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General Borrowing Policies for Students

A current HCCC photo I.D. card must be presented.
Four items may be borrowed.
The loan period is 14 days. One renewal is permitted.
After 14 days from the date borrowed, an item may be recalled for another person.
Students are responsible for all materials borrowed with their ID.
The replacement charge for each lost/damaged item is current cost plus $5.00 processing fee.
An outstanding obligation for materials not returned at the end of a semester will impose a restriction on registration and/or official transcript.
Reference, reserve, and audiovisual materials may only be used in the Library. They may not be borrowed.
Periodicals may only be used in the Library. They may not be borrowed.
For interlibrary loan (ILL), borrowing policies of the lending library will be followed.

General Borrowing Policies for Faculty and Staff

A current HCCC photo I.D. card must be presented.
Four items may be borrowed.
The loan periods are: for full-time faculty, semester loan; for adjunct faculty, four weeks; and for staff, two weeks. One renewal is permitted.
After 14 days from the date borrowed, an item may be recalled for another person.
Faculty/staff are responsible for all materials borrowed with their I.D.
For interlibrary loan (ILL), borrowing policies of the lending library will be followed.
Faculty and staff may borrow reference materials for a maximum of 24 hours.
Classroom faculty wishing to place materials on reserve may select the items from the shelves or send a list to the Library/LRC, giving full bibliographic information. They may also provide their own materials.
The loan period for audiovisual materials is three days. To assure availability, 48 hours' notice is required.Renewals of audiovisual materials are not permitted.
Videotapes must be rewound.

VALE Faculty Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement

Cooperative borrowing agreement among New Jersey colleges and universities participating in the Virtual Academic Library Environment consortium. The agreement allows faculty and staff from participating institutions borrowing privileges at each other's libraries. Before faculty and staff may borrow at participating libraries, they must have a signed "VALE Faculty Reciprocal Borrowing Application Form" (available at the HCCC Library).

For more information, see the VALE website or speak to an HCCC librarian.

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Services

Welcome students! There are many new and interesting resources here at the Library to help you find the answers you need. Visit us throughout your college career for information or just for a quiet place to study.

Who is here to help you?

Reference librarians are available to assist you with your research assignments. Circulation assistants will help you check out items and request audiovisual resources for use in the Library. Periodical assistants can help you find print magazines and newspapers and faculty reserves.

What do we have?

Electronic databases provide academic research articles for assignments.
Reference books are available for use in both the Main Library and the North Hudson Center Library.
Print periodicals can be used in the Main Library.
Materials placed on faculty reserves by your instructor are located behind the circulation desk at the Main Library.
ESL reading materials are available at both the Main Library and the North Hudson Center Library.
Online periodicals, including magazines, newspapers, and journals, can be searched on computers in both Libraries, from anywhere on campus, and from home with a user's last name and CWID as login.

How will you find what you need?

To look up the resources you need, you can use infoPATH, our Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC). Our staff will show you how. Our books are arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification System (LC). The Library also has many resources available online in electronic databases. You may request individual instruction on how to use the catalog and databases. Ask a reference librarian for assistance. We are here to help you.

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Mission Statement

The mission of the Hudson County Community College Library/Learning Resources Center is to support the aims and objectives of the College by providing:

Services that facilitate the acquisition of information literacy skills
Services that support the College's certificate and degree programs
Services that support the needs of English as a Second Language (ESL) and Academic foundations courses and students
Services that support the general intellectual, social, and cultural development of the College and the Hudson County community
Services that support the education, continuing education, and career development needs of the College's students
Services that support the research and informational needs of the students, faculty, and other members of the College and the Hudson County community.

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