Services for People who are not UMKC Students, Faculty or Staff

Miller Nichols Library provides a variety of services to those who are not UMKC students, faculty or staff.

• Use of books, magazines, journals and microforms while in the library is available to everyone.
  
  
• Use of videos, sound recordings, and other audiovisual materials in the Listening/Viewing Center is available to anyone with a valid photo id.
  
  
• Reference staff will provide basic assistance in person, by phone or by email to all who request it.
  
  
• Checking out books:
  • Students and faculty at other Kansas City area colleges and universities:
    Most colleges and universities in the Kansas City area participate in reciprocal borrowing agreements. Students and faculty from these schools have limited checkout privileges for books. Contact the Access Services Department or call (816) 235-1526) for more information.
  • Community Information Program:
    Members of the Community Information Program can have limited checkout privileges. Through the Community Information Program, services for a fee are provided to businesses and other organizations that have identified specialized information needs.
  • Friends of the Library:
    Membership in the Friends of the Library of the University of Missouri-Kansas City includes the ability to check out library books.
  • MOBIUS:
    Students, faculty and staff of a Missouri college or university whose library is a member of MOBIUS have access to the materials of other participating institutions through a program called "Patron Initiated Borrowing." Use the MOBIUS Union Catalog (mobius.missouri.edu/screens/opacmenu.html) to request a book from another participating library, and it will be delivered to your institution's library for you to pick up. Visit the MOBIUS Web page (mobius.missouri.edu/screens/libinfo.html) to see if your library is a member.
  • UMKC Alumni:
    Members of the UMKC Alumni Association have limited checkout privileges. Contact the Access Services Department or call (816) 235-1526 for more information.
  • High school students:
    Area high school students enrolled in the High School College Program, the High School Science and Mathematics Institute, the University Academy, and the Upward Bound program can also arrange to check out books. Contact the Access Services Department or call (816) 235-1526 for more information.
    
    
• Special Collections
  • Special Collections staff will respond to online, mail or telephone questions.
  • Researchers can often arrange to use materials in person. Contact the Special Collections Department before your visit to assure that a staff member will be available to assist you.
    
    
• Marr Sound Archives
  • Marr Sound Archives staff will respond to online, mail or telephone questions.
  • The Archives is open from Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Appointments are not required, but are strongly recommended, particularly for large research projects.