Loan Periods and Borrowing Rules

Five College Community | Other Patrons

Mount Holyoke College Community 

MHC Students

• Four week loan period.
• Media equipment circulates for three days.
• Videos and DVDs circulate for five days.

MHC Faculty

• Books may be borrowed for up to one year.
• Bound Periodicals may circulate for three days.  
• Reference books do not circulate.
• Media equipment circulates for three days.
• Videos and DVDs circulate for five days.

MHC Staff

• Three month loan period.
• Bound Periodicals may circulate for three days.
• Reference books do not circulate.
• Media equipment circulates for three days.
• Videos and DVDs circulate for five days.

MHC Faculty/Staff Partners

• Three month loan period.
• Periodicals and reference books do not circulate.
• Media items do not circulate.

MHC Alumnae (& Faculty/Staff Children)

• Four week loan period.
• Periodicals and reference books do not circulate.
• Media items do not circulate.

Five College Students

• Four week loan period.
• Periodicals, reference books, documents, leisure collection, and other media materials do not circulate.
• Videos and DVDs can be checked out for three hours and viewed in the MHC Libraray facility only.
• Note: Five College students enrolled in an MHC course will need a guest account in order to access e-reserves, which are contained in the ella learning management system.

Five College Faculty/Staff

• Four week loan period.
• Periodicals, reference books, documents, leisure collection, and other media materials do not circulate.
• Videos and DVDs circulate for five days.

Other Patrons

South Hadley/Granby/Holyoke Educators

• Four week loan period for Mount Holyoke books only.
• Periodicals, reference books, documents, leisure collection, videos/dvds and other media materials do not circulate.

South Hadley Residents (18 years and older)

• Four week loan period for Mount Holyoke books only.
• Periodicals, reference books, documents, leisure collection, videos/dvds and other media materials do not circulate.

Summer Program Participants

• Up to a Four Week Loan Period for Mount Holyoke items only.
• Periodicals, reference books, leisure collection and documents do not circulate.
• Media items circulate for three days.

Visiting Faculty/Scholars

• Four week loan period.
• Books may be borrowed for the period of their stay.
• Bound periodicals may be borrowed for three days.
• Media equipment circulate for three days.
• Videos and DVDs circulate for five days.