3.10 Library
Chapter 3: Educational Policies
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Purpose: To define the educational mission and services of the Normandale Community College Library and to explain how Normandale Community College protects the library, library materials, and library users. |
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Part 1: Facility | |
The library facility is a college library designed to meet the various needs of library users. |
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Subpart A: Users. Library patrons include students, faculty, staff, and community members. |
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Subpart B: Hours. The library will hold regular hours. The library will generally be open during regular class times and will hold abbreviated hours during breaks. |
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Part 2: Services | |
The Library provides various services to its users. |
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Subpart A: Mission. The mission of the Normandale Library is to provide a wide range of information resources and quality professional services to students in their intellectual, career, and personal development. The library faculty teaches students as they seek research and supplemental materials for their courses. The library also serves as a resource for faculty, staff, and the community. |
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Subpart B: Library Instruction. The goal of the library instruction program is to help students become efficient, effective and, independent researchers who are able to use a variety of library and information resources and to think critically as they gather and use information. |
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Subpart C: Services and Materials. The library provides reference services for its patrons. The primary goal of Reference is to help students find and evaluate information. Librarians direct patrons to the best information tools to meet their research needs. Reference services are available on campus in person, by phone, by email through Ask-a-librarian, and 24/7 chat reference service through AskMN. The library also participates in interlibrary loan (ILL), a service that borrows books and acquires copies of articles from journals that Normandale does not own. The library provides computer access at terminals in the Reference Room, in the mezzanine Library Research Laboratory (when class instruction is not scheduled), through check-out of laptops, and via the wireless internet connection throughout the library. The library maintains multiple guides, tutorials, and tools to assist students, faculty, and staff with their research needs. |
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Subpart D: Circulation Desk. Library materials may be checked out for a variable loan period dependent upon the material. A Normandale campus photo ID is required to borrow materials from the library. |
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Subpart E: Reserve Collection. The library maintains a reserve collection. Faculty may place items on reserve to be checked out by students for limited periods of time. |
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Part 3: Public Use Policies | |
Subpart A: Unacceptable Personal Conduct. The library will not tolerate unacceptable personal conduct from patrons. Unacceptable personal conduct is outlined below.
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Subpart B: Food and Drink Policies. The food and drink polices are set to maintain an appropriate academic environment.
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Subpart C: Unacceptable Building Use. The building use policy is intended to create a safe environment for patrons and to protect library materials.
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Subpart D: Enforcement. Library staff members will take appropriate steps to enforce these policies. Repeated failure to comply may result in a referral to Campus Security or the Associate Dean of Students. The Library reserves the right to contact Campus Security or the Dean of Students when circumstances require immediate action to protect the library and/or its user. |
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Policy History: (See note from Rosalie Bunge) Date of Adoption: Established prior to 2011 Date of Implementation: 9/23/68 Date and Subject of Revisions: numerous but can easily document 7/1/85, 7/1/90, 1/29/01, 1/18/12 Next Review Date: 2014-15 |
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