| User Types | Registration | Loans | Access to HEC Montréal's Electronic Resources | Holds/Scanning via Sofia | ILL via Sofia* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students (all programs and independent students) Postdoctoral interns Professors and lecturers Employees Retired employees |
Automatic | HEC Montréal Card | Yes | Yes | Article and book chapter copies only |
| Guests | Automatic or Granted Rights Form | HEC Montréal Card or HEC Montréal Library Card | Yes | Guest account required (please ask the library staff) | Guest account required (please ask the library staff) |
| Guest research students | Automatic | HEC Montréal Library Card | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| * All users who have active HEC Montréal login credentials | |||||
| User Types | Registration | Loans | Access to HEC Montréal's Electronic Resources | Holds/Scanning via Sofia | ILL via Sofia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students (all programs and independent students) Postdoctoral interns Professors and lecturers Employees Retired employees |
Automatic | Affiliated university card | At the library: an Internet session on a public workstation will be opened by the library staff |
Yes, via their university library's website | No |
| User Types | Registration | Loans | Access to HEC Montréal's Electronic Resources | Holds/Scanning via Sofia | ILL via Sofia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) Council of Atlantic University Libraries/Conseil des bibliothèques universitaires de l'Atlantique (CAUL/CBUA) Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries - Ouest canadien (COPPUL) Association pour la recherche au collégial - Québec (ARC) BAnQ BCI Employees |
Consent form + registration in WMS + id with picture | Agreement Card + University Card | At the library: an Internet session on a public workstation will be opened by the library staff |
No | No |
| User Types | Registration | Loans | Access to HEC Montréal's Electronic Resources | Holds/Scanning via Sofia | ILL via Sofia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEC Montréal Alumni | Verification in the HEC Montréal Alumni Directory | HEC Montréal Library Card |
|
No | No |
| User Types | Registration | Loans | Access to HEC Montréal's Electronic Resources | Holds/Scanning via Sofia | ILL via Sofia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Registration | Paid subcription form Subscription fees : 100$ or more donation / 1 year with tax receipt from the HEC Montréal Foundation |
HEC Montréal Library Card |
At the library: |
Yes | No |
Maximum documents : 100 documents
| Document Types | Loan Duration | Renewals | Holds (max. : 50) |
| Books | 30 days | Automatic unless the document is on hold or the account is expired | Yes |
| Course Reserve (5 documents max.; on-site consultation only) |
3 hours | No | No |
| Dictionaries | 3 days | No | No |
| Laptops | 6 hours | No | No |
| Interlibrary loans | 30 days unless stated otherwise (on-site consultation only) | Automatic unless the document is recalled by the lending library |
Maximum documents : 100 documents
| Document Types | Loan Duration | Renewals | Holds (max. : 50) |
| Books | 30 days | Automatic unless the document is on hold or the account is expired | No |
| Books' accompanying documents (CD-Roms, DVD, other) | 30 days | Automatic unless the document is on hold or the account is expired | No |
| Course Reserve (5 documents max., on-site consultation only) |
3 hours | No | No |
Maximum documents : 100 documents
| Document Types | Loan Duration | Renewals | Holds (max. : 50) |
| Books | 30 days | Automatic unless the document is on hold or the account is expired | No |
| Books' accompanying documents (CD-Roms, DVD, other) | 30 days | Automatic unless the document is on hold or the account is expired | No |
| Course Reserve (5 documents max., on-site consultation only) |
3 hours | No | No |
Maximum documents : 100 documents
| Document Types (available for direct loans at HEC Montréal only) | Loan Duration | Renouvellements | Holds (max. : 50) |
| Books | 30 days | Automatic (max. 5) unless the document is on hold or the account is expired | Yes |
| Books' accompanying documents (CD-Roms, DVD, other) | 30 days | Automatic (max. 5) unless the document is on hold or the account is expired | Yes |
| Course Reserve (5 documents max., on-site consultation only) |
3 hours | No | No |
Maximum documents : 100 documents
| Document types (available for direct loans at HEC Montréal only) | Loan Duration | Renewals | Holds (max. : 50) |
| Book | 30 days | Automatic (max. 5) unless the document is on hold or the account is expired | Yes |
| Book's accompanying documents(CD-Roms, DVD, other) | 30 days | Automatic (max. 5) unless the document is on hold or the account is expired | Yes |
| Course Reserve (5 documents max., on-site consultation only) |
3 hours | No | No |
| Description | Rate |
| Benefits card (paid membership) | $100.00 or more per year |
| Fee to replace a lost document | replacement cost + $30.00 administration fee per document + overdue fine (if applicable) |
| Lost external user card | $11.50 |
| Overdue fine | $0.50 per day per document (maximum $20.00 per document) |
| Overdue fine for laptop chargers and mice | 0.50$ per hour per item (maximum 20.00$ per item) |
| Overdue fine for laptops | 5.00$ per hour (maximum 150.00$) |
| Overdue fine for other items (headphones, earmuffs, calculators) | $0.50 per hour per item (maximum $20.00 per item) |
| Overdue materials from Course Reserves | $1.15 per hour overdue per document (maximum $20.00 per document) |
| Recall fees (reserved documents) | $5.00 per document (after 7 days) |
| Replacement fee for laptops | laptop replacement cost + 30.00$ administration fee + overdue fine (if applicable) |
Materials can be placed on Course Reserves upon request by an instructor. They are available at the circulation desk.
Other items include headphones, calculators, earmuffs, smartphone charging cables and an Apple power adapter.
Use this service to request an item that is not available at the HEC Montréal library. Registration is required.
Register / password forgotten Request an interlibrary loan More information
The BCI (Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire) card is available to all students registered in a program as well as to all teaching and non-teaching staff. BCI card holders can borrow documents from participating libraries in Canada.
The BCI card is issued on September 30th of each year for the duration of one year ; therefore, a new card must be requested each year. Come visit us at the circulation desk to obtain one.
Contact our services desk to obtain one.
