Using The Library
Library Access
- All guests of Union
University are given free access to the materials and computers in the
library. We ask that guests to campus sign the guest register with each
visit to the library. We ask that Union personnel and students have their
ID cards available for use in the library.
Library Cards
- Union Students, Staff
and Faculty - Current students, staff and faculty are issued an
ID card which serves as a library card. ID cards are required for
check-out of materials.
- Union Alumni
- Upon proof of alumni status, Union alumni are issued a guest card which
allows check-out of up to 3 books. Audio visual items are reserved for
current faculty, staff, and students. Exceptions require staff approval.
- Library Guests
- The following groups of guests are eligible to obtain a free guest
library card.
- A member of Union's
board of trustees
- Retired Union faculty and staff
- Those employed in a ministerial position (i.e. pastor, minister of music, minister of youth, associate pastor) at a church within 25 miles of Union University.
- A local academic or
public librarian (West Tennessee Area Libraries Consortium)
- The spouse of a
faculty/staff member
Card holders must be at least 18 years old. A photo ID and
proof of qualifying status must be supplied at the time of application. Guests
are limited to 3 books and may not check out audio visual items. Loaning of
guest cards is prohibited and the user should be prepared to show ID if asked.
- Resource Sharing
- A faculty member or current student from the colleges in the West
Tennessee Area Libraries Consortium (WeTALC) may
use the Emma Waters Summar Library to check out
up to 3 books. A current ID card is required at the time of check out. Union
students may also use the libraries of these schools. Member schools of
the consortium are:
- Bethel College
- Christian Brothers
University
- Dyersburg State
Community College
- Freed-Hardeman
University
- Jackson State
Community College
- Lane College
- LeMoyne-Owen
College
- Rhodes College
- University of Memphis
- University of
Tennessee at Martin
- University of
Tennessee at Memphis
- Victory University
- Community Patrons
- Members of the West Tennessee community may pay an annual fee of $60.00
for a guest card which entitles them to check out up to 3 books at a time
from the Emma Waters Summar Library
. This fee also allows the guest free printing. Audio-visual
materials are for current students, faculty and staff only.
Loan Policies
- Anyone wishing to check out
materials from the Emma Waters Summer Library must have their ID card or
guest card available.
- The following loan periods
have been established for each class of library users.
|
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Faculty
|
Staff
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UND
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GRAD
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Alumni &
Guests
|
|
Books
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Semester
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Three weeks
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Three weeks
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Three weeks
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Three weeks
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Videos
|
One week
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One week
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Two days
|
Two days
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Non-circulating
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|
CDs
|
One week
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Three day
|
Three day
|
Three day
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Non-circulating
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Books on Tape/CD
|
One week
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One week
|
One week
|
One week
|
Non-circulating
|
- Bound and current
periodicals, Reference materials, Old and Rare collections and Special
collections do not circulate.
- Library patrons may check out
a maximum of the following number of items depending on their patron
classification.
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Books
|
Media
|
Periodicals
|
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Faculty
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Unlimited
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Unlimited
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Non-circulating
|
|
Staff
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20
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3
|
Non-circulating
|
|
UND
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20
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3
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Non-circulating
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|
GRAD
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50
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3
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Non-circulating
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Guest
|
3
|
0
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Non-circulating
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Overdues and Lost Items
- Three overdue notices will be
sent to students via email. If the item is not returned after being
overdue for a month, the item is automatically declared lost and a fee in the amount of the cost of the item plus a $25.00 processing fee and a $10.00 overdue fine is charged to the account. A student's I.D.
is blocked if there are three or more items checked out which are overdue,
or if there are unpaid fines in excess of $10.00. The student must return
the books and pay the fines before charging any more materials.
- Alumni and guests may not
check out additional materials until all overdue books have been returned
and fines paid.
Fines
- Fines are charged to
students, alumni and guests at the following rates.
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Books
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.25 per day
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Videos
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$1.00 a day
|
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CDs
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$1.00 a day
|
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Restricted Reserve
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$1.00 a day
|
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One Day Reserve
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$2.00 a day
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