Q. How many items can I check out at once? How long can I keep my items out?

ECU Students, Faculty, Staff, ECU Distance Education Students, Area Educators, and Cooperative Borrowers may check out as many circulating items as they want.

Borrowers who have paid memberships as North Carolina Residents, Friends of Joyner Library, or ECU Alumni are restricted to five (5) items per item type to be checked out at one time.

For specific borrowing privilege information, including loan periods and types of materials that may circulate to a patron type, please refer to the various borrow types sections of our Circulation Procedure or contact the Circulation desk at (252) 328-6690 or circulation@ecu.edu.

At Laupus Health Sciences Library, ECU Faculty (retired & current), Staff, Students, Vidant Health employees, Medical Residents, Eastern AHEC, UNC Cooperative borrowers, and area Health Professionals can check out as many circulating items as they want. 

NC Area residents, Friends of the Library, and ECU Alumni are restricted to five (5) items per item type to be checked out at one time.

Please see our Borrowing Privileges and Loan Periods page for more information.