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| A. Books to Students (General Collection) |
1. The student must present his/her library /ID card and the item(s) to the circulation attendant. |
2. If the user is not in good standing with the LRC, a transaction cannot take place. |
3. The library/ID card is returned to the patron after the checkout transaction. |
4. The book is placed on the sensititzing-desensitizing shelf of the electronic detection system unit and moved to the left. The light blinks and a "bump" noise indicates that desensitization has taken place, and the patron can exit through the exit gate. |
| B. Books to Faculty and Staff (General Collection) |
| Follow the same procedures as outlined in student check out. |
| 1. Loans are for a two (2) hour period and usually used in the LRC. |
| 2. Loans may be overnight or for weekends with permission from the serving faculty member. |
| D. Pamphlets, Vertical Files, Picture File |
1. Loans are for three (3) weeks. |
2. Pamplets are catalogued and are considered part of the general collection. |
3. Items located in the vertical file are catalogs and part of the general collection.
(With the addition of specialized databases, the vertical file is being phased out.) |
4. Pictures in the picture file are cataloged and are considered part of the general collection. |
| E. Periodicals (Magazines-Newspapers)-Back Issues, Bound Issues, Microform |
1. Periodicals are used in the LRC only. |
2. The patron completes a call slip except for bound issues and the circulation attendant records date on call slip. |
3. Material is retrieved and the call slip is placed in the out file. |
4. Bound issues are used as reference books and are shelved i the open stacks. |
1. Library holdins should be check by faculty to be certain enough material is available before assigning term papers on any subject. |
2. If several students are to write on the same or similar subjects, the instructor should give a list of research topics to the librarian before giving the list to the students. |
3. If materials are severely limited, it may be necessary to place items on reserve. |
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