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Library Policies
Patrons
Sage Library serves the faculty, students, and staff of New Brunswick Theological Seminary. Circulating privileges are also extended to:
• Faculty, Students, and Staff of Rutgers University
• Faculty, Students, and Staff of schools in the South Eastern Pennsylvania Theological Library Association [SEPTLA]
• Faculty, Students, and Staff of schools in the New York Area Theological Library Association [NYATLA]
• RCA Clergy
• Local clergy
• Students at other RCA institutions
• Employees of other RCA institutions
• General Public
Requirements for establishing a library card (including any requisite fees), the length of time before the card needs to be renewed, and the length of time a patron may have a book vary by the patron type and relationship to the school. Also, some materials (e.g. biblical commentaries) only circulate to NBTS Students and Faculty.
Renewals
Please renew your books before they are due. The new due date will reflect the loan period for your patron type. If you have not renewed them before, call the library and provide a list of titles to be renewed over the phone. If they have already been renewed, please bring them into the library. We will check them in and then check them back out to you.
Recalls
Once a book has been out for a week, it can be recalled if needed for reserve or for another patron. Please return recalled books to the library as soon as possible. The library reserves the right to fine patrons who do not return recalled materials in a timely fashion.
Overdue Material
Overdue notices are mailed to patrons on a biweekly basis. If it becomes necessary to send a third notice, other consequences may result, including lost book charges, suspension of privileges, or holds on transcripts and diplomas.
Reserves
Items that have been placed on course reserve must be checked out at the circulation desk. They circulate for three hours and cannot leave the library. Please ask for help to get the material you need.
Periodicals
Popular magazines and academic journals do not circulate. See below for information on making photocopies.
Photocopies
Photocopies cost ten cents a page, including mistakes. There are two ways to pay for copies:
Copy Card:
Copy cards are available with either five or ten dollars pre-loaded. There is an additional fee of $1 for the card itself. This fee is waived if we get a copy card back from you.
Pay As You Go:
The library keeps a bypass card that patrons can use if they don’t want to purchase a copy card. Please ask at the desk.
Computers
There are 10 public computers on the main floor of the library. Microsoft Word and Internet Explorer are available on each computer.
E-mail
Patrons are welcome to check any e-mail account they might have on the public computers. Students who wish to check their NBTS e-mail should go to http://mail.nbts.edu:3000. Their e-mail address is their first initial and last name followed by “@students.nbts.edu”. For example, John Smith’s e-mail address would be jsmith@students.nbts.edu
Printing
All ten of the public computers are networked to the printer at the circulation desk. Printing is ten cents a page, including mistakes.
Library as Space
Food or drinks are only permitted in the lounge area on the ground floor.
Cell phone usage is NOT PERMITTED in the library. If you are expecting a call, be respectful of others. Set your phone to vibrate and step out of the library to have the conversation.
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