Policies

The college provides printing to current faculty, students, and staff. The library is designated as a College computing center and as such has printers that are networked to the College’s “Print Anywhere” system. The library has black and white printers on each Level and one color printer on the Main Level. Saint Anselm College students, faculty, and staff should see Information Technology’s printing policies and procedures for more information.

We strive to maintain an environment that is both conducive to study and research as well as appropriate for the protection and preservation of library materials, equipment, furnishings, and technology. Food and beverages attract bugs, rodents, and other unwanted pests that may cause damage to library materials. We require that all patrons follow this policy to help preserve library collections and space.

• Small snacks and covered beverages are PERMITTED in most areas.
  (Examples of approved snacks include: chips, nuts, energy bars, cookies, and other items sold in the library vending machines.)
• Meals that are messy, noisy, or strong smelling are NOT PERMITTED in the library.
  (Examples include: pizza, take-out food, sandwiches, salads, ice cream, and food in containers from dining services)
• Food and beverages of any kind are NOT PERMITTED in any of the special collections rooms.
• Meals can be eaten in the foyer before entering the library.
• Deliveries of food to the library are NOT PERMITTED.
• Spills must be cleaned up immediately. If assistance is needed, contact library staff at any service desk.
• Dispose of all food and trash in the closest receptacle.

Library staff reserve the right to ask anyone who does not follow the food policy to stop eating and put or throw their food away. Any patron that does not adhere to the food and beverage policy will be asked to leave the premises.

For circulation related questions, contact the Circulation Desk and they will either assist you immediately or connect you to the appropriate party.

Borrowing Privileges

A valid Saint Anselm ID card must be presented at the time of check out. Some library collections do not circulate and can only be used in house. Examples of these collections include: reference books, periodicals, reserve items, special collections, and archival material.

Renewals

Renewals of our collections are possible if the item is not needed by another patron. Renewals may be requested online or by contacting the Circulation Desk.

Renew Interlibrary Loan books by logging into your ILL account.

Overdue Fines and Penalties

Borrowers may be charged overdue fines of fifty cents ($0.50) per day/per item for all materials not returned or renewed by the due date. After 21 days overdue, all non-returned items are considered "lost" and the borrower will be billed a replacement charge plus processing and billing fees. We reserve the right to revoke library privileges of anyone who has accrued excessive library charges, ignores recall notices, or who willfully damages library property.

Overdue interlibrary loan charges adhere to the policies of the lending library.

NHCUC Cooperative Library Program

The New Hampshire College and University Council (NHCUC) Cooperative Library Program offers students, faculty, and staff from NH colleges access to library facilities of all the consortium schools as well as to city, town and state libraries.

Your valid Saint Anselm ID allows library privileges** at the following consortium schools:

• Colby-Sawyer College, New London
• Community College System of NH (many locations)
• Franklin Pierce College, Rindge
• Granite State College (many locations)
• Keene State College, Keene
• New England College, Henniker
• New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester
• Plymouth State University, Plymouth
• Rivier College, Nashua
• Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester
• University of New Hampshire, Durham
• University of New Hampshire, Manchester

_{**As determined by each individual institution.}

We accept book donations with the understanding that we may add them to the collection at our discretion or dispose of them if they do not meet the standards for selection. As a general rule, gift books will be added to the collection based on the same criteria (including both subject matter and condition) as purchased material.

We reserve the right to determine the retention, location, cataloging treatment, and other considerations related to the use or disposition of all gifts. We assume no responsibility for appraisal of gift items, nor will the library accept items under restricted conditions.

Due to the cost incurred in evaluating, cataloging, storing, and providing access to materials, we do not guarantee that all donated items will be added to our collections. The majority of items donated to the Library are sold during our annual book sale or disposed of through charitable organizations or through recycling. We will not return books to donors that are not added to the Library’s collections.

At the time of the donation, the donor will be required to fill out a Deed of Gift form relinquishing ownership of the donated items to Saint Anselm College - Geisel Library. We will acknowledge the gift with a letter stating the quantity of items received. We cannot provide appraisals of any kind. The appraisal or establishment of an item’s value for tax purposes is the responsibility of the donor, as are appraisal costs. Any appraisals must be completed prior to the donation. Donors should seek further information on valuation of donated property from the Internal Revenue Service and their own tax adviser or attorney.

In general, we do not accept the following materials, these items will be disposed of immediately upon receipt if they are a part of any donation:

• VHS and cassette tapes, journals, magazines, newspapers
• Books in poor physical condition (for example those with torn, missing, highlighted, marked-up pages or books that have strong odors, water damage, mold, mildew, smoke damage, living matter, foxing, etc.).

Arranging a donation

Materials are accepted only as Library shelf space and/or staff time permit. Based upon the size of a prospective donated collection, the Library may choose to arrange a time with the prospective donor when the materials can be seen and evaluated.

We are not able to accept drop-offs of large amounts of gift materials unless prior arrangements have been made. We accept small drop-off donations of no more than the equivalent of six banker’s size boxes, Monday-Friday between the hours of 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Contact the Library for any donation that is above this amount. Consult our website to confirm our hours of operation.

Contacting Staff

If you are considering a gift to the Geisel Library or have a question, please contact Steve Robichaud, Head of Collection Development. Donors wishing to give rare or unique material to the Library are encouraged to contact Keith Chevalier, Archivist and Head of Special Collections.

The library is a “No Smoking” area. Use of any tobacco or smoking products (cigarettes, chewing tobacco, etc.) including electronic cigarettes is not permitted. Anyone that does not adhere to this policy will be asked to leave the premises.

Collection development is the process of selecting appropriate materials to support the curriculum and research needs of our students and faculty. Resources that are selected include books, periodicals, and audiovisual materials in physical and digital formats. 

To submit a suggestion for library acquisition, please review our complete policy and procedures.

Book and Audio-Visual Purchase Requests

For Faculty

Submit items for reserve at least one week before they are needed for class. Reserves are processed first come, first served. If you know that you need a book on reserve for the start of the term please make sure to place your request early. The Library does not put articles on reserve, only books and audio visual materials. If the item is a "personal copy," belonging to you or your department, fill out the Reserve Form and bring the form and the item to the Circulation Desk. At the end of the semester you may pick up the item, or a Library staff member will return it to you via inter-office mail.

Course Reserve Forms are available at the Circulation Desk or online.

To place a request:

1. Fill out a Reserve Form (available at the Circulation Desk). 
2. Come to the library with the completed Reserve Form and pull the item(s) from the library stacks. 
3. Bring the Reserve Form and the item(s) to the Circulation Desk to get processed. 
4. Both the form and the item(s) need to be brought to the Circulation Desk before the reserve will get processed.

PLEASE NOTE: Because it is important for the professor to physically verify the edition, volume, and condition of the book that they want on reserve, Library staff will not pull books from the stacks for faculty.

If you would like a book to be purchased by the Library for course reserve please contact Steve Robichaud.

For Students

Your faculty place course reserve materials (either books or media) at the Circulation Desk. Students with a valid Saint Anselm ID may borrow these items for a two-hour period for in-house use only. 

How to find materials on course reserve:

Course reserves are organized by course name/number, professor name, and title of the book or media. You may stop by the library's Circulation Desk with this information to borrow the item you need, or you may search our website to see what is available prior to stopping by the Circulation Desk:

Search for Course Reserves

Use of the classroom is limited to purposes that support the mission of the library’s Research and Information Literacy Instruction program. The space is not intended for use as a regular classroom for faculty and instructors. Exceptions to this policy will be reviewed on an as needed basis. 

Contact Melinda Malik with questions or for more information about using the Library Classroom.

Electronic resources are made available by Geisel Library for use by the students, staff, faculty, and monastic community of Saint Anselm College. Under certain conditions some electronic resources are also available to guests. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that he or she uses these products only for individual, noncommercial use without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information.

Contractual license agreements and U.S. Copyright Law govern the access, use, and reproduction of these resources. In addition, use of electronic resources must be in compliance with the campus-wide policy on Acceptable Use of Technology.

Remote access to the library's subscription databases is not permitted for the following groups of people: alumni; relatives of students, faculty or staff; former students; the general public; and research assistants hired by professors who are not also students, faculty or staff. These users are allowed access to these databases on campus only, unless otherwise restricted by the database vendor.

Licensed Electronic Resources

Access and use of many electronic resources provided by Geisel Library are governed by license agreements negotiated between Geisel Library and publishers or third parties. In general, these legally binding contracts allow students, staff, faculty, and other authorized users to access these resources for non-commercial, educational, scholarly and research purposes. Users of library-licensed resources must comply with the terms of agreements and be aware that publishers may monitor use of electronic resources to ensure that the terms of their licensing agreements are enforced. Breach of license may lead a publisher/vendor to turn off the College's access without warning.

In using licensed electronic resources, users must:

• limit uses to non-commercial, educational, or personal research purposes;
• not facilitate unauthorized access by others (i.e., do not share one's Saint Anselm College Library account password);
• not engage in systematic downloading of licensed content (e.g., downloading entire issues of electronic journals or large-scale downloading from databases to create other collections of data);
• give proper attribution when quoting from material; for assistance with this, see the library's Citing Sources Guide;
• Note: Many licenses prohibit the downloading and posting of licensed content on another server, even if for use in course web sites or BlackBoard. In general, it is required by the publisher to link to articles (using an appropriate authentication mechanism) rather than to download and post articles to a server. For assistance with this procedure, see the library's Geisel Guide on Creating Persistent Links to Database Articles.

Copyright and Electronic Resources

The copying of electronic resources made available by Geisel Library may be governed by both license agreements and U.S. Copyright Law. To learn about how copyright law affects the use of electronic resources at Saint Anselm College, including provisions for "fair use", see the library's Copyright and Fair Use Guide.