#  Library Privileges 

 



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After two years of residence, students count as University alumni and can receive library privileges even when out of residence.

[Widener Library](http://library.harvard.edu/wid) defines alumni as those who have finished two terms of work at any of the constituent schools or faculties. Alumni are eligible for a [Widener Stacks Access Card](http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/admittance/#privileges) without fee, which will permit them to borrow six Widener Library books without payment per year (even if only paying an active file fee).

[The Special Borrower Card](http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/admittance/#privileges), for an annual cost of $200 and a summer fee is $75, provides alumni with stack access and borrowing privileges at most Harvard libraries.

Applications for either card should be **made in person at the**[ Library Privileges Office](http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/admittance/#privileges), Widener Library, Room 130 (phone: 617-495-4166).