Services and Facilities

Library Cards

• MtA students, faculty, staff, and alums: your MtA campus card is your library card
• Community members and local high school students: See Access Services to register and obtain your MtA library card
• Reciprocal students, faculty, and staff: bring your CAAL-CPBA or CURBA card to get your card

Loan Periods

* Term loans for faculty 
NOTE: all loans are subject to recall

Loan Limits

Loan Renewals

• MtA & Novanet items that can be renewed are renewed automatically up to 3 times if there are no requests
  • Email notifications indicate new due dates and unsuccessful renewals   
• Contact Access Services if you have any questions about MtA items:   circ@mta.ca |  506-364-2568 
• Contact the owning institution for loans from Novanet libraries  Novanet Libraries contacts 
• Loans supplied by libraries outside of Novanet are marked with a yellow bookband - email  nbsam@mta.ca to request the renewal

Getting Library Materials 

Found an item searching Novanet? Get it from the stacks or place a request. MtA Libraries doesn't have a copy available to borrow? Request it and we will get a copy in for you, from our Novanet partner libraries or from libraries around the world

• Get emailed when it is ready to pick up
• Check it out on your MtA library account  *
• Items from MtA and Novanet libraries:
  • MtA & Novanet items that can be renewed are renewed automatically up to 3 times if there are no requests
    • Email notifications indicate new due dates and unsuccessful renewals   
  • Return it to any Novanet library 
  • Novanet borrowing, renewal, and overdue policies apply to loans supplied from Novanet partners.
• Items borrowed from libraries outside of MtA and Novanet are marked with a yellow bookband. Separate borrowing, renewal, and overdue policies apply

Help finding items in the MtA Libraries

Item Requests 

In Novanet 

Request items that are:

• Available at MtA or on loan
• At other Novanet libraries
• At other libraries (If items are not held by or available in Novanet the request will transfer automatically to Interlibrary loan)

Requests options are shown in the Availability & Request section of the item record when signed in to your library account

• Request Item: place a request on locally held item
• Request Chapter or Article: request a chapter or article be scanned from the item
• Request from other libraries: request the physical loan or a copy from the item from other library
  • The citation should import into the form
  • Add additional information if relevant, agree to usage terms, and click SEND REQUEST 

From Known Citations

Optimal Method

• Use Item Search
• Choose Article or Book 
• Enter citation details 
  • For best results, include a title, ISSN, ISBN, DOI or PMID
• Click SEARCH (it will search Novanet for the item)
• Request the item if needed

Alternate Method

• Use the Blank ILL  form 
• Check the 'I only need a specific chapter or pages' if a copy of an article or chapter is needed
• Enter citation details 
• Choose a pickup institution and library
  • NOTES
    • The pickup institution can be set to any Novanet library for items supplied from Novanet libraries
      • If supplied from outside of Novanet libraries the pickup will revert to MtA 
    • A pickup library is required for copy requests however delivery is via email 
• Add any additional information is needed, agree to the usage terms, and click SEND REQUEST

See also Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Services  

Returning Materials

• Return MtA library items (excluding Course Reserves and Interlibrary Loans) at:
  • Main Library 
    • Exterior return chute (north side of library entrance)
    • Interior drop boxes
    • Access Services Desk
  • Music Library: Services Desk 
  • MtA & Novanet Library items: Any Novanet Library
• Return Course Reserves and Interlibrary Loans to the Main Library Access Services Desk (except Music reserves)

Library Use Materials

Several collections are non-circulating or in library use only:

• Reference items 
• Newspapers
• Special collections and MtA Archives including:
  • Rare Books Collection
  • Bell Collection of Acadiana
  • Heritage Collection

Request access at Access Services, Special Collections, or Archives. Any copying must be done by Library staff 

Borrowing Policies

MtA Libraries & Archives Borrowing Policies including fines and fees