Visiting Waldo Library Fall 2020

Please check Library Opening Status Updates for most current information. 

Waldo Library on the main campus 

• is the central library
• open only to currently enrolled WMU students, faculty, staff.
• Bring your ID to swipe in for fall semester. 
• Space is extremely limited
• Library Hours 

• Checking Out and Renewing Physical Items from WMU

  • Loan periods for students are typically until the end of the current semester. 
  • You can also renew materials online 

• Course Reserves​

  •  E-reserves and physical reserves
  •  Pick up at Waldo Library User Services Desk 
  • For print, physical reserves, you will need your Bronco Id the Call number. 
• Waldo Floor Plans and Spaces
  • Graduate Study Commons - Closed Fall Semester
  • Study Rooms can be reserved online - Closed Fall Semester
    • ​Waldo Library - 6 rooms - closed
    • Swain Education Library - 5 rooms  - closed
    • Maybee Dance and Music Library-1 room- closed 
  • Makerspace - Closed Fall 2020 
  • Virtual Reality Lab Closed fall 2020 
  • Learning Glass Studio -Closed Fall 2020

Swain Education Library in Sangren - Closed Fall Semester

Maybee Music and Dance Library in the Dalton Center - Closed Fall Semester

Zhang Legacy Collection (on Oakland Drive)- open by appointment 

• 650 Oakland Drive
  WMU mail stop: 5307
  Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5307
  (269) 387-8490 or (269) 387-8497
  arch-collect@wmich.edu

Western Michigan University students, faculty and staff can now request items borrowed from University Libraries or another library be held for pickup at Waldo Library. During the COVID-19 global pandemic, we will also ship books to your residence (in the U.S. only).

Use Library Search to find the item you want to borrow and follow the instructions below. If you are not logged in to your library account, you will see a yellow bar or button asking you to sign in first. 

BORROWING FROM WMU LIBRARIES

Pick up at Waldo Library

1. Within the item description in Library Search, click the "Place Hold, Reserve or Recall Item" link in the Physical section. 
2. Once you have placed your online request, University Libraries will retrieve the item, package it for pick up and hold it at Waldo Library.
3. You will receive a notice through your wmich.edu email account when the item is ready for pick up. 

Ship to you

1. Within the item description in Library Search, click the "Request it/Ship it" link in the Physical section.
2. Add your address to the Notes section in the form and submit the request.
3. Your item will be shipped to this address.

Pick up at Waldo Library

1. Within the item description in Library Search, click the "Request it/Ship it" link in the Physical section.
2. Submit the request.
3. Once your item has arrived at Waldo Library, you will receive a notice through your wmich.edu email account when it is ready for pick up. 

Ship to you

1. Within the item description in Library Search, click the "Request it/Ship it" link in the Physical section.
2. Add your address to the Notes section in the form and submit the request.
3. Your item will be shipped to this address. 

Borrowing 

• You will always need your BNID  when visiting the Libraries and to check out materials, or swipe to print.
• Initial borrowing period is for the entire current
• Can borrow up to 100 items
• Can renew online

Course Reserves

• Instructors and students sign in to the course reserves system with their Bronco NetID username and Bronco NetID password

Interlibrary Loan 

• Library Search, ​MeLCat, and WorldCat have automated ILL tools to submit request for  books, chapters, and articles. Most databases do as well. 

Search Collections at WMU Libraries

• WMU Library Search  is an integrated universal search of library material

• What is Library Search ? A Help Guide
• Search beyond WMU Libraries
• ILL is fast! Borrowing books from other Institutions is a free and efficient option. 
• More information is available in the subject research guides, linked on the ieft