Borrowing Materials

Through the search bar on the Library’s homepage, search for your topic or specific title. Once you search and find the results, you will need to log in with your FSUID and password to see all the available options and request materials. A yellow banner will run across the top of the search results: “Sign in to get complete results and to request items” and a “sign in” link to easily be able to log in.

From the catalog, once you have chosen a title you are interested in, you will be able to click on the book’s location or title and then choose “Request” under “Get it” to request the book.

Depending on your designation with FSU, you will see different pick up options.

Undergraduate: Requested materials will be placed on hold at the circulation desk that the book you are requesting is shelved at.

Faculty, Graduate Students, and Staff: Choose from a series of locations, including Library Express Delivery (LEDS)!

For Curbside Pick Up, choose Strozier Library and then follow the instructions below. 

Once you send the request, you’ll be able to see the status of the request in your library account. Please allow staff 48 hours to process your request. You will get an email when the book is ready to be picked up.

If you have any questions, please call Strozier Library at 850-644-2706 or Dirac Library at 850-644-5534. You may also use our Ask a Librarian online chat.

Curbside Pick-Up is available at Strozier Library!

Monday - Friday: 8am - 6pm
Saturday: 10am - 6pm 
Sunday: 12pm - 6pm

To pick up your request, please park on Collegiate Loop, across from Landis Green, near the front entrance of Strozier Library (see map below). Look for our “Park here for Curbside Delivery” street sign.

Call (850) 443-7223 and give our team your name. Our staff will bring the items to your vehicle.

If possible, please open your trunk from inside the vehicle and we will place the items inside. If this isn't possible, please notify the delivery person when you call and they will place the request on the ground next to your car for you to retrieve after they walk away.

Our curbside service is only for pick-ups only, (not returns). If you wish to return materials, you may use a book drop on campus such as the one pictured below, or you may return them by mail to FSU Libraries, 116 Honors Way, Tallahassee FL 32306.

Have you returned an item but still see it listed on your account? Use this form: Claims Returned

Report a lost book to the Libraries. Use this form: Lost Books

Related: Fine management

All active FSU students, faculty, or staff may request materials through the FSU Libraries online catalog and borrow materials in-person at the Circulation desks.

Current students, faculty, and staff at Florida Community Colleges and Public Universities are granted borrowing privileges. Current university I.D. must be presented and verified.

Special Borrowing permits are given to certain patrons. Please visit the Special Borrowing Permits page for more information on who qualifies and how to apply.

See the below charts for how long you can borrow materials.

FSU owned materials can be renewed for the same loan period as the original, a total of five times, unless the item is recalled by another scholar, in which case it will need to be returned within 10 days of the recall. You can renew items through the "My Account & Renewals" link to the left of this page. Please see the Uborrow or Interlibrary loan pages for renewals of non-FSU owned items.

Florida State University

State University Libraries

Community College Libraries

If an item is still checked out 60 days after its due date, the item will be declared "lost". Items declared lost will be assessed a $100 replacement fee. You may return these items or replace them (In "like new" or better condition) to have the $100 fine removed, provided they fall within the reimbursement policy listed below.

If you have already returned your items and are being charged please fill out a claimed return form: Claims Returned

Late Return and Reimbursement Policy
The University Libraries has developed the following guidelines for patron return of any library materials. 
Missing/replacement items will not be accepted or payment reimbursed for:

1. Books that have been declared lost for 12 months or more from its original due date.
2. Items that have been withdrawn from the collection.
3. Items that have already been replaced.

Library charges can be paid through Student Business Services.

Call  Library Fines Management, (850) 645-8822, Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. with any questions.

General Material Fees

Media Equipment Loans and Fees