Proper identification is required for
admittance to any of the libraries. Current St. John's University
students, faculty, staff, and administrators must present a
valid StormCard (St. John's ID card). METRO
Referral Cards and WALDO
stickers will be honored when presented to the security guard
at the entrance to the library.
Remote Access
Off campus access to licensed electronic library resources is
available only to current St. John's
students, faculty, staff, and administrators.
Visitors
A Library
Access Card is required for visitors who are not entitled to a
St. John's University ID (StormCard) or Courtesy Card when seeking
to gain access to the Queens Main Library. Children/minors (any
individual under the age of 18) are not eligible for the
Library Access Card.
Annual Library
Access Cards can be purchased for a yearly fee of $25 after filling
out an application. Applicants must present a valid United States
issued Photo Driver’s License; a DMV issued Non-Driver Photo ID; or
a valid unexpired Passport which will be copied for file.
Library Access Cards expire each year on August
31.
Library Access
Cards may be obtained at the University StormCard Office in the
Public Safety Building on Goethals Road. Many services - including
submitting applications; making payments; and card
verification/pickup - are available 24 hours a day, seven days a
week. For more information, call (718) 990-6257 during normal
business hours or (718) 990-6281 at all other
times.
Regular
StormCard Office Hours
Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Saturday 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Visitors may use the
facilities, equipment and resources in the public areas of the
library providing that they abide by the "Library Code of Conduct"
and that their use does not infringe upon the rights of the St.
John's University community. At busy times during the semester or
where there are patrons waiting to use equipment or services,
patrons with St. John's University ID cards will be given
preference.
Visitors may not borrow library
materials and are not entitled to off campus access to licensed
electronic resources.
Courtesy Cards
A Library Courtesy Card gives its
holder access to the University Library (St. Augustine Hall) and to
the Loretto Memorial Library (S. I. Campus), use of library
facilities, and certain borrowing
privileges. Courtesy Card holders are not entitled to off
campus access to licensed electronic resources.
A person in any of the following categories may request borrowing
privileges by applying for a "Courtesy Card" at the Circulation
Desk.
- Any bona fide St. John's University
alumnus in good standing
- Faculty members from other area
post-secondary institutions
- Retired full-time employees of St.
John's University
- Students from New Brunswick Theological
Seminary, and the Archdiocese Catechetical Institute
(S.I.)
- Members of Catholic religious orders and
members of the clergy
- Members of the St. John's University
Board of Trustees
- Members of the Friends of the Library at
the Century level or higher
- Catholic Medical Center faculty who
teach courses in SJU programs and independent students enrolled in
those programs
- Other persons (usually visiting
scholars, other academic guests) at the request of the Provost's
Office, Academic Dean's office, Program Director, etc.
Access to Government
Documents