• Library facilities are open to all scholars and researchers during standard business hours.
• All visitors must sign in and present identification.
• After 12 midnight, only HU students, faculty and staff may enter the libraries.
• Library stacks are open to users for direct access to materials.

Use of Materials and Facilities

• Reserve, reference, periodical, and audio-visual materials DO NOT circulate outside of their immediate reading/study areas.
• When an item is not located in the stacks, users may complete a search request form and leave it at the Circulation Desk for staff follow-up.
• Requests submitted at the Circulation Desk for remote storage items  will be processed and filled within 24 hours on weekdays.
• General circulation services end 15 minutes prior to the closing of the library. The stacks close 30 minutes before the library closes.
• All HU students, faculty, and staff may request items not owned at Howard through the Interlibrary Loan Service.
• Graduate students may obtain a direct borrower's card for use at Georgetown University, George Washington University, University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, and University of Delaware.
• Faculty may register for an OCLC reciprocal borrower's card to use at participating libraries.
• Group study rooms are available . Priority is granted to Howard University students, faculty, and staff groups consisting of a minimum of three (3) persons. Study rooms are used on a first come, first served basis.
• A courtesy telephone is provided at UGL/Loan Services Desk for on-campus, library related calls.
• Approval must be obtained  from the Library Director for picture taking, filming or videotaping on library premises.