Lister Hill Library and Sterne Library
The number of books you can check out at one time depends on the patron category to which you belong:
- UAB Faculty: 100 items;
- UAB Students: 50 items;
- UAB Staff: 50 items;
- Other Borrowers: 10 items.
Lister Hill Library
| Patron Category | Loan Period | Renewals |
| Undergraduate Student - UAB | 28 days | 2 |
| Graduate Student - UAB | 63 days | 1 |
| Faculty - UAB | 183 days | 1 |
| Staff - UAB | 28 days | 2 |
| Courtesy Card Holder | 28 days | 1 |
Loan periods based on type of material are as follows:
| Type of material | Loan period | Renewals |
| Circulating books | 28 days | 2 |
| Reference books | 3 hours, library use only | 0 |
| Laptops | 1 day | 1 |
| Periodicals | Library use only | |
| Media, DVDs, CDs | 28 days | 1 |
| Equipment: Video projector | 7 days | 0 |
| Equipment: Headphones | 3 hours, library use only | 0 |
| Equipment: Microphone | 3 hours, library use only | 0 |
| Equipment: Flash drive | 3 days | |
| Equipment: Dry erase markers | 3 hours, library use only | 0 |
| Equipment: Mac & PC connectors | 3 hours, library use only | 0 |
Mervyn H. Sterne Library
| Patron Category | Loan Period | Renewals |
| Undergraduate Student - UAB | 28 days | 2 |
| Graduate Student - UAB | 63 days | 1 |
| Faculty - UAB | 183 days | 1 |
| Staff - UAB | 28 days | 2 |
| Courtesy Card Holder | 28 days | 1 |
Loan periods based on type of material are as follows:
| Type of material | Loan period | Renewals |
| Juvenile books | 14 days | 1 |
| Textbook collection | 14 days | 1 |
| Café collection | 28 days | 1 |
| Reference/Bound periodicals | Library use only | |
| Compact Discs, DVDs, Music Recordings, Spoken Recordings, Videocassettes, Videodiscs, and Motion Pictures | 7 days | 1 |
| Compact Discs and Computer Disks that accompany books | Based on loan period of books | 1 |
| Audiocassettes, Audiotapes, Charts, Film Loops, Filmstrips, Games, Kits, Models, Slides, and Transparencies | 14 days | 1 |
| Laptops | 7 days | 0 |
| Equipment: Video projector | 7 days | 0 |
| Equipment: Mac & PC connectors | 3 hours: Library use only | 0 |
| iPhone & iPad | 3 hours | 0 |
| Equipment: Headphones | 3 hours: Library use only | 0 |
| Equipment: Dry erase markers | 3 hours: Library use only | 0 |