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Borrowing materials
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POLICIES

Policies and procedures manual

The Government Documents Department's mission is to serve the Hollins community and the people of Virginia's sixth Congressional District. Department staff consists of  Special Collections & Government Information Librarian, Beth Harris and student assistant Sarah Mann.

Since 1967, our library has been a selective Federal Depository Library. We currently receive and hold approximately 25% of the documents published by the U.S. government.

We strive to extend our services beyond that 25%, to help you with your government information needs.

For more information about the types of government documents in our collection, click here.

The U.S. Government Printing Office Portal

Library Home
Government Documents Home

last updated on:July 7, 2007

HOURS
The documents collection is available whenever the library is open. Click here for library hours.

LOCATION
The government documents collection is located on the first floor of the library, directly across from the reference collection. Click here for directions to the campus.
Some items such as CD-Roms and maps are kept in separate locations; ask a staff member for help if you have trouble finding an item. The Government Documents Coordinator's office is located on the second floor.

CONTACT US
You can reach the Special Collections & Government Information Librarian at (540)362-6237 or bharris@hollins.edu. Our fax number is (540) 362-6756; our mailing address is 7950 E. Campus Dr., PO Box 9000, Roanoke, VA 24020

ASSISTANCE
Reference assistance is available; ask at the Reference desk, call 362-6237, or email us.
Opportunities for assistance include individual appointments and classroom instruction sessions.
For questions about non-government documents library matters, you can also contact our Reference Department.

ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION
All are free to use the government documents collection; you do not have to have a connection with the university. Wyndham Robertson Library is committed to providing the public with open, free access to our government information materials, according to the rules of the Federal Depository Library Program and Title 44, section 1911 of the U.S. Code.

To access the university network computers (including computers in the library) for online research, patrons who do not have a university account are asked to sign in at the Reference desk on the first floor. Please provide proof of identity with two forms of ID. No filtering software of any kind is used on the library computers, and the library does not monitor anyone's browsing of reading activity. A Government Documents Workstation computer is made available specifically for government information research. It is located on the first floor, next to the Government Documents stacks. It has DVD capability and has access also to our library catalog and online databases. *Note: our paid subscription databases are not government material; they are therefore not available to non-Hollins users.

For questions about Hollins University computing policies, please contact our Computer Services Department.

Access to Reserve items: in the case that a government document has been placed on reserve by university faculty, it may be obtained for in-library use by any patron requesting the document, using a manual check-out procedure. Request the document at the circulation desk. The document will be made available with the option of 2-hour, 1-day or other check-out periods as designated by the faculty.

BORROWING MATERIALS
Most of our government documents, maps and CD-Roms may be checked out with a valid Hollins ID card. Some materials have a "do not check out" sticker instead of a barcode; they are for in-library use only. Microfilm and microfiche materials are in-library use only.

If a document has neither a sticker nor a barcode, please contact the Special Collections & Government Information Librarian (x6237). Before we check it out to you, we would like to make sure the document is in our system. It will be made available to you by the next working day.

Non-Hollins users who wish to check out materials should contact our circulation department to get a guest borrowers card. For more information, click here.

PRINTING AND COPYING
Library users can print from most terminals in the library to printers located on the ground and second floors. After clicking on File - Print, please check to make sure you know which location your print job is headed to.

Our copy machine is located on the first floor next to circulation. The machine accepts change and bills up to to $5. Faculty should ask at the circulation desk for the bypass key, and log the number of copies made.

For assistance with printing or copying difficulties, please ask for assistance at the Media Services Desk on the ground floor.

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