Obtaining a Library Card
Faculty, Staff & Students:
Your Babson OneCard is your Library card.
Alumni:
Please go to the Alumni office to obtain your Alumni ID. Then bring your ID to Information Desk 1 to be entered into our system.
Visitors:
You can obtain a library card by registering at the Information Desk and paying the appropriate administrative fee. Please make checks payable to Babson College.
Checkouts & Returns
- Use your Babson One Card to check out materials.
- Your LIB number on your One Card is your ID number for the Library Catalog/system.
- A PIN can be used to check your library account online and request books. Stop at the Information Desk or email library@babson.edu to get your PIN.
Overdue Fines
| Books & audiocassettes |
$0.25/day |
| Videocassettes | $2.50/day |
| Reserve materials | $1.00/hour |
- Please return Reserve Materials before the two-hour deadline.
- Reserve materials do not leave the library.
- For overdue materials, three overdue notices are sent after which Accounting Office will bill you for replacement.
- The maximum fine for most overdue items is $25.00.
- Replacement charges for lost or damaged items depend upon the item's price plus an additional processing fee.
WEBnet Library Consortium
The WEBnet Library Catalog lists the books, e-books, journals, & multimedia owned by the WEBnet Library Consortium member libraries.
Books in the circulating collection are checked out for 4 weeks.
Multimedia items may not be checked out/requested from the other member libraries.
Books from the Library Catalog may be obtained by:
- calling Information Desk1 at 781-239-4596 to request them;
- submitting a request in the Library Catalog using your “LIB” number on your Babson OneCard and PIN.
To get your PIN, stop by Information Desk 1 or request one via email from library@babson.edu.
You will be notified by e-mail when the item arrives. (See the Requesting Books page for more info.) - visiting consortium member libraries to check out books using your Babson OneCard.
Directions and maps to the colleges are available at Information Desk 1.
Check with each library for its hours of operation.
| Consortium Members | Collection Strengths |
|---|---|
| BabsonCollege Horn Library Babson Park, MA 02457 781/239-4596 library.babson.edu |
entrepreneurship, business ethics, applied statistics, E-commerce, international trade and economics, organizational psychology, consumer marketing, competitive intelligence, leadership, product design, corporate strategy, industry studies |
| Olin College of Engineering Library 1735 Great Plains Avenue Needham, MA 02492 781/292-2390 library.olin.edu |
science, engineering, photography, art |
| Pine Manor College Annenberg Library 400 Heath Street Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 617/731-7081 www.pmc.edu/library/library.html |
American and English literature, women’s studies, art history, interior design, children’s/young adult literature, psychology, biology |
| Regis College Library 235 Wellesley Street Weston, MA 02493 781/768-7300 regisnet.regiscollege.edu/library/
|
religion, philosophy, ethics, art, women’s studies, literature, nursing, psychology, sociology, social work, education curriculum, holocaust studies |
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