COVID-19 updates
We have automatically renewed all library books until March 29, 2021.
Any overdue fines accrued during our building closure will be waived.
Borrow, Renew, Return
Borrow
You must register with Lane Library to borrow physical
materials owned by the library.
Download the appropriate application form listed below and bring it to Lane Services Desk
or fax to 650-725-7471. Please update your
registration annually by phoning (650) 723-6831 or emailing us.
Hospital employees
please bring the form and your picture ID.
Stanford University faculty, students, scholars, and
staff; Stanford Health Care and University HealthCare Alliance
employees
Download Form
School of Medicine Alumni; spouses/domestic partners and
children (14+) of Stanford University faculty, students, and
staff
Download Form
Proxy (e.g. PI research assistant)
Download Form
ID cards and badges are non-transferable. You
must be a proxy for the faculty member in order to check out
materials on his/her library record.
Only Stanford Faculty can sponsor a proxy and only under
these guidelines:
- The sponsor agrees to abide by Lane Medical Library
regulations and acknowledges that the proxy's use of the
library's privileges must be related to the instruction,
research, patient care and public welfare goals of Stanford
University and Stanford University Medical Center
- The sponsor is responsible for all fines and fees or
replacement costs that the proxy may incur. Notifications will
be sent to the sponsor for tracking
- Library privileges may be revoked for
cause at any time
Renew
- You may renew items borrowed from Lane up to three times
- Stop by the Lane Services Desk and renew your items in
person (when renewing for the third time, you MUST renew the
item in person)
- You may also renew online through the Lane
catalog
- If a renewal is not successful, please call 650-723-6831
ext.3 or email
us
Return
- Book drop is located outside the library main entrance
- Two-hour and Course
Reserves materials must be returned inside the library to avoid
late fees
- Materials to be used only inside the library should be
returned to the User Services Desk
- Late returns will incur fines
- Books borrowed from other campus libraries may be
returned to Lane. However, Lane cannot ensure when these books
will arrive at the appropriate library and be checked in as
returned. The books are picked up at Lane each morning Monday –
Friday by the campus mail courier. Alternatives: return any SUL book or
journal to the Art & Architecture Library or to
the Science Library. They are
fairly close by and can check books in from most campus
libraries
Requesting Offsite Materials
Lane has back issues of several thousand periodical titles
that are mostly stored offsite; you may request them through the
Lane Catalog.

Loan periods
- All materials are subject to recall
- Audio and video media: 7 days
- Books: 4 weeks
- Core textbooks: 2 hours, or overnight if within one hour
of closing
- Course
Reserves: periods vary
- Exam Reviews (medical students only): 3 days
- Journals: 3 days
- Special collections cannot be removed from the library
building
- Reference materials do not circulate
- Retired Reference materials circulate for 3 days
Fines
All fines must be paid at the User Services
Desk; cash, checks, Visa and Mastercard are accepted.
All materials are considered overdue if you have not
returned them by the specified date. Your borrowing privileges
can be blocked immediately until the late fee is paid or the
material is returned. A courtesy reminder and two overdue notices
will be sent via email. If these notices are not received, you
are still held responsible for any late fee. If Lane receives no
response to the overdue notices, an invoice, including
replacement costs and an irrevocable late fee of $10 per item,
will be sent. In some cases, when there is no response to the
late fee notice, a copy of this notice will be sent to your
department. A hold will be placed on student registration for any
outstanding materials or fines.
If the materials are returned, the replacement and binding
costs will be rescinded if the item is not already replaced.
Sixty-three days after the due date, Lane Library will transfer
funds from a Medical School department or request payment from SU
departments.
Recalling Materials Checked Out by Another
User
You may recall 28-day-loan materials from other users after
the first two weeks of their initial check-out period. Locate the
Lane catalog record for the item you need and click on
“Request/Recall Items”. Course reserve materials are subject to
immediate recall, with no waiting period.
Returning Materials That Have Been Recalled
If the library contacts you (by mail or phone) to recall
materials you have checked out, please return them within 5 days.
All materials recalled are considered overdue after five days, at
which time a fine of $1 per day is assessed. If materials are not
returned, overdue fines and replacement costs are applied.
Recalled materials cannot be renewed.