Policies

The Schumann Library is committed to providing a variety of resources and services to support teaching, learning, and scholarship. To ensure continued access to these services, library users have a responsibility to:

• Properly check-out and return borrowed materials in a timely manner. Please review our Borrowing Information Page for information on loan periods. 
  • Note: All items on a user's account are the physical and financial responsibility of the account holder.
  • Note: Graduating students are expected to return all items before graduation.
  • Note: Failure to return overdue items will result in fines on your library account and a suspension of library borrowing privileges until items are replaced or returned.
  • Note: Any item in circulation may be recalled at any time from any user, if that item is needed to be placed on reserve. Users receive a recall notice which shortens their loan period to 24 hours from the date of the notice. Failure to return a recalled item by the new due date will incur a fine of $60 per item. Library borrowing privileges will be suspended if the recalled item is not promptly returned. Any fine or hold will be waived upon return of the recalled item.
• Care for library materials, technology, equipment, and furnishings.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and respectful library space.
• Comply with library policies and guidelines.
• Be courteous and polite in interactions with staff, students, and fellow library users.

Library users are expected to conduct themselves in a manner which complies with these user guidelines. Library users who conduct themselves in a manner which is not in compliance with these guidelines may be asked to leave the facility and/or may have their library privileges suspended.