Services for Alumni and Guests
Alumni and guest patrons are welcome to visit and use the O'Shaughnessy-Frey, Ireland, and Keffer libraries during library hours. Visitors are encouraged to contact us for information regarding specific services and resources available prior to coming to campus.
To check out and borrow materials, non-students must set up a patron account with a valid ID and email address at the Library Services Desk. Alumni and guest patrons may incur replacement costs for lost and overdue library materials.
There is no interlibrary loan service for alumni or guest patrons.
Alumni and guests that wish to visit and use the Law Library should contact us for more information. To learn more about Law Library services to alumni and guests, visit their website.
Borrowing Privileges
Alumni and guests eligible for a Friends of the Library Card can borrow materials owned by St. Thomas Libraries. Patrons with Alumni Cards or Friends of the Library Cards are able to check out up to six (6) books or music scores at a time. Media items (DVDs, CDs, etc.) are available for in-library use only.
- Alumni are eligible for Alumni Cards which are issued at the Library Services Desk.
- Neighbors of the University of St. Thomas may be eligible for a Friends of the Library Card.
- A Neighbor is any person at least 18 years of age who lives south of I-94, north of St. Clair Avenue, west of Snelling Avenue, and east of the Mississippi River.
Available Services
Access to Computers and Wi-Fi
Guest computers are available at the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library on the St. Paul North Campus, Ireland Library on the St. Paul South Campus, and Keffer Library on the Minneapolis Campus.
Guest computers are available on a first come, first served basis.
Wi-Fi is available to alumni and guests on the UST Open network. The UST-Open network requires re-registration every 24-hours, is configured to limit bandwidth, and is meant to provide Internet services only.
Access to Databases
St. Thomas alumni, as well as any members of the public, are welcome to come into the O’Shaughnessy-Frey, Ireland, or Keffer libraries and use most library resources on site via designated guest workstations. Please be aware that certain electronic resources restrict access to current students, faculty, and staff only. A list of these resources can be found by selecting Restricted Use under the Type filter on the A-Z Databases page.
UST Libraries does have one resource available for St. Thomas alumni to access from anywhere: the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Religion Database. To gain alumni access to this database, please email the Ireland Library.
Many UST research databases are provided by eLibrary Minnesota (eLm) which is freely accessible to all Minnesota residents.
Access to Printing
Alumni and guests are welcome to use the printers at the UST Libraries. In order to print on campus, alumni and guests must:
- Purchase guest print credits from the Library Services Desk of the OSF library or Ireland library
- Create a free guest PaperCut account
- Add your pre-purchased print credits to your PaperCut account
- Use Web Print in PaperCut to upload your documents
Print credits must be purchased using cash. UST Libraries are not able to take debit or credit card payments.
For more information, please visit this Tommie Tech Services article about guest printing.
Access to Computers and Wi-Fi
Access to Computers and Wi-Fi
Guest computers are available at the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library on the St. Paul North Campus, Ireland Library on the St. Paul South Campus, and Keffer Library on the Minneapolis Campus.
Guest computers are available on a first come, first served basis.
Wi-Fi is available to alumni and guests on the UST Open network. The UST-Open network requires re-registration every 24-hours, is configured to limit bandwidth, and is meant to provide Internet services only.
Access to Databases
Access to Databases
St. Thomas alumni, as well as any members of the public, are welcome to come into the O’Shaughnessy-Frey, Ireland, or Keffer libraries and use most library resources on site via designated guest workstations. Please be aware that certain electronic resources restrict access to current students, faculty, and staff only. A list of these resources can be found by selecting Restricted Use under the Type filter on the A-Z Databases page.
UST Libraries does have one resource available for St. Thomas alumni to access from anywhere: the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Religion Database. To gain alumni access to this database, please email the Ireland Library.
Many UST research databases are provided by eLibrary Minnesota (eLm) which is freely accessible to all Minnesota residents.
Access to Printing
Access to Printing
Alumni and guests are welcome to use the printers at the UST Libraries. In order to print on campus, alumni and guests must:
- Purchase guest print credits from the Library Services Desk of the OSF library or Ireland library
- Create a free guest PaperCut account
- Add your pre-purchased print credits to your PaperCut account
- Use Web Print in PaperCut to upload your documents
Print credits must be purchased using cash. UST Libraries are not able to take debit or credit card payments.
For more information, please visit this Tommie Tech Services article about guest printing.