Answered By: Melissa Rethlefsen
Last Updated: Jul 14, 2025     Views: 352

Library services are free to UNM affiliates, including faculty, staff, students, residents, preceptors, volunteer clinical faculty, and emeritus faculty. Some services are unavailable to non-affiliates, and other services are only available for a fee. Please see table below for a complete list.

Library eligibility and rates summary table, effective July 1, 2025

 

UNM Health & Health Sciences (Current)

UNM Main & Branch Campuses (Current)

Non-Affiliates

 
  • HSC Faculty, Staff, Students, Fellows & Residents, including Rio Rancho campus 
  • UNMH Health employees
  • Preceptors1
  • Volunteer Clinical Faculty1
  • Emeritus Faculty1
  • UNM Faculty, Staff & and Students, including central, south and all branch campuses
  • New Mexico Healthcare Institutions, Hospitals, Clinics & Government Agencies 
  • New Mexico Licensed Health Care Professionals & Biomedical Researchers
  • Unaffiliated individuals
  • Passport Holders (NMCAL)
  • UNM Alumni
  • Unaffiliated New Mexico Corporations
Offsite Access to Electronic Collections Yes Main Campus – Yes2,3
Branch Campuses – No2,3
No
Borrowing Privileges for Print Collections Yes Yes
  • Passport Holders from another New Mexico Academic Library member institution – Yes, with Passport and ID4
  • Corporations – $200/year
  • Students of Non-Passport Participating Schools – $60/yr5
Consultations with Library Faculty No charge No charge $94 per hour
Interlibrary Loan - Books No charge No3 Not applicable. Request through local public library.
Interlibrary Loan - Articles No charge No3 Not applicable. Request through local public library.
Electronic Document Delivery - Articles No charge No3 $20 per article
Notes 1 With active HSC NetID 2 Limited by licensing restrictions.
3 Provided by primary library (UL, Taos Campus Library, etc.)
4 Need passport and ID from home institution. 
5 Borrowing card must be purchased by the academic institution.

 

 

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