Library Services Desk
The Library Services Desk is located on the main floor of the Library. Hours are subject to change (see calendar). Click on a link below to get more information.
Library materials are checked out and returned to the Library Services Desk. Your Bentley ID serves as your library card. For your convenience, a Self Check-Out Station is available as an additional service.
User Loan Policy
Books and Audiobooks:
As loan periods vary depending on the patron see chart for loan periods. Patrons may request books and audiobooks online for pickup at the Library Services Desk. An email will be sent when items are available for pickup.
DVDs and Videos:
Popular DVDs/videos may be checked out by current faculty, staff and students for seven days, and cannot be renewed.
DVDs/videos from the Faculty Collection may be checked out by current faculty, staff and students for three days and cannot be renewed. Overdue fines may accrue. Headphones may be borrowed from the Library Services Desk for use in the Library. The Bowles Video Preview Room is located on the lower level near the elevator for viewing VHS tapes or DVDs.
Periodicals:
The periodical collection, consisting of popular magazines, newspapers, and professional journals, is a non-circulating collection. Recent issues of newspapers and magazines are located on the main floor. Back issues and bound periodicals may be found downstairs.
Microfilm/Microfiche:
There is a microfilm/fiche machine available downstairs in the Bowles Video Preview Room for viewing and printing. Please ask at the Library Services Desk for assistance in accessing our collection.
"My Library Account" allows students, faculty, and staff to request/renew materials online, save searches, and perform other account management tasks. Sign-in to "My Library Account" using your Bentley e-mail address and network password.
Current faculty, staff and students can check out a special borrowing card at the Library Services Desk in order to obtain materials from Brandeis University. Patrons are bound by the borrowing policies/rules of the Brandeis Libraries and are responsible for any fines/fees accrued while using Brandeis University Library materials. All items borrowed from the Brandeis Libraries must be returned directly to Brandeis University. Questions regarding borrowing cards should be directed to the Library Services Desk (libraryservices@bentley.edu) or 781.891.2168.
Books and articles that are not available at the Bentley Library may be requested through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Interlibrary Loan borrows and lends materials worldwide. Interlibrary Loan is a free service for all current Bentley students, faculty and staff.
All interlibrary loan requests should be made via the online system ILLiad. Log in to ILLiad with your Bentley e-mail address and network password to complete the online request form.
Books and other loan materials requested via Interlibrary Loan will generally arrive within ten business days. You will receive an e-mail notification when the book is available for pickup at the Library Services Desk.
On average, articles are delivered electronically within five days. You will receive an e-mail notification and download instructions.
If you have questions, please contact Interlibrary Loan at 781.891.2301 or visit us at the Library Services Desk.
Reserves are items that an instructor has set aside for an entire class to use. Reserves may include books, films, audiobooks, software, etc., and have a predetermined checkout time. Students can use the online catalog to search for Course Reserves by instructor's name or course code. All Reserves are held at the Library Services Desk. Electronic Reserves, also known as e-Reserves, may be found on your Blackboard course site. General questions about Reserves should be directed to the Library Services Desk at 781.891.2168 or libraryservices@bentley.edu
Discounted museum passes are available for current faculty, staff, and students to the following museums. Click here for more information or to request a museum pass.
- DeCordova Museum (Lincoln)
- Fruitlands Museum (Harvard)
- Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge)
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston)
- John F. Kennedy Library and Museum (Boston)
- Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
- Museum of Science (Boston)
- National Heritage Musuem (Lexington)
- New England Aquarium (Boston)
- Peabody Essex Museum (Salem)
Yes (see calendar).
| Academic year September through April | Summer Session Hours | |||
| Monday through Thursday | 7:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. | 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. | ||
| Friday | 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. | 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. | ||
| Saturday | 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. | ||
| Sunday | 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. | 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. | ||
| When classes are not in session and during exam periods, the hours will vary accordingly | ||||
See User Loan Policy.
Waltham residents may apply for a Bentley Library card to borrow books with proof of residency at no charge. Other borrowers may pay $25 for a one year pass (see User Loan Policy)
Contact Jim Morris jmorris@bentley.edu
A book drop is located to the left of the main door of the Library.
Books may be renewed online by accessing My Library Account, in person, or by phone as long as they are not overdue.
Lockers are available for daily use on the lower level of the Library. Locker keys may be checked out at the Library Services Desk. A limited number of lockers are available for graduate students use on a semester basis. No open food or drinks should be left in lockers. Lockers are subject to inspection by Library personnel. Materials left behind will be disposed of at the end of the semester.
The Bowles collection is located on the lower floor across from the elevator in the Bowles Video Preview Room.
Conference phones may be borrowed from the Library Services Desk to allow an off campus member to call in.
The Bentley Library welcomes children accompanying a parent or adult caregiver, but parents or adult caregivers should be aware that the Library's collection of materials and Internet access is designed to meet the research and curricular needs of its primary users. The Bentley Library is open to the public, a situation that can present risks to children. For these reasons, parents or adult caregivers must recognize their responsibilities for the safety and security of children in their care, and for monitoring exposure to materials they may consider inappropriate to children.
Any patron creating a disturbance, regardless of age, will be asked to leave the Library.
If a child is left unattended in the Library, staff will notify Campus Police.
781.891.2168
