Bibliothèque et archives

If you are a distance education student or on placement in your program and you reside 50 kilometres or more from Sudbury, you are eligible for Off-Campus Library Services.

Students who visit other university libraries in Canada may borrow directly from these libraries with a valid student photo ID, and may return these books at Laurentian at no charge. For further details contact: bibdesmaraislib@laurentian.ca.

Students may obtain material not held in the J.N. Desmarais Library by using the RACER system.

You must register first to be authenticated using your Laurentian ID.

Generally, ILL material is free, although small charges may be incurred if books are not picked up or returned late.

Articles will be emailed to you upon arrival. Pick up books once you are notified by email they have arrived, at the User Assistance desk, second floor.

A book may only be borrowed once.  It may not be renewed or borrowed a second time.

For more information, please read our Interlibrary Loan policies, or email racer@laurentian.ca.

Graduate students may register at Borrowers Service Desk for their own private rooms located on the third floor.

These rooms are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis for the week, but because of large waiting lists, rooms unused for a week will be re-assigned. Five have been set aside for daily use. The rooms are checked regularly to see that library material in them is signed out; if it is not, room privileges may be revoked.

For further details, contact Borrower  Services, ext. 4800.

The library has private study rooms that will seat from 2 to 12 people and these may be reserved at the Borrower Services Desk for up to 3 hours.

Facilities are located near the elevators on each floor of the library. All washrooms are fully accessible.

The lockers at the J.N. Desmarais Library are available for daily use and are located on the 3rd floor of the library. The lockers are available to all Laurentian University students on a first-come, first-served basis. A valid student card must be presented in order to pick up the key at the “Library Assistance” counter.

There is no charge for locker use, but the user is responsible for any fines payable for not returning the key on time; the key is due back before the closing time of the library. A user is responsible for removing all items before returning the key.  All unclaimed items will be sent to Security.

The J.N. Desmarais Library is not responsible for any items stored in a locker. The user is responsible for his/her belongings; the use of a locker is at the user’s own risk. The J.N. Desmarais Library assumes no liability for any items stored in the lockers.

Photocopiers are available on the second floor. Your student photo ID card (OneCard) serves as your photocopy card. Visit the OneCard Loading machine in the Learning Commons to add money to your card, or online at Lul.ca/onecard.

You can scan from any of the library photocopiers and email the output to yourself. There is no charge for the use of photocopiers to scan, and it is capable of scanning in black & white, grey, or colour. For help using the photocopier to scan, please ask at the Research Help Desk.

Printers are located in the Learning Commons on the second floor. Printing is available in black & white or colour.

You can print from workstations in the Learning Commons.

Once the document is sent to the printer, swipe your OneCard next to the printers to retrieve your document.

For items with a loan period of more than four days, a reminder notice will be sent to the email address associated with your library system account before the item is overdue. Two overdue notices will be sent to the same email address after the item is overdue.

After an item is more than 30 days overdue, you will be sent another notice, and a $5 fine will be applied to your account.

Overdue book - $.50/day to $15 maximum

Overdue reserve item due at a specific hour - $.50/hour to $30 maximum

Overdue reserve item due specific day - $2/day to $30 maximum

Lost book - $5 service charge plus fines owing plus replacement cost for in-print titles; $30 for out-of-print titles.

If you have incurred any library fines, you may pay in person at the Access Services desk on the 2nd floor of the JN Desmarais Library (cash or debit) or by cheque, money order, or credit card.

Cheques and money orders can be made out to Laurentian University and sent to:

Attention: Access Services

J.N. Desmarais Library

935 Ramsey Lake Road

Sudbury ON P3E 2C6

Credit card payments can be made by telephone. Please call the Borrower Services at 1-800-661-1058, extension 4 or 705-675-4800 to pay with VISA or Mastercard.

J.W. Tate Library, Huntington University

The J.W. Tate Library is located on the northern end of Huntington University.

Phone: 705-673-4126, ext. 220
Email: jwtatelibrary@huntingtonu.ca

Hours of Operation

University of Sudbury Library

The University of Sudbury Library is located on the second floor of the Laurent Larouche Building of the University of Sudbury (Room 213.)  

The University of Sudbury has collections specialized in the following subjects: Études journalistiques, Folklore et ethnologie, Indigenous Studies, Philosophy/philosophie, Ethics/Éthique and Religious Studies/Sciences religieuses

Email: biblio@usudbury.ca
Phone: 705-673-5661 ext. 216

Hours of Operation

Health Sciences Library, NOSM

The Health Sciences Library is located in the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

Email: askthelibrary@nosm.ca
Phone: 705-662-7282

Hours of Operation