Guests and Alumni (Communities) -- The Hekman Library

Communities Guests and Alumni

Library Guests and Calvin Alumni

Welcome (or welcome back) to Hekman Library! We offer the following services to our guests and alumni:

Connecting to the Internet

If you wish to connect to the internet using a laptop or mobile device, locate the GUEST network in your device's "network connection" settings. You will need to register every 24 hours.

Guest User Card

Guests who wish to check out materials from Hekman Library may purchase a Guest User card for $20 ($15 for high school students), good for six months. Cards are available at the main (2nd floor) Circulation Desk.

Users who are exempt from the guest card fee include: Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary faculty, emeriti, staff, students, CALL members, and alumni. Spouses and dependent children of Calvin faculty and staff can also be exempt from the fee at the request of the employed faculty or staff member.

More information on borrowing privileges, loan periods for specific library collections, and fines. Please note:

The Guest User card does not include remote access to the library's Research Databases, but guests are welcome to use these resources in person at our public computers.
Guests may access their library account online, using their card's barcode number as username and password.
If a card is missing or lost a new card must be purchased.

Contact Carla Moyer, Circulation Coordinator, with questions or for more information.

Login Instructions for Guests

Guest users and alumni - Use your entire library card barcode (including leading zeros) as both username and password for logging into the catalog. Guest users and alumni do not have access to research databases from off-campus.

Denominational Loan

This service (also known as CRC Minister's Loan) is extended to ministers and retired pastors in the Christian Reformed Church (based on the current CRC Yearbook) who wish to check out books from Hekman Library.

More info on Denominational Loan borrowing privileges, loan periods for specific library collections, and fines. Please note:

This service applies only to books. The following may not be checked out: periodicals, microforms, sound recordings, or books in special collections (such as the Meeter Center or Heritage Hall).
Items will be immediately recalled if a Calvin student or faculty member has need of them.
If you plan to move your household during the time the books are checked out to you, please notify our Circulation Coordinator, Carla Moyer, so we can have a current address on file.

Lugene Schemper

Alumni Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

Alumni may request up to five ILL items per academic year and an additional five during the summer months. If a Calvin alum is enrolled at another institution, we ask that you use that institution's ILL service.

Guests should use their local public libraries or the services offered by the educational institutions where they are enrolled. The purchase of a guest user card at Hekman does not include Interlibrary Loan service.

Public Computers

A number of computers throughout the library do not require logging in. These are available for non-Calvin patrons to use in accordance with the Hekman Library Computer Access Policy. Number and location of public access computers:

Seven on the 2nd (main) floor in front of the Circulation Desk
Two on the 3rd floor adjacent to the Circulation Desk
Two on the 4th floor: one outside of the large group study area and the other close to the Ministry Resource Center main office
Two on 5th floor: one near the bank of north-facing windows and the other just outside of the restrooms

Printing is available from the workstations on 2nd floor (print jobs can be picked up at the Circulation desk), and by means of the WebPrint program (printers designated on 2nd and 4th floors).

Please also read the library's policy for guest computer use.

Other information you may find helpful: