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Library Policies

  • Animals in the Library

    OSU Libraries welcomes licensed services animals in the library per federal guidelines, but other animals are not allowed per OSU Oregon Administrative Rules and other federal guidelines.

  • Appeal Policies

    You will receive an answer to your appeal within one week.

    A notice of overdue items is sent to the email address on your library record as a courtesy reminder. Non-receipt of an overdue notice does not exempt you from fines or charges.

    It is your responsibility to be sure that a current email address is in your official OSU record. You can update your record at: http://oregonstate.edu/main/campus-online-directory#change

  • Bicycle Policies

    The bicycle policies at OSU Libraries are defined by Oregon State University in Bicycle Regulations.

  • Computer Use Guidelines

    The Valley Library makes desktop and laptop computers available to students, faculty, staff with a valid ONID account to provide access to library collections and other information resources for the purpose of supporting and facilitating learning, research, and teaching. The Valley Library also provides Valley Patron Computers that may be used by students, faculty, staff, and by guests without valid ONID accounts.

    In accordance with the OSU Libraries’ policy regarding the issuance of Library Cards, all patrons under the age of 16 are required to have parental/guardian consent before using the Valley Patron Computers located in the Valley Library Learning Commons. Patrons under the age of 16 will be required to obtain a Library Card or Computer Use Card by submitting a completed application, including parent or guardian signature. More information and applications for cards can be found at osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/borrowing.

  • Confidentiality of Records

    Policy on Disclosure of Patron Records

    The Oregon State University Libraries follow Oregon state law, which exempts libraries from public disclosure of “the records of a library, including circulation records, showing use of specific library material by a named person or consisting of the name of a library patron together with the address or telephone number, or both, of the patron.” (ORS 192.502, 22)

  • Course Reserves Checkout Policies

    Checkout periods for course reserves are 3 hours or 2 days at the instructor’s discretion. Hourly circulating items can be checked out overnight if they are checked out within 3 hours of the library’s closing time, and will be due back 1 hour after opening.

    Course reserves are first come, first serve, and cannot be recalled, held, or renewed. Patrons wishing to use the same material more than once in a day must wait an hour in between checkouts to allow other patrons access to the materials.

  • Gift Acceptance Policy

    The OSU Libraries is responding to a changed academic environment in which library spaces are repurposed to support individual and group study and learning, and library collections are online and, thus, available to students, faculty and staff when they need them, regardless of their location.

    The OSU Libraries continues to accept donations of books, serials, and other media. Materials not added will be sold through an open bid process, or when possible, donated to an educational or non-profit organization.

  • Group Study Room Policies

    Renewal

    Rooms may be renewed based on availability.

  • Incident Report Form
    • Contacts: Faye Chadwell (7-8528) | Security (7-3010)
    • Notify your supervisor and unit head of this incident.
    • Use this form to report any security-related incident that occurs in your Library unit (e.g. verbal abuse, destruction of library materials, disruptive and/or disturbed patrons, theft, obscene phone calls, sexual offenses, etc.).
  • Locker Policies
    • The library reserves the right to inspect the contents of a locker at any time and will do so periodically.
    • Personal locks may not be used. Doing so will result in loss of the right to use any locker for 1 term.
    • Library materials kept in the locker must be properly checked out.
    • If the locker key is not returned on or before the due date, fines and charges will accrue.
  • Research Room Policies
    • Renewal is based on availability.
    • All library materials kept in the rooms must be checked out. The library reserves the right to inspect rooms at any time and remove library materials that have not been checked out.
    • Doors, walls and windows are to be kept clean and free of any covering, postings or artwork.
    • If violations to study room policies are observed, the patron is notified. If violations are severe, the room may be revoked.
    • Floors are cleaned on a regular basis.
  • Textbook Collection Policy

    A textbook is defined as:

    “An edition of a book specifically intended for use of students who are enrolled in a course of study or preparing for an examination on a subject or in an academic discipline… sometimes published in conjunction with a workbook, lab manual, and/or teacher’s manual.”

    — Joan M. Reitz, ODLIS – Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science, (11/19/07)

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