Collections
Reference books
Reference books (marked with REF) may not be taken out of the library at any time. These are books that must be kept readily available for everyone to use, and include Bibles, dictionaries, hardbound periodicals, and atlases.
When you are not using them, please leave them on a table in the library and a library proctor will retrieve them. Do not re-shelve them.
Reserve books
Reserve books have been selected from the circulating collections at the request of a faculty member for use by their students for assignments. They are stored above each faculty member’s name on the reserve shelves at the front of the library.
During the day, reserve books may not be taken out of the library; they are to be checked out
and used in the library for two hours at a time. When you are finished, return
your reserve books to the book drop at the front of the library so that library
personnel can check them in and re-shelve them. Do not leave reserve books elsewhere in the library when you are not actually using them. If you're going to be away from your books longer than a bathroom break, return them to the reserve shelves.
Starting at 10:30 PM (4 PM on Fridays and Saturdays), you may check out reserve books to take from the library for overnight use only. They are due back in the library one hour after the library opens the next morning.
Circulating books
Circulating books can be checked out for use outside the library and are due back after 28 days. If there isn't a hold on the item, you may renew it for 28 days up to two times. Please return items to the book drop in the front of the library.
Pamphlets
Pamphlets are small books, usually less than fifty pages in length. These must be secured directly from Mr. Rush.
Periodicals
All periodicals (magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers) are part of the reference collection and may not be removed from the library.
Most issues of periodicals are arranged in alphabetical order by title on the magazine racks. Back issues are hardbound and shelved. See Mr. Rush to ask about magazines that are available but not displayed.
All periodicals in the library’s collection are the property of the college and are purchased with college funds. You may not cut articles, comics, or sections out of them or damage them in any way.
Computers
There are computers available in the front of the library for student use. They do not require a password. Academic needs take priority over communication, social media, or entertainment uses. Please be considerate of your fellow classmates.
If a problem arises with the computer and the librarian or proctor cannot answer your question, the IT Director will be contacted.