BorrowDirect is a patron-initiated borrowing and lending service of physical items offered by Princeton University Library and twelve partner libraries--Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, the University of Chicago, the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford, and Yale.

• Items requested through BorrowDirect may be loaned for 16 weeks. You may not renew BorrowDirect materials.
• Overdue materials will accrue fines of $0.25 per day, up to a $22.50 maximum. Overdue recall items will accrue fines of $1.00 per day, up to a $90 maximum per item.
• Through BorrowDirect you can request: 
  • Books and printed music (scores) not owned by Princeton and in circulating collections
  • Books and printed music (scores) owned by Princeton but charged out to other users, or otherwise unavailable, e.g. non-circulating or missing
  • Some libraries may share other physical formats such as microforms and audiovisual material

The University members eligible for the service:

• Currently enrolled Princeton students
• Current Princeton faculty
• Current Princeton staff members

The first two categories above include research, technical, and other professional staff with a permanent appointment at the University.

BorrowDirect Plus is a service available to Princeton University faculty, staff and students at BorrowDirect partner libraries.

• The service allows for short term onsite borrowing at BorrowDirect libraries.
• It does not allow for the pickup of regular BorrowDirect requests at other institutions.
• Users who have accounts in good standing will have access to circulating materials at any of the participating libraries.
• When visiting one of these libraries, members of the BorrowDirect Plus community will need to show their campus ID card and log into their home library account to show their current status; once verified, they will be issued a library card.
• Items, collections and participating libraries on each campus will vary by institution.
• The lending library’s policies and loan periods for onsite borrowing are similar to those for guest borrowers, and it is recommended that users considering a visit to one of the libraries view their policies ahead of time.