Administrative offices at Roxbury Community College are closed for Thanksgiving and scheduled maintenance from 12:00 pm on Wednesday, 11/26 – Sunday, 11/30. There are no classes scheduled from 5:00 pm on 11/26 – Sunday, 11/30. Normal business hours resume on Monday, 12/1. The Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center is closed from Thursday, 11/27 – Friday, 11/28; the Center resumes normal business and special event hours on Saturday, 11/29.
All currently enrolled RCC students, faculty, staff, and administrators, as well as
students at other Massachusetts public colleges, are eligible for borrowing privileges.
Please present your current RCC photo ID card (or Massachusetts public college ID
card) at the Circulation Desk to borrow materials.
When accessing online resources, students will be prompted to log in with their @roxbury.edu
email address and the last 4 digits of their student ID number. Faculty and staff
will use their @rcc.mass.edu email address and a custom 4-digit PIN number. Please
contact the library if you need to reset your PIN.
Since RCC is a member of the Higher Education Libraries of Massachusetts (HELM) network,
anyone eligible to borrow materials from the RCC Library also has borrowing privileges
at HELM and FLO member libraries.
Fifty items may be borrowed at a time.
Faculty members may borrow media materials and equipment for classroom presentations.
Students may use media materials within the library.
Reference books and periodicals do not circulate and must be used within the library.
Loan Periods- Item types
Students
Faculty
Books
28 days
End of Semester
DVDs
14 days
14 days.
CDs
14 days
14 days
Laptops
Semester Loan or 1 week loan
NA
Calculators
Semester loan
NA
Microscopes/ slides
In library use only
NA
Anatomy Models
In library use only
NA
Reserve Books
In library use only
NA
Returns
All borrowed materials and equipment should either be returned to the library's Circulation
Desk or placed in a book return box. Book return boxes can be found directly outside
the library doors and in the courtyard outside Building 3.
Renewals
Library materials may be renewed for one additional loan period (14 days for students,
28 days for faculty and staff) unless requested by another patron.
You may renew materials in person at the Circulation Desk or by calling the library
at 857-701-1380. You may also renew books online by logging into the library catalog. Select Log in to your account and then scroll down to click on the Renew button for items you have checked out. You will need your User ID (RCC email address)
and PIN number to log in.
Fines
There are no overdue fines accrued for late items; however, fees wiil be charged to
student accounts for lost or damaged laptops.
Lost Materials
Students agree to pay the cost of laptop/power cord if lost or damaged:
Lost or irreparably damaged= $750
Damaged, repairable=$350
Power cord=$45
Holding Materials
Patrons may request that up to twenty currently circulating items be held for them
at the Circulation Desk when returned.
You may place a hold in person at the Circulation Desk or by calling 857-701-1380.
You may also place a hold electronically by going to the library catalog. Search for the book you'd like to put on hold, then click on Place hold. You will need your User ID (RCC email address) and PIN number.
When the item becomes available, you will be notified by email. Materials are held
at the Circulation Desk for ten days.