Information for Alumni & Community Members
Getting a Library Card
If you are Connecticut resident, you may purchase a Community Borrower card for $50 at the Babbidge Library circulation desk (see Babbidge's hours). The card is $35 for members of the UConn Alumni Association.The card is valid for one year.
Students and instructors at selected higher education institutions, spouses of faculty or staff at UConn, and other individuals may be fee exempt. See Library Cards and Borrowing for details. The card is only valid for that semester if you are from another higher education institution.
Recent UConn graduates may still be in the system and able to borrow materials for a few weeks, but otherwise there are no other privileges for alumni, except as mentioned above.
Borrowing M&DA Library Materials
Loan Periods. The Community Borrower card (above) allows you to borrow Music & Dramatic Arts Library sound and video recordings for 14 days, with no renewals. You can also borrow books and scores for thirty days, with two renewals allowed. Check M&DA Library hours before heading over, since they are different from the Babbidge Library (UConn's main library).
Fines & Notices. Fines are steep, so note the due dates before leaving the library. Overdue and recall notices are sent to the email account that you provide, so please check it regularly. Here is a list of Music Library loan privileges and fines (PDF) for Community Borrower's cards.
Renewals. Go into the library's catalog (HOMER) and click Renew Books / View Account (or go direct). Be sure materials actually renewed. If they did not, please return them before the due date.
If you do not have the borrower's card, you may browse the library's print collections. You may also listen to or view discs in the Music & Dramatic Arts Library, but you will be asked to leave a driver's license or other government-issued picture ID at the circulation desk (please allow extra time for staff to fill out paper charge slips).
Electronic Resources
The Community Borrower Card does NOT provide off-campus access to UConn's electronic subscription resources (e.g., databases). UConn visitors and guests may visit the library if they need to search e-resources, or they should use e-resources available through iConn, Connecticut's public library e-resource suite. (HOMER, the library's catalog, and the libraries' general pages may be used by anyone, anytime, any place.)
Using Library Computers, Datajacks, or the Wireless Network
UConn visitors and guests may use library computers for research. They may also check email, but as with all users, must relinquish the station if it is needed for research. Public datajacks and wireless network are available, but UConn visitors and guests must use Guest Registration to connect wireless devices to UConn's wireless network. See more under Wireless.
Copying and Printing in the Library (Visitors)
Library copiers and printers do NOT accept cash. UConn visitors and guests who wish to use these facilities may purchase a Library Services Card at the Babbidge Library that allows visitors to use the library’s public printers and copiers at the same per-copy price as UConn faculty and students. (The Community Borrower card above does NOT include copy privileges.)
Cost: $5 (includes $3 overhead and $2 credit to be used for copying)
Buy at: Babbidge Library, Level 1, at the “Husky Bucks” machine
Refills: Use the same machine to add funds in $1 increments.
More Information
- Library Cards and Borrowing.
- Music Library loan privileges (and fines) for Community Borrower's cards (PDF)