Borrowing from Other Libraries
If the University Libraries does not have what you’re looking for…
Interlibrary Loan (I.L.L.)
- Our Interlibrary Loan service will find and retrieve materials from other libraries for all UNCG students, faculty and staff.
- Most interlibrary loan requests are free for UNCG faculty, staff, and students.
- See the ILL webpages for details.
Cooperative Borrowing
- Use your UNCG Firstcard ID card to borrow materials, in person, from many nearby College and University libraries.
- Participants are subject to the borrowing policies of the lending library.
- See a complete list of participating libraries below.
Before you go…
- Most (but not all) libraries at these schools participate in these agreements. Before traveling to another library, we suggest these steps:
- Check the lending library’s Online Catalog and website for availability and hours.
- Contact UNCG first, to verify your account and item eligibility, (336) 334-5304.
- Call the lending library to verify item availability.
OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing (faculty only)
- UNCG faculty may borrow, in person, from more than 150 participating OCLC academic research libraries.
- Participants are subject to the borrowing policies of the lending library.
- To participate, UNCG faculty should apply for an OCLC card at the Circulation Desk in Jackson Library.
- Cards are issued on an academic year basis, expiring each academic year at the end of August.
- Once the card is issued, the faculty member can take the card, along with their picture ID, to any of the participating institutions where they will be required to register for borrowing privileges at that institution.
- Note: if you are traveling or stationed outside of Greensboro and need this service, please call the Circulation Desk. We will attempt to arrange privileges for you via telephone.
Schools participating in a Cooperative borrowing agreements with UNCG
Current UNCG students, faculty and staff, whose library accounts are in good standing, can borrow directly from UNC system and TALA libraries. Borrowing directly requires your UNCG Spartan Card ID, and may require your 9 digit UNCG ID number. Each library may have its own procedures for verifying eligibility, and restrictions on borrowing. You will have to register at each library, and may have to update your registration each semester. You will be subject to the policies of the lending institutions, and responsible for returning items to each library.
UNC system schools
TALA (Triad Academic Library Association)
To borrow, take your UNCG Spartan Card ID and 9 digit UNCG ID number to the main library of the campus. Inform the circulation desk staff that you are a UNCG student, faculty, or staff and want to borrow materials. Staff may ask you to validate your current UNCG status and that your library account is in good standing by asking you to log in to our
Renew Items/Your Library Account website and showing them your account, or they may telephone the Jackson Library Circulation Desk. Once they have verified your standing, they will guide you through their registration process.
See the TALA Privileges Chart for more detailed borrowing and loan period information.
Referral letters to borrow from other libraries, including the Greensboro Public Library, may be available at the Jackson Library Circulation Desk.
