Access policies described here apply to the Stanford University Libraries. Coordinate libraries (e.g., Business, Law, Hoover, Medical) and department libraries (Classics, Philosophy) may have separate access requirements and borrowing policies; consult them directly for information about using their facilities and resources.
Who can access Stanford Libraries?
Campus ID Card holders
- Faculty, students, staff, and their spouses and partners
- Fellows, postdocs
- Courtesy cardholders
- University visiting scholars
University-affiliated groups
- Stanford Alumni
- Hospital clinicians and staff
- Continuing Studies and summer program participants
- Short-term visiting scholars
Library-affiliated groups
- Cooperative program participants:RLCP (Stanford/UC Berkeley) RSP (Stanford/UC), BorrowDirect and BorrowDirect Plus (Ivies Plus Chicago and Duke)
- Fee-based library membership cardholders
General public (visitors)
Note: Some libraries require an ID card or visitor pass for entry: Green Library (main library); Art & Architecture Library; SAL1&2; Special Collections (located in Green Library).
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Stanford Libraries reserves the right to revoke the access privileges of anyone, in any category of user.
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