Loan Periods and Renewals

Loan Periods

At this time, only the current University of Houston-Downtown students, faculty, staff, and alumni may visit the W.I. Dykes Library to borrow materials. Students, faculty, and staff from other University of Houston System campuses may borrow materials under the same borrowing privileges as their UHD counterpart by way of intercampus delivery. Other borrowers affiliated with UHD can borrow library materials on a limited basis. For more information, please see the Library COVID-19 webpage. To view items that you checked out or want to renew, please see the My Library Account webpage. 

Consult these tables for loan periods and renewal limits for memembers of the University of Houston-Downtown community. For general borrowing information, see Checking Out Materials.

• Students and Staff
• Graduate Students
• Faculty and Faculty Emeriti
• Adjunct Faculty
  
• Alumni
• Program (or Friends of the Library)
  
• How to Renew
• Recall

Students and Staff

Graduate Students

Faculty and Faculty Emeriti

Adjunct Faculty

Alumni - Limit 10 items

Program (or Friends of the Library) - Limit 4 items

UHD Affiliates, CJ Training Center, Student Counseling Services, & TexShare

Renewals

Borrowers may extend the loan period for some items on or before the due date to avoid fines or charges. However, they cannot renew items if other borrowers request them or if the library recalls them. Borrowers may renew their items by visiting the circulation desk staff on the fifth floor of the main building or contacting them at 713-221-8186. To renew online, please follow the instructions below:   

1. Go to the library homepage at www.uhd.edu/library
2. Choose the My Library Account link under the Services heading under the blue Library Hours link.
3. Pick the blue UHD​ link in the white Login using: box.
4. Access your library account at the UHD Web Authentication Service page.
• Type in your network ID in the Network Account box.
• Type in your password in the Password box.
• Click on the red Login link. This will take you to your library account
5. Click on LOANS underneath the My Library Account heading.
   
6. Choose the eligible items that you want to renew.
7. Press RENEW SELECTED above the items list.
8. Confirm your renewals from the yellow "Selected loans have been successfully renewed" message.
   

Recalls

A recall may occur if there are outstanding holds on a checked-out item. Most items are subject to recall after six weeks. Items from the Juvenile collection, audiobooks, DVDs, and music CDs are subject to recall after three weeks. Borrowers cannot revew recalled items.​