SSCC LIBRARY PROCEDURES

QUICK REFERENCE: CIRCULATION


CHECKING OUT BOOKS

►Categories of borrowers:
Students – for 2 weeks
Must show student ID card. (If student has no card, student may have 2 “grace”
checkouts. In this case, student must present official Washington State ID, and be
in the Voyager or present evidence of registration. Grace checkouts must be noted
in a pop-up note in the patron record.)

Faculty– until end of quarter
Must show SCCD employee card / SSCC ID card. If faculty member is known to
you, you may check out items to him without a card.

Staff and administrators – for 2 weeks
Must show SCCD employee card / SSCC ID card. If employee is known to you,
you may check out items to him without a card.

Community borrowers – for 2 weeks
Must show SSCC ID card. No grace checkouts allowed.


SSCC ID CARD
►Photo ID can be obtained in Registration.

►Must present Washington State photo ID, or other official ID.

►Cost: $5


CHECKING OUT PERIODICALS

►Categories of borrowers:
Students - for 1 week

Must show student ID card. (If student has no card, student may have 2 “grace” checkouts. In this case, student must present official Washington State ID, and be in the Voyager or present evidence of registration. Grace checkouts must be noted in a pop-up note in the patron record.)

Faulty, staff and administrators – for one week
Extended check out is given upon request.

Current issues in plastic covers are for library use only and cannot be checked out.


CHECKING OUT PAMPHLET FILE MATERIALS
►Categories of borrowers:

Students – for one week

Must show student ID card. (If student has no card, student may have 2 “grace checkouts. In this case, student must present official Washington State ID, and be in the Voyager or present evidence of registration. Grace checkouts must be noted in a pop-up note in the patron record.)

Faculty, staff and administrators – for one week
Extended checkout will be given upon request.

CHECKING OUT RESERVE MATERIALS
►Categories of borrowers:
Students only

Must show student ID card. (If student has no card, student may have 2 “grace” checkouts. In this case, student must present official Washington State ID, and be in the Voyager or present evidence of registration. Grace checkouts must be noted in a pop-up note in the patron record.)

An instructor may place items on reserve for his/her class to be used by the students in that class only as an addition resource to the textbook or the textbook if it not in stock at the bookstore.
Reserves are placed on the shelf in order of class name and number.

The instructor decides how long a student may check out reserve materials.

1 – 4 hours – in library use only
Overnight – due next day

Reserve materials are placed on reserve for longer period of time by the instructors;
1 week – 2 months

Reserve materials cannot be renewed; it must be return at its due date.


WHO & HOW CAN MATERIALS BE PLACE ON RESERVES
An instructor places materials on reserve to be used by his/her students for that class. The instructor must fill out a “Reserve Book Inventory Form “ which tells the library staff and his/her students how long the student may keep the item/items in one checkout time. The student may not renew these materials because they there for the entire class.