Library Policies

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Library Spaces (Lincoln East Campus Only)

Library hours are posted outside the Library and on the Library website.

The Library’s physical space is clearly divided for intended uses:

  • The main or Computer Lab side is a space for individual and group use of the College computers, and has casual seating for group work, socializing, and community events.
  • The “Quiet Side” of the Library is designated for individual, quiet, intentional study. Please respect other students by limiting conversations. 
  • The Group Study Room/Testing Center (on the “Quiet Side”) must be reserved for group use, when not in use for testing. Please remember the space is on the “Quiet Side,” and the room is not soundproof.
  • Offices, cabinets, and the checkout desk and the area behind it are staff only spaces. Please ask Library employees for help if you need anything from those areas. 
  • Do not remove any office supplies (staplers, scissors, etc.), whiteboards, or equipment from the library without permission.
    • Please return any items from other parts of the college to those spaces.

Library Borrowing Policies (physical materials only)

Please note that the Library’s e-journals, ebooks, and other electronic materials are available at any time and these policies apply to physical items only.

Items are available to check out during the Library’s open hours. 

  • For Hastings and online only students, please contact the Librarians about borrowing physical items located in Lincoln. A Librarian will provide the materials (mailing, scanning, and emailing, or other types of delivery), without requiring an in-person visit to the Library.
  • A limited number of items are available on the Hastings campus, for onsite use only. Please see the administrative assistant for help.

Borrowing Times

Please note special exceptions can be made to the borrowing times, depending on the situation. Please reach out to a Librarian to discuss options.

  • Books in the main collection may be checked out for three weeks. 
  • Reserve materials (books, DVDs) can only be used in the library. 
  • Journals can only be used in the library.
  • Laptops may be checked out for either one week (short term) or four weeks (long term). 
  • Skills lab items (such as stethoscopes, blood pressure cuffs, and reflex hammers) may be checked out for one week. 
  • DVDs and CD-ROMs can only be used in the library. 
  • Other items may be provided by faculty for check out. Borrowing length will be shared at the time of check out.

Returning Items

  • During open hours, all items are to be returned to the Check Out Desk in the Library.
  • When the Library is closed, books to be returned can be placed in the book drop, attached to the wall, outside the Library entrance.
  • Skills lab items must be returned when the Library is open for security reasons.
  • Laptops must be returned to a Library employee for security reasons.

Overdue Items

  • The Library does not charge a daily fee for overdue items.
  • Items not returned within 30 days of the final due date will be marked lost and the student billed the replacement cost. 
    • Students will receive two emails asking for the item(s) to be returned, and the cost to replace the item(s), if not returned.
    • Students will receive a third email after 30 days stating that their college account has been charged.
    • Emails will be sent to students’ college email addresses.
    • Emails will be sent from a library or college email account.

Education Department Borrowing Policies

The Library loans Basic Life Support (BLS) and other America Heart Association (AHA) books to students on behalf of the Education Department, to support Bryan Medical Center AHA certification classes. As these books belong to the Education Department, they set the policies borrowing these materials.

  • Books can be borrowed for three weeks.
  • Books must be returned to the instructor the day of the class, or the library if the class is missed.
  • Overdue notices will be emailed from an Education Department email account.
  • Overdue charges will be billed to their college account.

Printing and Photocopying, Scanning, or Faxing

Printing with PaperCut

All college computers for student use are connected to a PaperCut account using student computer logins. This applies to student computers found outside of the Library on East, West, and Hastings campuses. 

  • Each semester student PaperCut accounts are preloaded with $25 ($35 for graduate students). 
    • Students cannot use these funds for anything other than printing.
    • Unused funds expire at the end of the semester.
  • Black and white printing is $0.05 per sheet of paper. 
    • Computers are set to default to Black and white printing.
  • Color printing is $0.25 per sheet of paper. 
    • Not all printers are color printers. Signs or employees will identify the color printers.
  • Once the PaperCut account reached $0, students may need to pay to add money to the account. 
    • A library employee can add money to the account.
    • Unused funds expire at the end of the semester. 

Printing, Photocopying, Scanning, or Faxing 

Please note that printing, photocopying, scanning, and faxing are all a form of copying images and documents. Images and documents are protected as intellectual property under copyright laws. Please review the Bryan College of Health Sciences Statement of Copyright Restrictions and keep it in mind when making any type of copy.

Librarians are available to give guidance on copyright questions but cannot give legal advice.