online with their PIN (Personal Identification Number) obtained from the Circulation Desk. Notices about upcoming due dates and overdue materials are a courtesy, and borrowers should return material in a timely fashion even without electronic or written notice. Due dates are stamped on date slips when material is checked out. When materials are renewed online, it is advisable to note the new due date on the date slip.

  • Rice IDs and borrowers' cards are not transferable and can only be used by the person whose name is on the card.

  • Report lost IDs and address changes to the Circulation Desk. You are responsible for all items charged to your account.

  • Materials should be returned to the Circulation Desk or to the book drop at either entrance of the library. Bring overdue materials directly to the Circulation Desk to pay fines.

  • Materials should be checked out no later than 15 minutes before the library closes.
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  • Borrowers should be aware of when the library closes, especially on weekends, holidays and during the summer, and plan accordingly. The Library's hours are online and available as handouts from the Circulation Desk.
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