The W. Van Alan Clark Jr. Library |
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
230 The
Fenway
Boston,
MA 02115
617-369-3650
library@smfa.edu |
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| Mission
Statement |
The mission of the W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library is to support the
curriculum, research, and creative exploration of students, faculty, and staff
of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. With more
than 21,000 volumes concentrating on all aspects of twentieth century art,
the W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library functions as the core circulating library for
the Museum School and as the Museum's contemporary art library.
Click
here to access the New Library Patron Account
Form (pdf). |
| Library Hours and
Holidays |
| Hours During the Academic
Year |
- Monday–Thursday, 9
am–9 pm
- Friday, 9 am–5 pm
- Saturday, 10
am–5 pm
- Sunday, 1 pm–5
pm
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| Winter / Spring Break
Hours |
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Summer Session
Hours
(Library
Circulates) |
- Monday–Thursday, 9 am–7 pm
- Friday, 9 am–5 pm
- Closed
weekends
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| Summer Break
Hours |
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Holidays
The
Library is closed on the following holidays:
- New
Year’s Day (January 1)
- Martin Luther King Day (third Monday in
January)
- President’s Day (third
Monday in February)
- Patriots'
Day (third Monday in April)
- Memorial Day
(last Monday in May)
- Independence Day (July 4)
- Labor Day (first Monday
in September)
- Columbus Day (second Monday in October)
- Veterans' Day
(November
11)
- Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November)
- Thanksgiving
Friday (day after the holiday)
- Christmas Eve Day (December
24)
- Christmas
Day (December 25)
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| Library Circulation Policy |
Within the Museum community, the
School library circulates to
students, staff, alumni, and faculty of the school
and to the staff and
curators of the Museum. Additionally, members of Fenway Libraries Online
(FLO) and Fenway Libraries Consortium (FLC) have borrowing
privileges
at the School library. The reference collection, rare books, and
some artists' books are non-circulating.
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SMFA Library Patron Groups and their Definitions |
| Students / Staff / FLO Patrons |
| - Up to 10 regular books for two weeks.
- Overnight books for one day.
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Reserve books loan will vary.
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Vertical Files and Magazines for four hours.
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DVDs are overnight.
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Video collection is non-circulating.
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Massachusetts Virtual Catalog one loan period.
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| Continuing Education / Alumni |
| - Two SMFA books for one week.
- Books can be renewed twice.
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| Graduate Students |
| - Up to 10 books for three weeks.
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| SMFA Faculty |
| - Up to 60 regular books for four weeks.
- Overnight books for three days.
- DVDs for three days.
- Video tapes for classroom use, one day.
- Massachusetts Virtual Catalog one loan period.
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| Non FLO / FLC |
| - Two SMFA books for one week.
- Books can be renewed twice.
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