Borrowing Privileges

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Your University ID is Your Library Card

Case Western Reserve University patrons may check out items from CWRU campus libraries, Cleveland Institute of Music libraries and OhioLINK libraries with their CWRU ID cards.

Expand your library material search beyond the campus and learn more through:

Track due dates, renew items, and check the status of your OhioLINK and SearchOhio requests through the My Account Login Portal

Please complete the following to borrow library materials:

  1. Request a CWRU network ID through the Case Affiliate Request Form, if they haven't already.
  2. Request their University Sponsor to complete the Visiting Scholar application.

Once both are successfully completed and confirmation received, Visiting Scholars are able to borrow materials from KSL with their Case ID.

Borrowing privileges for non-CWRU patrons may be found on the Alumni and Community page.