• Apply by telephone at (415) 476-2336.
  
• Apply at a Service Desk at Parnassus or Mission Bay.
  
• Your campus-wide ID barcode number may be requested.
  

• Apply in person, at a Service Desk at Parnassus or Mission Bay.
  
• Contact the Parnassus Service Desk at (415) 476-2336 or the Mission Bay Service Desk at (415) 514-4060 before coming in to ensure you have all required identification.

Free borrower accounts are available to:

• Faculty, currently enrolled students, and staff of the University of California, including retired employees and emeriti.
• Faculty and librarians from accredited institutions of higher learning in California.
• Health professionals licensed by a California state professional or vocational board, including retired individuals, who reside in the nine Bay Area counties.
• Dues paying members of UC alumni associations.
• Immediate family, over the age of 18, of faculty and staff of the University of California.
• Certificate employees of California public schools.
• Stanford University faculty, academic staff, and currently enrolled graduate students.

Obtain a Borrower Account by becoming a UCSF Library Associate.

• Library Associates have a special interest in libraries.
• Library Associates contribute to the UCSF Library's mission to advance science, foster excellence in teaching and learning, and promote health.

Benefits include:

• UCSF Library Borrower Account, entitling the holder to borrow up to 5 circulating items at a time;
• access to the online ProQuest Research Library, which includes selected full-text journals (off the UCSF network only);
• and invitations to special events about libraries and their future development.

Eligibility:

• U.S. residents 18 years or older with a valid California ID: $90.00/year.
• Registered degree program students of California State University or Community College Systems: $20.00/6 months, $40.00/year.

Corporate Borrowers: Up to 3 one-year cards at $100.00 each.