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These apply to all patrons borrowing physical items.

Item TypeLoan PeriodRenewableLoan LimitsOverdue Fine
Interlibrary Loan ItemsVariesVaries10$1 per day

We offer a variety of fee-based services to patrons.

AffiliationInterlibrary Loan Fee
UNTHSC affiliatesInterlibrary Loan:  $0 base fee 1
UNTHSC alumni, retirees, and board members$5 base fee 2
Texas-based patient care providers;
nonprofit organizations
$10 base fee 2
General public$10 base fee2
Law firms and corporations;
for-profit research companies
$40 base fee2

1 Full-time faculty requests requiring extensive fees may be charged back to the faculty member. Additional fees are cleared with the faculty member before they are incurred.

2 Document charges above are base fees, which cover the first 50 pages; additional pages are 25 cents each. Distance Education students are not charged base fees. Copyright permission fees and lending library fees are added as needed; these additional charges are cleared with the patron before they are incurred. Color pages can be provided on request, but will be charged as separate document.

General Notes on Fees

  • We reserve the right to set different fees for large projects from any user category.
  • Employees of businesses in the highest fee category cannot use their status in one of the lower categories to obtain lower charges for their work-related information needs.
  • These charges have been reviewed and approved by Lewis Library Administration.