Materials are automatically renewed by the Circulation system.

The only exceptions to that automatic renewal process:

1. If a book has been recalled.
2. If one of items the patron has checked out is overdue.  That overdue material will cancel out automatic renewals for other items.  In a situation like that, please visit or call the Circulation Desk at 401-874-2672.  Please have your URI ID at hand whether you visit or call.

Interlibrary Loan Books are another exception to the automatic renewal process.  Interlibrary Loan books are loaned to URI patrons by other libraries and this library must abide by those lending libraries' due dates.  That does not mean researchers, whether they be students or faculty, will be denied extended access to that research material.  To find out how that can be done, please go to the Interlibrary Loan page and contact them via their email.

Undergraduates and RI Residents

The initial check-out for books is 28 days.  Those books will automatically renew, barring the listed situations above, for two 28 days periods.  This means undergraduates will have those books for 84 days.

Faculty and Undergraduates and Staff

The initial check-out for books is 120 days.  Those books will automatically renew, barring the listed situations above, for two 120 days periods.  This means faculty will have those books for 360 days.

If you wish to extend the loan of a book or books beyond either the 84 days period or the 360 days period, you must bring in the book or books to the library so the Circulation staff can check them in.

The Circulation must do this so they can see if any of the books are on hold for another patron, either a URI patron or Interlibrary Loan.  If no holds are found, then, yes, the loan or loans will be extended.  Once they are checked out to the patron, the book or books will be checked out for those initial time periods, either 28 days or 120 days.  And the book or books will eligible for two automatic renewals.

Robert L. Carothers Library & Learning Commons

Call Us
(401) 874-2672

Email Us
librarycirc-group@uri.edu
(Please allow 1-2 business days for a response)