Renewing

Renew or check the status of items:

My Account - renew EMU Library books and other materials. (Enter NetID in all lower case letters: jsmith NOT Jsmith)

• Books
  • Undergraduate and graduate students: books will automatically be renewed up to five times. After the fifth renewal books must be brought to the Circulation Desk to be renewed.
  • Faculty members: books will be automatically renewed up to three times. After the third renewal books must be brought to the Circulation Desk to be renewed.
  • Courtesy Card holders are allowed one renewal.
• Reserve materials may not be renewed.
• Multimedia items may be renewed once.
• Items that have been requested by another library user may not be renewed.
• Contact Circulation at 734.487.2562 or [email protected] with questions or problems related to the renewal of EMU Library books.

MyMel - renew items borrowed from MeLCat.

• Login to MyMel to renew MeLCat items.
• MeLCat items may be renewed once.
• Questions or problems renewing: Contact Interlibrary Loan at 734-487-2596 or [email protected].

Interlibrary Loan - Request renewals for items borrowed through Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad.)

• Log in to ILLiad and select View/Renew Checked Out Items.
• Renewals may be requested online, starting 10 days before the due date and until the date the book is due. (Before and after that 10-day “window” the system does not permit online renewal.)
• A renewal period of three weeks is usually permitted.
• In the event that the lending library denies renewal, the patron will receive an email with the due date.
• Questions or problems renewing: Contact Interlibrary Loan at 734.487.2596 or [email protected].