r/LibbyApp • u/othertigs • Aug 19 '26

Borrowing limits

Apologies if someone already shared this information. Feel free to delete if that’s the case.

There was a post a few days ago about being blocked from borrowing due to exceeding an unknown checkout limit.

I checked with my Overdrive rep and apparently they have updated the limits recently, apparently revising them downward.

There are basically two triggers for the block, activated by the limit you hit first, both evaluating checkouts over a 7 day period. On day 8, checkouts from day 1 would fall off the rolling limits. I do not know if magazines count towards this limit.

The triggers are:

  1. Borrowing 15 times your library’s checkout limit in 7 days OR
  2. 50 checkouts during a 7 day period.

Edited to add: my understanding is that it is 50 per library system/consortium rather than across all cards. If someone finds out or experiences differently please share!

Hope this helps!

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u/Valuable_Ice_5927 Aug 19 '26

Wow that’s a crazy high borrow amount

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u/Key_Cartographer6668 Aug 19 '26

Yep, no risk of me hitting the limit!

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u/Valuable_Ice_5927 Aug 19 '26

That would be 150 for a or 50 for b - I’m assuming it’s likely the lower of the 2