Who should apply for a card?

Persons who are not current students, faculty, or staff of Duke, or any other Triangle university must have an All Campus Borrowers Card to check books out from Ford Library. This includes Duke and Fuqua alumni. (If you attend UNC-CH, NCCU, or NCSU, email our Collection Services Librarian for more information.)

What kind of borrower's card is available?

The All Campus Borrower's Card (Gold Card) allows the cardholder book check out privileges at all Perkins System Libraries, the Medical Center Library, the Law Library, and the Fuqua School of Business Library.

How much does a card cost?

Pricing Information for Fuqua Alumni

Duke Alumni, Friends of the Library (Perkins), All Others

The All Campus Borrower's Card (Gold Card) is available for a cost of $100 to all non-Duke affiliated borrowers. Applicants requesting fee waivers or credits based on contributions to Duke University or The Friends of the Library must make these requests and apply for The All Campus Borrowers Card at Perkins Library.

Duke-Affiliated Borrowers

The All Campus Borrower's Card (Gold Card) is available to Duke-affiliated (immediate family members or significant others) borrowers for a $5.00 charge pending review of their application.

How long is the card good for?

1 year from the date of issue. All Borrowers cards must be renewed annually. See above for pricing.

How do I get a card?

Those interested in obtaining The All Campus Borrower's Card (Gold Card) may download and complete an application available HERE.  You may mail your application to:

Do not enclose payment with your application. All applications will be reviewed by the Collection Services Librarian during regular business hours.  You will be contacted concerning payment if your application is approved. Your application must be approved and a card issued before books may be checked out.

What can I do with a card?

Holders of The All-Campus Borrowers Card may:

• Use all Library resources in house with the exception of research databases which require user passwords.
• Check out up to 5 books within a 28 day loan period. Limit 1 renewal per book.
• Place search or hold requests for any 3 books within a 28 day loan period.

Can I use the Library's electronic databases?

Most of our databases are licensed for academic use only by current students, faculty, and staff of Duke University. However, Borrower's Card holders may use some Library databases while physically present in the Library for personal and strictly non-commercial purposes. Interested Borrower's Card holders should review our Database Terms of Use, and contact a reference librarian concerning access to a specific product before visiting the Library.

What about overdue fines?

Books returned after the date due accrue fines of $1.00 per item, per day. No grace period applies.

If an item is recalled for use by another borrower or closed reserve, it must be returned by the date due or earlier as determined by the Collection Services Librarian. No grace period applies to recalled books and fines begin to accrue on the day following the date due.

What happens if a book checked out to me is lost, stolen, or destroyed?

Borrowers are liable for the full replacement cost of items checked out to them which are lost, stolen, or damaged beyond repair. Failure to pay overdue fines and replacement costs or failure to comply with the Library's circulation policies will result in the suspension or loss of borrowing privileges at the Ford Library.

Cardholders should follow the policies set forth in the Detailed Circulation Policy.

Please call or eMail the Collection Services Librarian if you have any other questions at 919.660.7873 between 7:30am and 4:30pm, Monday through Friday.

Updated on: 10/12/07