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The direct
borrowing agreement among the Ūve libraries allows students, faculty and
staff to borrow materials from all main libraries and some branch libraries.
Borrowing in person may be done on presentation of a valid ID, or by placing
an online request through the Five College Library System, which provides
intercampus delivery of books.
Five
College faculty* may borrow from a collection of well over 1,500 films
and videos at the Harold Johnson Library Center at Hampshire. A catalog
of the collection is available at the main libraries. No rental fee is
charged. There are basic ground rules for film-borrowing (no advertising,
no admission charges) and faculty members are requested to take questions
to, and place orders with, the appropriate office on their own campus:
Amherst:
Robert Frost Library, AV 542-2149
Hampshire: Johnson Library, 559-5538
Mount Holyoke: Dwight Hall, 538-2793
Smith: Non-print Resource Center, 585-2954
University: Goodell, 545-2454
Responsibilities
and restrictions
- All
borrowing is subject to the rules of the lending institution.
- Materials
borrowed from another library may be returned through the borrower’s
home institution. The circulation staff may designate speciŪc locations
for such returns.
- Borrowers
are expected to respect due dates and to respond to all notices. Failure
to receive a notice does not necessarily relieve the borrower of responsibility.
- Libraries
will assess fees for repair or replacement of damaged or lost materials.
Bills will be issued through the borrower’s home institution and
will include a nonrefundable billing fee.
- Borrowers
not complying in full with library policies will be subject to administrative
sanctions at their home institution and may be denied further loans.
*Note:
As a general rule, only faculty may borrow from the institutional collections.
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