There are approximately 110 lockers available on Butler library's second floor. There are 54 lockers on the fifth floor that are available to the graduate student population.

Lockers on the second and fifth floors are assigned at the beginning of the academic year. 

To get a locker, you must enter the locker lottery. Details about the locker lotteries may be found here.

All Columbia University students with a valid UNI are eligible for lockers except students who have a study carrel space in Butler Library.
What's a uni?

Only one locker may be assigned to a person.

Locks may be cut at any time after the expiration of your registration. Any library property left in a locker will be returned to the library. Abandoned personal items will be brought to the lost and found area at the Butler Circulation Desk. Abandoned personal items may be reclaimed from the Butler Circulation Desk for 30 days from the date the lock was cut.

Locker users who do not clear their lockers before the end of the locker clearance deadline date will lose their locker privileges for a one year period. 

Beginning in the Fall 2007 semester, locks will be placed on lockers by the Library Information Office.  These locks may not be removed, and are the property of the CU Libraries. Students will be charged for the loss, theft or damage to these locks. The replacement cost for each lock is $5.00.

Lockers may not be altered permanently.

All occupants must use a lock supplied by the Library. These locks are owned by the CU Libraries and may not be removed.

Library staff will check lockers periodically to make sure that there are no unchecked out library books stored in your locker. Unchecked out books will be returned to the stacks. People with unchecked out books in their lockers will forfeit their locker and it will be re-assigned.

CUL is not liable for the loss, theft, or damage of material stored in lockers.

Day Lockers

Researchers may wish to use the day lockers located on the second floor to the left of the Information Desk. These lockers are for day use only. Locks must be removed at the end of each day. Locks left on these lockers will be removed between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m., and the contents of the lockers will be held in Lost and Found behind the Circulation Desk on the third floor. Columbia University is not responsible for the cost recovery of locks that have been clipped or items removed from lockers.

If you have questions about locker assignments, please
contact us by e-mail to butler_lockers@libraries.cul.columbia.edu

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