Your library card allows you to access your NECC Library Account to request and renew books and other items You will be prompted to enter your library card number and password when accessing the library's electronic resources (like databases) from off-campus.
Your library barcode can be found in the bottom corner of your NECC Student ID card. Visit the Welcome Express Desk in the Behrakis One-Stop Student Center, 100 Elliot Street in Haverhill, or the Welcome Express Desk in the John R. Dimitry Building at 45 Franklin Street, Lawrence, MA 01840 to receive a new Student ID with the library card number or use the following information:
Your library card number is 203850 + your 8-digit student ID Number.
(For instance, if your Student ID number is 00223344, your library card number is: 20385000223344)
Your password is your 8-digit birthday.
(For instance, if your birthday is April 15, 1996, your password is: 04151996)
If this information does not work, contact the library. NECC ID numbers expire once you stop taking classes, or after a set period of time if you are not a student. To re-activate your library barcode number, contact the library.
NECC students currently enrolled in for-credit courses and NECC faculty/staff have
NECC students currently enrolled in non-credit courses have
Persons not enrolled at NECC who live in Massachusetts have
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Books Book - Local Patrons Only |
From NECC – 4 weeks, with one 4-week renewal, as long as there are no local requests for the title. From other HELM libraries – 4 weeks, with one 4-week renewal, as long as there are no requests for the title. From Commonwealth Catalog – 4 weeks, with no renewal, for a total of 10 per semester. |
| Audiobooks |
From NECC – 4 weeks, with one 4-week renewal, as long as there are no local requests for the title. |
| Periodicals/Magazines |
From NECC – 1 week, with no renewal. |
| DVDs |
From NECC – 2 weeks, with no renewal, for a total of 3 at one time. |
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Books
Book-Local Patrons Only
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From NECC or other HELM libraries – fall semester, December 22, with no renewal; spring semester, May 22, with no renewal; summer semester, August 22, with no renewal. From NECC- 4 weeks, with one 2-week renewal, as long as there are no local requests for the title.
From Commonwealth Catalog – 4 weeks, with no renewal, for a total of 10 per semester. |
| Audiobooks |
From NECC – 4 weeks, with one 4-week renewal, as long as there are no local requests for the title. |
| Periodicals/Magazines |
From NECC – 1 week, with no renewal. |
| DVDs |
From NECC – 2 weeks, with no renewal, for a total of 3 at one time. |
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Books Book-Local Patrons Only |
From NECC – 4 weeks, with one 2-week renewal, as long as there are no requests for the title. From NECC – 4 weeks, with one 2-week renewal, as long as there are no local requests for the title. |
| Audiobooks |
From NECC – 4 weeks, with one 4-week renewal, as long as there are no requests for the title. |
| Periodicals/Magazines |
Public patrons may use periodicals/magazines in the library only. |
| DVDs |
From NECC – 2 weeks, with no renewals. |
| Commonwealth Catalog Loans |
Public patrons must place any Commonwealth Catalog (ComCat) requests through their home library. |
Fees and Fines
Long Overdue Materials
Patrons with items charged to their accounts that are more than 28 days overdue will be billed from the library for the replacement cost of the item and may be subject to suspension of library privileges.
When an item checked out to a student becomes more than 6 weeks overdue, the replacement cost for the item will be assessed to the NECC student’s college Banner account. Students with library debts exceeding $500.00 will be unable to register for classes.
Both campus libraries have book drops so that you may return materials when the libraries are closed. Laptops and calculators may not be placed in the book drops.
Haverhill: To the left of the library front door.
Lawrence: At the library entrance in the lower level of the John R. Dimitry Building.
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APA: Northern Essex Community College Library. (Date updated). Title of page. Title of LibGuide. URL
MLA: Northern Essex Community College Library. "Title of Page." Title of LibGuide, Date updated, URL.
