Services for Alumni

Welcome Back!

Please note that you must have received an undergraduate and/or graduate degree from Nazareth College to qualify for alumni privileges - If you received a degree from Nazareth College, get your alumni card from the Alumni Relations Office (389-2472). Then, just bring in your alumni card and current ID, and we’ll sign you up! ID is required to check out books, or to access information about your library record.

Book Borrowing Privileges

Loan period
3 weeks (21 days from the date of check out).

Borrowing Limits
You are allowed a maximum of 25 books at a time.

Renewals
Books may be renewed up to 3 times as long as no one is waiting for them. You can renew in person, online, or over the phone. Be sure to have your library barcode number – you will need it to access your record.

Fines
There is a 5 cent per day per book overdue charge. If checked out material is not returned, the account under which it was checked out willed be billed for the replacement cost as well as a $10.00 processing fee for each item not returned.

Holds
You may place books on hold that are currently checked out, or cannot be found on the shelf. For assistance, please see the Circulation Desk. When held books are available, you will be contacted. We will hold books for seven days.

Reference Services

There are no restrictions on your use of printed reference sources. Additionally, you may use the public computers in the library after you have received a valid library barcode from the Circulation Desk; if your library barcode is not accepted for authentication on a library computer you will need to present your Nazareth College alumni card at the Circulation Desk to have your barcode validated.

Online search services
We will assist you with online searches, but please be aware that you will be charged for all direct costs assessed by the online service provider (may vary from insignificant to hundreds of dollars). See the Reference Librarian for details.

External Electronic Resources
On-Campus Access
You may access our Web-based electronic services (e.g. FirstSearch® and EBSCOHost ) on the computers in the library after you have received a valid library barcode from the Circulation Desk; if your library barcode is not accepted you will need to present your Nazareth College alumni card at the Circulation Desk to have your barcode validated.
Off-Campus Access
Off-campus access to the web-based electronic services is not available due to licensing restrictions. However, many of the more popular services offer subsets, or even full versions, of their databases to the public on alternate sites. For example, a version of Index Medicus called Pub Med is freely available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi and the ERIC database is freely available at http://www.eric.ed.gov/. Additionally, you may access a wide variety of databases (with a valid ID card from a library in the Monroe County Library System) at http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/databases/.

Reserve/Interlibrary Loan/Serials (RILS)

Reserve Materials
You may access only those materials that have been placed on Permanent Reserve; the use of materials that have been placed on Course Reserve is restricted to those who are enrolled in the class.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
ILL service is available at a charge: $7.50 per request for a book loan or a copy of a journal article. The Rush Fax Fee Service adds an additional $5.00 fee to each original $7.50 charge per request for an article photocopy.

Serials and Journals
The complete holdings of our journal collection are included in the OPAC and WebPac. Selected journal lists are available on the Library’s web site. The collection includes journals, magazines, newspapers, and the ERIC microfiche document collection.

Photocopying and Microform Printing
Photocopiers are self-service. The charge is 10 cents per copy, for black and white copies, and 25 cents per copy for color copies. Microform printing is self-service at 10 cents per page.

Contact the RILS Department (389-3321) for additional information.

Media Services

Your current library card is required for use of the media collection and media rooms. Many of the services are fee-based or require advance arrangements. Contact the Media Department directly (389-2139) for or go to the Media Services web pages for additional information.

Media Collection
4 hour in-library use for most materials. Reserve materials limit is 2 hours. All media items must be checked out at the Media Circulation Desk. Licensing or contractual agreements restrict circulation of most media materials to in-library use.

Media Equipment
Equipment is available in the media playback area on a first-come, first-served basis. Other campus use of media equipment (fee-based) is arranged through the Media Center and is subject to availability. Equipment must be requested 24 hours in advance.

Media Video Lab
The use of this lab is restricted to current staudents, faculty, and staff of Nazareth College.

Media Production Services (fee-based)
The Media department offers color copying services, as well as Videoconferencing.

Media Classrooms (fee-based)
Fee-based use of media classrooms is available. Advance arrangements are required.

Other Media Rooms
May be signed on for individual use on a first-come, first-served basis.