Q. Can alumni check out books?

If you are a Lifetime Alumni Association member, then your Alumni Association card functions as a library card and allows you to check out materials. Alternatively, if you are a resident of Whatcom County, you can use your Whatcom County Library card to borrow materials at any Whatcom Libraries Collaborate location, including Western Libraries (see the Whatcom Libraries Collaborate website for details).

Please note, due to our contractual obligations we cannot allow off-campus access to databases at this time. We do, however, have 4 public access computers located on the 2nd floor of Haggard Hall. Printing is not available, but guests can use the computers to access the internet (including library databases), email, and save to USB. Read more about public access computers here.

Loan Policies

Books: Loan period is 21 days

Videos: Loan period is 7 days

Journals: Loan period is 3 days

For more information on borrowing materials as a community member see the Libraries borrowing page