Library

Your NEOS barcode is found on your student ID. 

At the beginning of term you will receive an automated email from the Library (check your Olds College email account!). This email contains your PIN number. If you can't find the email or forget your PIN you can have one automatically sent to your email from NEOS, just fill out the online form.

Using your NEOS account, you can renew your books online. However, if your books are already overdue, renewing books online will not work.

Log in to your NEOS account. Enter the 13 digit barcode number which appears on your student ID card.

Enter your 4 digit PIN that was emailed to your Olds College gmail account at the beginning of the school year. If you don't know what your PIN is, you can click on the "What is my pin?" link and follow the steps.

Once you successfully login you can see a list of all items you currently have checked out, their due date, and an option to renew them.

• You can place holds on books currently signed out, or request books from other NEOS libraries.
• Search for and find the item your want to place a hold on
• In the item record screen choose “Place Hold”.

• You will then be prompted to enter your 13 digit ID number from your student ID card and PIN number.
• The system will also ask you to select from the drop down list, the Library where you want to pick up the item. Select the library that you would like to pick up the item from. .
• A confirmation will appear and you will be contacted by email when the item arrives.

Olds College Students

• Registered Olds College students may borrow an unlimited number of items from the Olds College library for at two week period.
• Your student ID card is your library card. You MUST have your id card with you to borrow items from the Library.
• Four renewals are permitted on books from Olds College, unless there are holds on the items.
• Exceptions are “reserve” items which have specific and varying loan periods.
• Fines are charged on all items borrowed from the Library
• Students that are registered with the Olds College Library, may use their student I.D. cards at any NEOS library to borrow items.
• Use the NEOS online catalogue to request items from any NEOS library be sent to Olds College. You can renew your items online too.
• NEOS items may be borrowed for a two week period and renewed twice.
• Overdue fines will apply for any items which are kept past the due date.
• Ask Library staff for a TAL card. You can use this card to borrow materials at the local public library as well as any library which is a member of the TAL Member Libraries.

• If you are a member of your local public library, you can request a free TAL card from that library and use it to borrow from Olds College Library.
• Members of the community are welcome to borrow up to ten books for a two week period with two library renewals.
• Registered patrons from NEOS Libraries outside of Olds may borrow from the Olds College Library either through the online catalogue or by presenting their NEOS card at the circulation desk. Borrowing policies are governed by the patron’s home library.

Olds College Distance Students

• You can search our catalogue and request books be sent out to you.  
• Canadian students have access to not only the 45,000 plus items available in our own library, but also to the collections of all the libraries who are members of the NEOS library consortium, a group of academic, research, and government libraries in Alberta, increasing your collection to over 4 million items.
• Should you request to borrow books from any of our libraries, please drop us an email letting us know what you have requested and confirm your mailing address.  We’ll make sure they are sent out to you via Priority Post.

Eligibility

• Students must be currently enrolled in an Olds College credit course through Distance Education and a resident of Canada. In addition students must reside fifty (50) kilometres or more away from Olds, Alberta.
• Students who are attending classes on campus are not eligible to use these library services.

General Policies

• Students must provide the Olds College Library with their name, a current address, telephone number and email address if they have one.
• To use some of the online resources, students will need active computing IDs and passwords. These can vary according to the resource being accessed. Contact the Library for information.
• At least one week must be allowed for delivery; holidays may add extra time.
• Items should be requested as they are needed - pre-orders are not permitted. Requests should be prioritized: we reserve the right to limit the number of materials provided to individuals and the right to prioritize requests processed.
• The Library will cover the costs of sending materials, by Expedited Post, to the student at the address provided. The student is, however, responsible for the costs of returning circulating materials by mail.
• Students may have a maximum of five items signed out at one time, excluding periodical articles. Photocopied periodical articles can be kept by the student.
• Circulating materials are loaned for a guaranteed two weeks and then can be recalled by another user. These materials can be renewed twice if they have not been recalled.
• Circulating materials will be shipped by Expedited Post to the home address given.
• The student is responsible for covering the costs of mailing the materials back to the Olds College Library using the mailing label provided.
• Circulating materials are accompanied by a cover slip designating the due date.
• If materials are returned close to the due date, the student should contact the Library to renew these items in order to avoid possible overdue charges.