Getting Your Card

• Current registered HCC credit students, faculty, and staff are all eligible to receive library cards. Simply bring a current photo ID, such as a driver's license or a valid HCC ID to the Check Out Desk, and you will be issued a card. There is no cost to students, faculty, or staff.
• All others may purchase an HCC library card for an annual fee of $35.00. To purchase a card, simply take a current photo ID and a recently post-marked piece of mail (such as a utility bill) showing a current address, to the Library's Check Out Desk.
• The HCC Library particpates in the Maryland Community College Library Consortium reciprocal borrowing program to provide limited borrowing privileges to current credit students, faculty, and staff of other Maryland Community Colleges.
• Each Library user is responsible for all materials charged to his or her card. If your card is lost, or if you suspect that there is a problem with your Library card, please contact the Check Out Desk as soon as possible.

Returning Library Materials...On Time

Please note that outstanding Library fees and unreturned books or other materials will prevent you from registering for classes, getting your grades, and/or getting your transcripts. To ensure that you are not blocked from any of these important activities, check your Library account at the end of each semester. Simply stop in or call the Check Out Desk at 410-772-4922.

Most items in the Library may be checked out for a period of 4 weeks.

Renewing Books

• If you need a book for longer that the original 4 weeks, you may renew it once for 4 additional weeks.
•  There are three ways to renew items: You may renew items in person at the Check Out Desk during open hours. Or, call the Check Out Desk at 410-772-4922 to renew via phone. Online renewal is possible by clicking "My Account" near the top of the screen in the Library's Catalog.

Where to Return Books and Materials

• When the Library is open, books and other items should be returned to the book return slot at the Library Check Out Desk. Please do not return Reserves items to the bookdrop - these items should be returned to the library staff member on duty at the Check Out Desk. Outside of regular Library hours, books and materials may be returned to the purple drop box outside of the Library's main entrance and to the red drop box in the Quad area by the Library Building.

Please do not return HCC Library books to the Howard County Public Library, or vice versa.