Borrowing Materials
Printable version of the Marjorie I. Mitchell Multimedia Center loan policies
Library Cards
Current Northwestern University WildCARDS or other NU barcoded IDs serve as library cards for students, faculty and staff. Temporary borrower's cards, issued by the Mitchell Multimedia Center staff, are given to non-Northwestern University individuals for academic research.
Loan information
The Marjorie I. Mitchell Multimedia Center's video collection (25,000+ titles), bound guides and CDs all circulate. Laserdiscs do not circulate.
The loan period for Northwestern University (NU) students, staff, and all patrons in special borrowers categories who have a valid NU WildCARD or borrower's card is three (3) days. The loan period for faculty and all graduate students who have a valid NU WildCARD or borrower's card is fourteen (14) days.
A maximum of five (5) items (i.e. VHS reels, DVD discs, and bound guides) may be checked out to students, staff and special borrowers during any given three (3) day loan period. Northwestern University faculty on the Evanston campus may check out a maximum of 25 items at one time. Graduate students may check out a maximum of 10 items at one time.
All videos must be checked out to a user regardless of the viewing location, including the Multimedia Center's viewing carrels and group viewing rooms. Users are responsible for returning videos.
Who can borrow
- Feinberg School of Medicine Faculty
- Feinberg School of Medicine Graduate Students
- Feinberg School of Medicine Staff
- Feinberg School of Medicine Undergraduates
- Law Faculty
- Law Graduate Students
- Law Staff
- Law Undergraduates
- Northwestern University (NU) Alums (those who qualify for a borrower's card)
- NU Faculty/Spouse
- NU Faculty
- NU Graduate Students
- NU Guests (those who qualify for a borrower's card)
- NU OLLI
- NU Library Departments (including Interlibrary Loan & Reserve)
- NU Library Staff
- NU Proxy (research/teaching assistant (RA/TA) checking out items for faculty)
- NU Staff
- NU Undergraduates
- Schaffner Library Staff
- Transportation Center Faculty
- Transportation Center Staff
- Transportation Center Undergraduates
- United Library Doctoral Students
- United Library Faculty
- United Library Staff
- United Library Students
- University of Chicago Faculty
- University of Chicago Graduate Students
- University of Chicago Staff
- University of Chicago Undergraduates
