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Policies

Our mission is to empower the Nazareth Community to transform information into knowledge. As such, we have a variety of policies in place to ensure that this dream becomes a reality, including protecting individuals' intellectual rights and safeguarding the integrity of our collection through careful donation policies.

Checkout Policies & Fines

Students

Item Type	Loan Period	Maximum Checkout
Books	4 weeks	50 total items
Course Reserves	2 or 4 hour in library use or overnight (some exceptions, determined by instructor).	2 Reserves at a time
Media Items: DVD, CD, VHS or audio cassettes	2 weeks	10 total media items
NazFlix	2 weeks	4 total Nazflix
McNaughtons	4 weeks

If materials are not returned, the account it is checked out on will be billed for the replacement costs plus a $10.00 processing fee per item.

Faculty/Staff

Item Type	Loan Period	Maximum Checkout
Books	Academic Year	100 total items
Course Reserves	2 or 4 hour in library use or overnight (some exceptions).	2 Reserves at a time
Media Items: DVD, CD, VHS or audio cassettes	2 weeks
NazFlix	2 weeks	4 NazFlix at a time
McNaughtons	4 weeks

Books from the general collection are due on June 1st each year, and you will receive an email asking if you wish to renew them. These extended due dates do not apply to other categories of books or media, with exceptions made on a case by case basis.

Faculty and Staff do not incur fines, except when items are:

billed and not returned.
recalled and not returned.

Recalls and Overdues

Recalls

When a book is checked out, it can be subject to recall for another library patron after an initial 28 day loan period. Most members of the community respond promptly and return the material so others might use it. A few don’t, and this inconveniences the other patron (who is almost always a student on deadline for a paper.) A fine of $1 a day will be applied to all accounts if the book is not returned within seven days.

Overdues
If books are not returned by the due date, overdue notices will be emailed and eventually mailed in order to remind patrons to return items.

If a book is still not returned, the replacement cost of the book plus a ten dollar processing fee will be added to your library account. Accounts with more than ten dollars in fines will be blocked.

If a billed book is not returned within 30 days, the amount due will be sent to Student Accounts to be added to your campus account.

Replacement fees will be forgiven upon material return. Replacement fees will be refunded if patron returns material within 1 year. Bills over $10 will result in a hold on students' campus accounts. Holds will be removed once a bill is paid in total.

Computer Access & Intellectual Freedom

Nazareth College does not restrict access to sites based on content or on potential copyright issues. It is, however, incumbent upon every individual using college resources to adhere to the Nazareth College Computing Code of Conduct, which includes issues related to content and copyright. Nazareth College Library supports Intellectual Freedom and Privacy Rights. These are articulated in the Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Libraries. However, because the library computers are in public areas, the viewing of adult websites may be considered potentially offensive by others, and therefore fall under sexual harassment guidelines. Please see Nazareth College's policy on harassment.