Policies
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Loan Periods for all GMILCS libraries are determined by the lending library. The Teti Library has the following loan periods for regular students:
- Regular Books: Three weeks
- Reserve Items at Circulation Desk: 2-hour, 4-hour, 1-day, 3-day, (2- and 4-hour reserves are not to leave the library for any reason, although some exceptions for faculty may be permitted.)
- All materials may be renewed for a period equivalent to that of the original loan by telephone, in person, or by logging on to your GMILCS account at http://findit.gmilcs.org/polaris/Search
Expiration of a Teti Library Card Account will take place on the last day of each semester. Only the Teti library may update your NHIA library card’s expiration date and all fines associated with that card must be paid in full before the card will be updated. Please visit the library to update your card.
Card Replacement: Users must present their own library card in order to check out materials at NHIA (see “Check Out” below). Fines incurred on a lost or stolen card are the responsibility of the original cardholder.
Charges: Fines and other charges not paid at the Circulation Desk or another GMILCS library will be billed to your NHIA statement or invoiced to you with an added bookkeeping charge. Replacement costs for lost non-NHIA GMILCS materials are payable by the borrowing patron directly to the lending library and cannot be put on your NHIA student account.
Overdue Fees for NHIA Books:
- 3-week materials: $.10/day (after 7-day grace period), $3.00 maximum fine
- Reserve materials: $.10/hour, $10.00 maximum fine
- Periodicals: $10.00 if taken out of the library
Check-out Limits: The number of items that can be checked out to patron at any given time are as follows:
- BFA Students: 8
- Certificate Students: 5
- Continuing Ed Students:5
- Faculty: 13
- Staff: 8
- Alumni: 5
- GMILCS consortium: 5
Once you have exceeded your item checkout limit, you will not be permitted to check out any other material. If you wish to check out material at this point, please consider returning a few items so that your account will be released. You may be limited in the number of GMILCS requests that can be made as well, regardless of your checkout limit.
GMILCS guests can also visit our library in person and check out items using their GMILCS borrowing card. Visitors are permitted between the Institute's regular business hours of 9 am - 5 pm (4:30 pm on Fridays). Because of our limited space, we do ask that guests sign in at the front desk of the library when they arrive, and limit their visit to 15 minutes. NHIA students and staff will have priority use of the facilities.
Lost, stolen or damaged materials: the library charges replacement costs to those on whose card any lost, stolen, or damaged materials were checked out. The normal charge for replacement books is based on the average price of new books. In some cases, however, certain rare or valuable materials will be billed at a higher rate. If accompanying material for a book, such as an included CD-ROM, is lost, stolen or damaged, the borrower is expected to pay for the replacement of the entire book, not just the accompanying materials.
A non-refundable processing fee of $15.00 is added to the charge for replacement of each item.
Maximum Fine before billing replacement costs: 3-week materials $3.00; Reserves $10.00
Conduct
We ask that all library users demonstrate appropriate behavior. Any disruption such as talking on cell phones or loud music will be addressed and patron may be asked to leave.
Food/Drink
Beverages are allowed so long as tey are inan approved, spill-proof container. Small snacks, at the discretion of the Library staff, are also allowed. However, meals are cafe-type food is prohibited. Library users who do not comply may be asked to leave the library or may lose their library priviledges.
Other General Policies
Paging is not provided in the library. Please ask relatives and friends not to telephone you using the library extension.
Computer Use is permitted for all library patrons provided that they have a Teti library card and adhere to the College’s “Computer and Network Access Policy.”
To our GMILCS Library Patrons: Please remember that the computers are intended for NHIA student use. If you are a GMILCS member who wishes to use a library computer, please check in with a staff member. Please remember, however, that NHIA students have priority of use. In order to accommodate everyone, we ask that community guest users limit their computer time to 15 minutes. At the end of this time, you may ask for a time extension, which will be granted at the discretion of the library supervisor. Unsupervised children under the age of 16 are discouraged from using these computers and may be asked to leave. Thanks very much for your cooperation.
The library computers are administered by the IT Department. The librarians and library staff will do their best to assist you as you use the computers; however, technical difficulties that you may encounter such as problems with the network, internet connectivity, software, etc. should be eventually worked out between you IT staff.
Personal Belongings are not the responsibility of the library. Please make sure that you do not leave personal belongings unsupervised.
Censorship and Confidentiality
In its role as information provider for the NHIA community, there shall be no censorship of the library collection. The Teti is aware that a patron or patrons may take issue with the selection of any given item. Though patrons are free to express their opinions, the Teti Library will not remove items as a result of pressure applied by persons or groups. Furthermore, the Teti Library respects the privacy rights of all patrons and will keep its patron records confidential.
