SMFA students and alumni, and all employees of the SMFA and MFA, have borrowing privileges at the SMFA Library. To begin checking out books, DVDs, magazines, and other materials, bring your student or staff ID to our location on the 3rd floor, B side of the Fenway building, to set up an account.
| Patron Type | Book Loan Period | DVD Loan Period | Magazine Loan Period (back issues) | Maximum Checkout Limit | Interlibrary Loan Privileges? |
| SMFA BFA and diploma students | 2 weeks | 3 days | 24 hours | 25 items | yes |
| SMFA MFA, post-bac, and MAT students | 3 weeks | 3 days | 24 hours | 50 items | yes |
| SMFA continuing education students | 1 week | 3 days | 24 hours | 5 items | no |
| SMFA and MFA faculty and staff | 4 weeks | 3 days | 24 hours | 50 items | yes |
| SMFA alumni | 2 weeks | not eligible | 24 hours | 5 items | no |
| FLO consortium members | 2 weeks | not eligible | not eligible | 25 items | at home institution |
The SMFA Library is a member of the Fenway Libraries Online (FLO) consortium, a group of twelve academic libraries (and the Museum of Fine Arts Library) in the Boston area. See here for a complete list of member institutions and their lending policies. The SMFA shares a library catalog with FLO members, so it is easy to search across all collections at once.
SMFA degree and diploma students and all SMFA/MFA staff have borrowing privileges at any of the FLO libraries-- once you set up an account at the SMFA library, you will automatically have an account across all institutions. You may visit these libraries in-person and check out material, or place a request via the FLO catalog for delivery to the SMFA (policies for the Museum of Fine Arts Library differ, see Using Other Libraries for more information).
Please note that SMFA alumni and continuing education students have borrowing privileges at the SMFA Library only and are not eligible to check out materials from the other FLO consortium libraries.
| Books | ten cents per day |
| DVDs | $1 per day |
| In-Library Reserves | ten cents per hour |
| Circulating Reserves | ten cents per day |
If your fines exceed $5.00, you will be blocked from further check-outs and electronic database access until the amount is paid.
Items may be renewed twice, via any of these options: