Library Privileges

Borrower Type	Setup Needed - Borrowing Services and Online Account Access	Access type	Lost cards?
Current UW Faculty and Staff	None, your Husky card is your library card. Use UW NetID for library account access.	Full	Contact HFS
Current UW Students	None, your Husky card is your library card. Use UW NetID for library account access.	Full	Contact HFS
UW Educational Outreach with Husky Card	None, your Husky card is your library card. Use UW NetID for library account access.	Full	Contact HFS
UW Educational Outreach w/o Husky Card	Obtain a library card by bringing, faxing or mailing a copy of your payment receipt to Library Account Services. You may need to get a temporary UW NetID	Full	Contact Library Account Services
UW Access Students	Obtain a library card at Library Account Services by bringing, faxing or mailing a copy of your current Access student card. You will also need a temporary UW NetID to access your library account information on the web	Full	Contact Library Account Services
UW Proxy Borrowers	Obtain a library card by bringing, faxing or mailing a completed proxy borrower application to Library Account Services. More information	Basic	Contact Library Account Services
Cascadia Students, Faculty and Staff	None, your Cascadia ID Card is your library card. Use UW NetID for library account access.	Cascadia	Contact the Open Learning Center
Faculty, Students and Staff from Orbis Cascade member institutions	Obtain a card at Library Account Services by logging into your home institution's online account. You will need a temporary UW NetID from Library Account Services.	Basic	Contact Library Account Services
UW Retirees	None, use your Husky card. You may need to get a temporary UW NetID from Library Account Services	Varies*	Contact Library Account Services
Current members UW Alumni Association	Obtain a library card by bringing, faxing or mailing a a copy of your current Alumni Association card to Library Account Services. You may need to get a temporary UW NetID.	Basic	Contact Library Account Services
Washington K-12 Teachers/Certified School Personnel	Obtain a library card by bringing, faxing or mailing a letter to Library Account Services on official school letterhead requesting borrowing privileges	Basic	Contact Library Account Services
Washington State Employees	Obtain a library card by bringing, faxing or mailing a letter to Library Account Services on official letterhead requesting borrowing privileges. You will also need a temporary UW NetID to access your library account information on the web.	Basic	Contact Library Account Services
Visitors	Obtain a library card by bringing, faxing or mailing an application to Library Account Services. More information. You will also need a temporary UW NetID to access your library account information on the web.	Basic	Contact Library Account Services

*Recent UW Retirees with employer-issued UW NetIDs have full access. Older retirees without employer-issued UW NetIDs have basic access.

Visitor Access

All visitors to the UW Libraries without borrowers cards may:

use the collections within the Libraries
use publicly-accessible computers
use wireless access

Basic Access

Individuals or organizations that have borrowing privileges have a BASIC access to library services which includes:

the ability to check out library materials
use publicly-accessible computers
use wireless access

Cascadia Access

Current Cascadia faculty, students and staff have CASCADIA level access to library services which includes:

the ability to check out library materials
use all library computers
use wireless access
the ability to access library databases remotely
use of Interlibrary Loan (ILL) for a fee

Full Access

Current UW faculty, students and staff have FULL access to library services which includes:

the ability to check out library materials
use all library computers
use wireless access
the ability to access library databases remotely
use of Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and Summit free of charge