Services for alums, affiliates & visitors

LITS welcomes alums back to campus. You may use many of the collections, services and spaces on site during the general public building hours. You have all the services available to visitors, as well as a few additional benefits outlined here. Archives and Special Collections is happy to support research related to alum conferences and reunions (and for any other purpose) and actively encourages donations of materials related to your experience at Mount Holyoke. We would love to talk to you about your personal collections. LITS also offers tours to alums each year during both reunion weekends and can host tours at other times of year for visiting alums and mini-reunion groups. Please contact us at ask-lits@mtholyoke.edu to arrange a group tour. Come back to the library and find your old favorite studying haunts or stop into Archives and Special Collections in Dwight Hall and see photographs, yearbooks, student handbooks, special exhibits and more.

Email

When MHC students become alums, they can maintain access to their MHC accounts as long as they continue to abide by MHC's acceptable use policies and log in at least once every 180 days. Learn more about MHC Accounts for alums.

Google Drive and other network files

Along with email, your Google Drive files will remain active as long as you continue to abide by MHC's acceptable use policies and log in at least once every 180 days. 

Moodle and associated files are restricted to current students for the current semester only. Alums do not have access to past Moodle content.

Library services

If you live locally, you may borrow materials from the library. Simply get an Alum OneCard at the Technology Help Desk and stop by the Circulation Desk to update your contact information and check out materials. For further detail on borrowing, see Borrowing and renewing. 

You may also use ejournals and library databases while physically in the library. Our license agreements for these resources are, regrettably, restricted to students, faculty and staff and do not permit remote access for alums. Interlibrary loan is also restricted to students, faculty and staff. For those who live farther from campus, we recommend that you check your local public library or the library of your local state university. They may offer similar tools and/or services to assist in your research.

Adobe Creative Cloud for new alums

Adobe offers graduating students and new alum a 40% discount on Creative Cloud individual licenses ($29.99/month) for the first year after graduation. Get all the latest & greatest tools for creating including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and over 20 more apps. Upgrade your account here. 

Mount Holyoke College emeriti continue to be considered current and full members of the Mount Holyoke community and have access to all LITS services. Sometimes, however, LITS systems do not have the proper coding from Human Resources, and you may find yourself accidentally locked out of a system. If you encounter barriers to access, please contact the Circulation Desk (for library materials) or the Technology Help Desk (for technology questions).

Learn more about MHC Accounts for retired faculty and Emeriti. 

Other Mount Holyoke College affiliates who are sponsored by an academic department, Center, etc. are considered current and full members of the Mount Holyoke community and have access to all LITS services. If you encounter barriers to access, please contact the Circulation Desk (for library materials) or the Technology Help Desk (for technology questions). 

Learn more about MHC Accounts for affiliates.

LITS welcomes students who are enrolled in the Simmons School of Information and Library Science program at Mount Holyoke to use many of the collections, services, and spaces on site during the general public building hours. You have all the services available to visitors, as well as a few additional benefits outlined here. Learn more about MHC Accounts for Simmons students.

Borrowing Mount Holyoke and Five College library materials

Simmons West students are welcome to borrow both Mount Holyoke and Five College library materials. See Borrowing and renewing for details. You can request materials through Discover advanced search, and you may also walk into any of the Five College libraries and borrow directly using your Mount Holyoke OneCard.

Interlibrary loan

Mount Holyoke College interlibrary loan is restricted to Mount Holyoke College students, faculty and staff. Please use Simmons Library interlibrary loan.

Access to electronic resources

Most Mount Holyoke College library databases may be used on campus, but license conditions prevent us from offering off-campus access outside of the Mount Holyoke community. Please use Simmons Library to access electronic resources remotely.

Printing

Mount Holyoke charges for printing and photocopying. The Simmons West office in the Village Commons offers these services to you for free, so, we recommend that you go there. If you do wish to print at Mount Holyoke, see Guest printing on campus for more information, including printer locations.

Computers and equipment

You are welcome to sit down and use any of the desktop computers in the library. Simmons students, however, cannot check out Mount Holyoke laptops or other equipment. If you are having an equipment emergency, please contact the Simmons West office.

WiFi

Simmons West students are granted a semester-long username and password to connect to the network. The distribution of these credentials is coordinated through the Simmons West office. Please contact them for assistance.

In addition to your home institutions, Five College students, faculty and staff also have many privileges at Mount Holyoke College. 

Connect to the eduroam network for WiFi. See Eduroam support for more information.

If you are enrolled in a class at Mount Holyoke, access your Moodle course by going to our Moodle and logging in using your home institution's account. 

If you have difficulty accessing Moodle or any other instructional materials required for your class, please contact the Technology Help Desk.

Five College students enrolled in an MHC course are also given an MHC guest account. Learn more about MHC Accounts for Five College students. 

You may use Mount Holyoke ejournals and library databases while physically in the library; for remote access and interlibrary loan, you will need to use your home library.

LITS welcomes area residents from South Hadley, Granby, Holyoke and Chicopee to use many of the collections, services, and spaces on site during the general public building hours. You have all the services available to visitors, as well as some borrowing privileges.

Borrowing Mount Holyoke College library materials

• Residents of South Hadley, Granby, Holyoke and Chicopee aged 18 and over can be issued a Mount Holyoke library barcode at the Circulation Desk. To receive a barcode, residents must present a Massachusetts picture ID that shows a current address. If this is not possible, a state-issued picture ID and additional proof of address (e.g., a piece of mail or a utility bill) may be used.
• Mount Holyoke library cards only allow access to Mount Holyoke library materials. They do not extend to the other Five Colleges or to interlibrary loan. Adult residents of Massachusetts can also get borrowing privileges at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. 

See Borrowing and renewing for further details on Mount Holyoke borrowing policies.

You may use ejournals and library databases while visiting the library in person. Our license agreements for these resources are restricted to Mount Holyoke students, faculty and staff and do not permit remote access to the larger community. Interlibrary loan is also restricted to Mount Holyoke students, faculty and staff. We recommend that you use your local public library for these services. 

Computers and equipment

You are welcome to sit down and use any of the desktop computers in the library. Area residents, however, cannot check out Mount Holyoke laptops or other equipment, as we have limited inventory and restrict equipment access to the Mount Holyoke community.