Community patrons must have a community patron card in order to borrow library materials. To obtain a Community Patron Card, community members must verify their name and show proof of Virginia residency or affiliation with a Virginia school. A Virginia driver’s license or Virginia state ID covers both. Additional options include, but are not limited to:
For more information about Community Patron Cards, please contact a campus library.
The purpose of interlibrary loan is to obtain materials that are needed for college-related research that are not available in the NOVA Libraries collection. Faculty and staff can submit requests for interlibrary loans by using the Interlibrary Loan Request forms.
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Required Card: NOVACard |
Library items on loan to faculty and staff are renewed automatically up to five times, unless the items have been requested by other patrons. |
Library items may be returned at any NOVA campus library. For locations, see Contact Us. Please return breakable items such as laptops, headphones, and cameras directly to library staff rather than placed in an unattended location or in a bookdrop. |
Faculty and staff can request to have library items sent from one campus library to another, or placed on hold at the campus library where the item is located.
Faculty and staff can submit requests:
Faculty and staff will receive an email to their NVCC email account when an item that they requested is ready for pick-up.
NOVA Libraries do not charge fines for items that are overdue.
Library items are the property of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Library users are responsible for the care and return of these items. Faculty and staff must pay the replacement cost of library items on loan to them that are lost or damaged. For more information, please contact a campus library.
Faculty and staff can suggest a resource by submitting a Suggest a Resource form or by contacting a campus library.
To access electronic resources from off-campus, use your MyNOVA username and password when prompted to sign in.
Faculty are eligible for limited borrowing privileges at George Mason University Libraries at no cost. For more information, see the VIVA Cooperative Borrowing Program section on the Special Groups webpage.
Faculty can borrow materials on-site from any participating academic library through VIVA's Cooperative Borrowing Program.