ARC+and+Special+Borrowers

ARC Cards
Students and faculty have cross-borrowing privileges with other ARC libraries. A chart showing these libraries can be found [|here.]


 * Assumption College Students, Faculty, Staff**


 * Check patron Voyager record before issuing ARC card. Patron must be in good standing with the library.
 * ARC cards for AC patrons are located in the Access Services Librarian office.
 * Expiration date is end of the academic year.
 * Trustees and AC Religious are also eligible.
 * Photocopy a new card and leave the photocopy on Robin's desk.


 * Use of the d’Alzon Library by participating member libraries:**


 * ARC members must have both and ID card and an ARC card from their home institution. You may call the circulation department at the home institution to verify that the patron is in good standing with the library.
 * Returning members should be in the Voyager system. Check ARC card and scan institution ID in Voyager.
 * 1st time ARC members must be added to the Voyager system.
 * Have the patron fill out a new patron registration form.
 * Leave the form for Paul or Robin to add patron information to Voyager.

WISE Members
Participants in the WISE program (Worcester Institute for Senior Education) can obtain an ID from Public Safety.

 WISE members have book borrowing privileges, and permission is granted independently for borrowing media, and doing ILL requests (see limitations on borrowing privileges chart). They CANNOT access the databases from home.

 If a WISE member does not have an Assumption College ID you may give them a temporary ID and set them up in the system using their license as a form of identification.

 Please enter a full current address and home phone number.

Special Borrowers
In general, special borrowers will be members of the clergy and/or neighbors of Assumption College. To create a new patron record, there are step-by-step instructions with screen shots located on the table behind the Circ. desk. For their barcode, you can use the barcode on the back of their Driver’s License/Mass ID, or use one of the Guest Borrower cards located in the drawer just to the left of the first Circ. computer.