Off-campus access to the library’s electronic resources and UMBrella will be unavailable during the following times due to campus and UMass infrastructure maintenance:
Thank you for your patience!
*Please note: Fine amnesty for library items ended on January 31, 2019. Current Library fine and fee policies are now in effect.*
Healey Library is sponsoring a fine amnesty program until further notice. What does this mean for students?
For questions related to library fines and fees, please email Library.Circulation@umb.edu.
Please plan ahead for scheduled maintenance that will affect on-campus and off-campus access to Healey Library’s subscription resources on Saturday, March 17, 5pm-midnight Eastern time. During this period, users will be unable to access the Library’s subscription electronic resources, including e-books, journal articles, and streaming videos, from on- and off-campus. Users will also be unable to log into UMBrella to save searches, add items to their bookshelf, or review their accounts.
As this downtime may affect your students’ ability to review assigned course materials, particularly those linked in your Blackboard course pages, please remind your students to plan ahead for this system maintenance window.
Please send any questions, comments, or concerns to Library.Systems@umb.edu. Thank you for your patience!
After the successful launch of UMBrella and the rollout of our updated and mobile-friendly Library homepage, the Library is thrilled to announce another improvement:
As of TODAY, Library users will be prompted to enter their UMass Boston email username and password instead of their barcode when accessing the Library’s electronic resources from off-campus!
Migrating the Library’s off-campus access to the University’s single sign-on (SSO) system streamlines patrons’ access to the Library’s resources whenever and wherever needed.
Library barcodes are not going away! Patrons will still need their barcode to check out items from the Library, and, for the short term, to submit interlibrary loan (ILL) requests.
Please continue to put UMBrella through its paces and share with us any issues you encounter or improvements you’d like to suggest. The feedback form awaits your comments!
Thank you to UMass Boston’s Information Technology Services (ITS) and UMass’s University Information Technology Services (UITS) for their continued partnership in helping us enhance library services and resources for the campus community!
Good news: UMBrella is live! The Library’s new, powerful, state-of-the-art, single-stop information search and discovery tool can be accessed directly from the Library’s new and improved, mobile-friendly library homepage. We encourage you to jump right in to see how UMBrella enhances your research experience, and to let us know how it goes.
To help you get started, here are some pointers and links:
Here’s what’s on the horizon in the near future:
The launch of UMBrella is a joint partnership between Healey Library, Information Technology Services, and UMass Information Technology Services. All of us wish you the best in your research journeys and look forward to your feedback on UMBrella!