JHU Students, Faculty, and Staff -- Your JCard is your library card.

Check out your books

• at the Service Desk on M-level in the Eisenhower Library building
• with your cell phone or mobile device
  • Download free Hopkins Self-checkout app from the Google Play or Apple App store and log in with your JHED ID
  • Check out books with your phone
  • Desensitize at the station on M-Level if you're taking books out of the building

• at a self-checkout stations on
  • Eisenhower M-level near the Service Desk
  • Brody Q-level next to the guard's desk
  • Brody B-level next to the guard's desk
  • (For DVDs, you still have to go to the Services Desk on M-level to have the lock removed)

Visiting Scholars

• Visiting scholars must speak with their sponsoring academic department or program to start this process
• Visiting scholars will need a JHED and a role of faculty, staff, or student. Most visiting appointments run into problems when admins assign the role of Friend or General, so please stick to faculty, friend, or staff
• Once they are added to JHED and given a Jcard, they will have borrowing privileges according to the status assigned by their sponsoring department.
• Please send any questions to your academic liaison or to circmail@jhu.libanswers.com.

Alumni and General Public

You may purchase a library card from the Service Desk on M-level

• For alumni, there is no fee to borrow from JH Libraries.
• For the general public, the card fee is $200/year for MSE borrowing only
• The loan period with these cards is six weeks; two renewals are allowed, each for a six-week period, unless an item is recalled
• To request materials held at the Libraries Service Center, email lsc@jhu.edu before your visit. (For more information, write to  circmail@jhu.libanswers.com.)
• You may borrow up to 50 items at any one time

Visitors from Maryland Independent College and University Association (MICUA)

Eligible students, staff, and faculty from Goucher College, Hood College, Loyola University, MICA, McDaniel College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Notre Dame of Maryland University, St. John’s College, Stevenson University, Washington Adventist University, and Washington College may request borrowing privileges at the Service Desk on M-level of the Eisenhower Library.

Email circmail@jhu.libanswers.com your academic ID and a screen capture of logging into your home institution's account for authentication.

Hopkins Retirees, Spouses, and Other Statuses -- Please contact circmail@jhu.libanswers.com.

Users from Baltimore Museum of Art, Space Telescope Science Institute, and Others -- Please contact circmail@jhu.libanswers.com.