While there is a limit on how many books can be checked out concurrently, it's a really large number:
(per the Circulation page linked below)
Loan limits
- Undergraduate students: 50 items at a time
- Graduate students: 100 items at a time
Loan Lengths
- Ship Library Books: due back at the end of the current semester
- Ship Library Audio and Video Media: due back on the 14th day after the borrowing date (limit 5 borrowed at a time)
- Renewals: Sorry, no renewals
- Media Equipment: 7 days, no renewals
- Laptops (students only): due back 30 minutes before building closes