Welcome to the Mt. San Antonio College
Library. For your convenience in using the library, we offer the
following information.
- LIBRARY
CARDS:
- Your Mt. San Antonio College Student ID (identification) is your library card and is REQUIRED for checking out circulating materials, reserve materials, media materials, and group study rooms. Only currently registered students will be given Library check-out privileges. Notify the Library immediately if your Student ID card is lost, stolen, or if you change your address.
- RESERVE
TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS:
- Instructors may place materials on reserve for student use. These items are kept at the Check-Out/Reserves desk in the Library. They may be checked out for two-hour use within the Library. Reserve items do not leave the Library. Students must present a Mt. San Antonio College Student ID card to check out Reserve items. Reserve items must be returned to the Check-Out/Reserves desk.
- CIRCULATING
MATERIALS (Books that leave the Library):
- Circulating books check out for 21 days and circulating DVDs check out for 7 days. College credit students may check out a maximum of seven (7) items. Adult Education and Community Services students may check out a maximum of three (3) items. The Library does not purchase current semester textbooks to place in the circulating collection.
- GROUP
STUDY ROOMS:
- Group
study rooms check out for two (2) hours. Group study rooms
are for the use of two (2) or more persons. Group study rooms
will not be checked out for use by an individual.
- RENEWALS:
- Circulating books that are not late and do not have a computer hold placed on them may be renewed one time for an additional 21 days and circulating DVDs for an additional 7 days. Items must be renewed online. Instructions on how to renew an item online are located on the Library webpage at: http://library.mtsac.edu/renew.html and on flyers found in the Library. Phone renewals will not be accepted.
- Group
study rooms may be renewed one time only for an additional
two (2) hours. During peak times, study rooms will be renewed
at the discretion of the Library Staff.
- COMPUTER
HOLDS:
- You may place a hold on any circulating item that is currently checked out. The item which has a hold placed on it cannot be renewed. When the item is returned, you will be sent an email to notify you that the book is available. The item will be kept at the Check-Out/Reserves desk, with your name in it, for seven (7) days. At the end of the seven (7) days, the item will be re-shelved. Instructions for placing an item on hold are located on the Library web page at: http://library.mtsac.edu/pdfDocs/Placing_Holds_on_Library_Materials.PDF and on flyers found in the Library.
- RETURN
OF MATERIALS:
- Library materials should be returned to one of the two Library book drops. One book drop is located OUTSIDE the Library on the wall next to the entrance doors. A drive-up book drop is located behind the Information Kiosk near the main college entrance off Grand Avenue. Materials may be placed in these book drops 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These book drops are OPEN during weekends, all semester breaks, and on holidays.
FURTHER
INFORMATION:
Further information may be obtained by calling the Library Check-Out/Reserves desk at (909) 274-4260 or go to http://library.mtsac.edu. If you have a research question, call the Information Desk (909) 274-4289 to speak to a librarian.
KEY POINTS:
- Do not lend your card to anyone else. You are responsible
for any materials checked out with your card.
- Return your books on time, others may be waiting for them!
- REMEMBER: BOOK DROPS ARE OPEN 24-HOURS A DAY, SEVEN (7)
DAYS A WEEK, INCLUDING SEMESTER BREAKS AND HOLIDAYS.
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