Affiliates can have up to 500 items checked out at a time.

Items are due at the end of the academic year.

Affiliates do not have remote database access unless they have an active ISU Net-ID. Information about Net-IDs is available from ISU Information Technology.

When sponsored by an ISU department or an ISU employee, non-ISU employees can purchase an Affiliate ISUCard for $15 annually. Learn what you need to get an Affiliate ISUCard from the ISUCard office.

Privileges for Affiliates

  • You can check out up to 500 items.  
  • Items are due at the end of the academic year (unless recalled).
  • You do not have remote access to library databases unless you have an active ISU Net-ID. Information about sponsored Net-IDs is available from ISU Information Technology.

Common groups often sponsored for Affiliate status

Members of these groups must have a sponsored Affiliate ISUCard by an ISU department

  • USDA locations in Ames, including the National Animal Disease Center and the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment
  • ISU Research Park
  • Iowa State Center