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Policies and procedures
Circulation
of materials
Return of materials
Traces on missing materials
Change of address
Holds on materials
Inter-branch transfer of materials
Library cards
Lost and found
Reserve materials
Study rooms
Food and drink
Circulation
of materials.
A. Loan
periods.
- Books, CDs,
and cassettes are loaned to students for 21 days. Pamphlets, DVD's and
videos are loaned for 14 days.
- Books, CDs,
and cassettes are loaned to faculty/staff/administrators for 28
days. Pamphlets, DVD's and videos are loaned for 14 days. Periodicals
are loaned for 1 week.
B.
Blocking from borrowing.
- All patrons
are blocked from borrowing when they accrue $5.00 in fines or lost
items.
- All patrons
blocked from borrowing when 1 item is overdue. The library sends
two overdue notice.
C.
Transcript Blocks.
An
academic
hold will be placed on a student’s academic record for not returning
library materials.
D.
Replacement costs
- Students
are billed for replacement costs when materials become missing
overdue.
- Accounts
are forwarded to the Bursar and a Collection Agency for action.
- The
following replacement costs will be charged:
- Books,
cassettes, DVD's, videos and CDs: $35.00 per item minimum, $5.00
processing fee, plus accrued fines.
- Pamphlets
(including HHRC pamphlets): $5.00 per item minimum,
$5.00 processing fee, plus accrued fines.
- Periodicals:
$10.00 per item minimum, and a $5.00 processing fee.
Return
of Materials.
All materials should be returned directly to a library book drop
and should not be left on the Circulation Desk or on library tables.
There is a book drop on the north end of the Circulation Desk and another
one outside the library on the second floor of the north/south corridor
to Building 11. All DVD's, videos, cassettes and reserve materials must be
returned directly to the Circulation Desk staff.
Traces
on Missing Materials.
If you do not find
the item you're looking for on the shelf, and the MCC online catalog indicates that it
is not loaned, come to the Circulation Desk with your MCC ID and place
a trace on it. A staff member will search the library for the item and
notify you when it is found.
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Change of Address.
If you change your address, please stop at the
Circulation Desk to notify a staff member. We will update your address
for the library and you can also fill out an address change form for
the campus. Address changes that are made on campus will not automatically
be forwarded to the library.
Holds on Materials.
If you find an item listed in the MCC online
catalog that you would like to check out, first check the screen to
see if the item's status is 'available' or 'loaned.' If it is 'available,'
you may retrieve it from its place in the book stacks. If it is
currently loaned to another patron, you may place a hold on it at the
Circulation Desk with your valid MCC ID. When the item is returned,
you will be notified and the item will be held for you to check out.
Hold requests are filled in the order they are received. Once a hold
is placed, the item can not be renewed or checked out to another patron.
Inter-branch Transfer
of Materials
While using the online catalog, at the
Brighton Campus, you may find materials listed as belonging to the Damon
City Campus.
In the online catalog, the display will indicate DCC as follows:
SUNY MCC Damon City Campus-
0012-3938 City LB3946.G34 1995
These items
may be requested from the Circulation Desk by filling out an Inter-Branch
Transfer Request Form. To fill out an Inter-Branch Transfer Request,
you will need a valid MCC ID, and the author or title of the book to
be transferred. Items are shipped daily from the Damon City Campus to
the Brighton Campus. Once a transfer request is made the system automatically
places the item on hold. When the item arrives you will be notified
and the item will be held for you at the Circulation Desk. This
process also pertains to DCC patrons wanting use of LVG Library materials.
Materials listed
in the online catalog as being in either library's Reserve or Reference locations
may not be transferred. The display for these types of materials will
read as follows:
City Ref E18 .W67 1993 c.2
Reserve item
Library
Cards.
A. Students.
Students currently enrolled with an MCC ID may borrow from the library.
An ID is required to check ALL materials out, whether the materials
are used within the building, such as study rooms or newspapers,
or are the type that leave the building, such as a regular
4-week book loan. An ID is required to use any of the library materials
on Reserve.
An MCC ID may be obtained from the Student
Center ID Office, Room 3-133, telephone number 292-2555.
B. Faculty, staff and administration.
Faculty, staff, administrators, faculty emeritus,
and adjunct faculty may also borrow materials with a current MCC ID
for faculty or staff. The ID cards are valid during the term of employment.
Though getting a new MCC ID every semester during the term of employment
is not necessary for adjunct faculty, they may need to present documentation
to show current employment.
A college ID may be obtained from the Student
Center ID Office, Room 3-133, telephone number 292-2555.
C. Other library borrowers.
SUNY: All students currently registered
at a SUNY college are eligible to borrow library materials at any
SUNY institution. Students should have a current college ID from their
home institution and proof of current registration. All SUNY students
from university centers, colleges of arts & sciences, community
colleges, technical colleges, etc. are qualified. To borrow at MCC
a temporary borrowing card is issued at the Circulation Desk.
- Rochester Regional Library Council
(RRLC):
ACCESS CARD: The Rochester Regional Library Council is a
cooperative program that allows faculty, staff, and graduate students
to borrow materials from many local college and business libraries.
At MCC the necessary 'Access Cards' are available from the library's
Information Services (Ann Penwarden, 292-2322). IF YOU HAVE AN ACCESS
CARD FROM ANOTHER INSTITUTION, please stop at the Circulation Desk
for a temporary MCC library card.
MCC Foundation (alumni): All MCC Foundation
card holders are extended borrowing privileges at the library.
All MCC graduates are automatically members of the MCC Foundation
for 1 year after graduation. After that year, alumni may continue
to be members of the Foundation for an annual donation of $30
or more.
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Lost
and Found
Personal property is the responsibility of the
individual patron. Lost items found in the library are held at the Circulation
Desk for a short time. If the items are not claimed, they are sent to
the campus lost and found department.
Reserve Materials.
A. What is 'Reserve'?
Professors place books, articles,
sample tests or homework solutions on reserve in the library to ensure
that large numbers of students can use these items in a short amount
of time. These items are checked out for a limited amount of time
so that they will be available to many students. The items circulate
for 1 hour, 2 hours, 1 day, 3 days, or 5 days. Reserve items checked
out by the hour may not leave the library. A valid MCC ID is necessary
to check out reserve materials at the Circulation Desk. Fines accrue
at $0.25 per hour for hourly loans and $1.00 per day for 1-, 3- or
5-day loans.
B. How
do I find Reserve materials?
Reserve materials can be found in the
online catalog. If you do not know the author or title of the item,
search by SUBJECT KEYWORD for the instructor's name (example,
'Marchese'), course abbreviation (example,'ECO' for economics), or
course number (example, '101'). These search elements can be joined
with "AND" to make your search more specific(example,'Marchese
and ECO and 101'). At Reserve, these materials are arranged on the
shelves and files by course number and author/title. Because of the
demand on these items, loan periods are shortened, fine rates are
higher, and materials can not be held.
C. How do faculty place items on Reserve?
Materials to be placed on reserve for students
may include items currently owned by the library and/or by the instructor.
It is often helpful to place a copy of the required textbook(s) for
a course at the Reserve Desk. All materials must comply with the current
copyright guidelines, and, depending on the item, you may be asked
to receive permission from the publisher. As the copyright law is
very specific, these items are handled individually.
If you have any questions, please call the
appropriate library for more information:
- If you are teaching class at the Brighton
Campus call the LVG Library Circulation Desk at 292-2306, or Circulation
Librarian Ellen Mancuso, at 292-2313.
- If you are teaching class at the Damon
City Campus call the DCC Library Circulation desk, at 262-1413.
Please bring all items you wish to place on
reserve to the Circulation/Reserve Desk and fill out a reserve form
with class information. Please allow one week for processing. We request
that you allot time for your reserve materials to be processed before
giving the assignment to your students.
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Study
Rooms
There are 20 study rooms on the 3rd and 4th
floors of the Brighton campus library. Eight rooms are reserved for
one student and twelve are reserved for two or more students. A valid
MCC ID is required to sign out the keys at the Circulation Desk. Rooms
reserved for two or more students require students to check out two
key tags with two separate MCC ID's.
All rooms are signed out for two hours on a
first-come-first-served basis. During peak periods, single-person rooms
may be signed out to groups waiting for use if no group rooms are available
during peak periods. If there are students are waiting to use a study
room, a staff member may ask you to vacate a room at the end of the
two hours. Key tags should not leave the library. If rooms are left
vacant during a sign-out period, the library staff may vacate a room
for use by other students.
Food and Drink
A. So, you want to eat in the library,
eh? Well, go ahead!
That's right! We're not heartless! We realize
that sometimes you run out of time to eat, and also that it's not
always easy to study in The Forum. That's why, unlike many libraries,
we've set aside a special area where you can study and eat.
So, where is this wonderful place? Well, it's
on the third floor of the library, on the north side of the building
(just look for the signs). There's where you can enjoy a snack, as
long as it's brought in a sealed container, such as a bag (please,
no trays -- they don't always make it to the third floor without a
'oh-oh'!). And drinks? Hey, you can enjoy them anywhere in the library,
so long as they're in those spill-proof travel mugs and so
long as they're not used near any computer equipment (can you spell
'disaster'?).
All we ask in return is that all trash makes
its way to the conveniently-placed trash cans, and that conversation
be kept to a minimum (you just knew that some old library rules
would turn up, didn't you?)
B. O.K., so WHY do we need a food/drink
policy?
- Food and drinks can cause damage to materials
and equipment in the library.
- Want to share your space with him?
Or worse, him? 
Well, when folks sneak food into the library,
they often leave the trash anywhere, attracting these guys and
their extended families. Sometimes these pests actually eat the
books, too!
- Customer service. You guys have multiple
responsibilities and limited time available for study. We want to
try to accommodate you by allowing you to both eat and study in
the library.
C. And what if you're not following
the rules? Hey, you're not going to do that, are you? Honest
mistakes might result in a warning, but the bottom line is that you
just might lose your library privileges. Now that's not nice!
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