Library

Circulation Policies

All members of the Richmont Graduate University community are entitled to the use of Richmont Library resources in-person, electronically, or through the mail. The library staff at Richmont work to provide all Richmont faculty and students with the resources they need for their study, research, clinical practice, and recreation, regardless of location or course modality.

Borrowing Terms and Limits by Patron Type

Richmont Faculty and Staff:

  • May borrow up to 20 library resources at a time (exceptions may be made upon request)
  • May check out most physical library materials for a term of 42 days.
  • May renew a resource up to 2 times, provided that no one has requested the item.
  • May check out course textbooks from the Professor Reserve section for an extended period.

Richmont Students:

Community Patrons:

Copyright Law

United States copyright law protects the authors of “original works of authorship, including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works.” The Copyright Act does allow exceptions for the use of materials in an educational setting. Factors which favor the fair use of copyrighted materials include direct classroom use, research, criticism and comment, news reporting, and transformative or productive use which changes the work for new utility, such as a parody.

All Richmont library users are expected to observe copyright law. Campus librarians are available to help faculty find training sites for copyright compliance, and will attempt to point you to the appropriate service should you need to license copyrighted material.

Borrowing Rules

  • Treat all borrowed resources with care and respect. Do not highlight, dogear, underline, or otherwise mark in books. Do not use pencils for bookmarks, or place books open face down. Handle borrowed DVDs and CDs with care, making sure not to scratch or smudge the disks.
  • Should a borrower need to mark in a resource (such as pages from a workbook or treatment planner), the borrower is responsible for creating copyright-compliant photocopies for the pages they need to mark.
  • Should a borrower lose a resource, please let library staff know as soon as possible.
  • Please return all borrowed resources in a timely manner. The borrower should inform library staff before the due date should they need to renew a resource.
  • Borrowers are responsible for all items checked out in their name. Should an item be lost or damaged, the original borrower is responsible for all replacements costs.
  • Borrowers may not check out items for other people. The exception to this rule are graduate assistants, who during work hours may check out items requested by Richmont professors.
  • Borrowers should not depend on other people to return items to the library. The original borrower will be held responsible should the item be lost in transit.

Remote Borrowing and Inter-Library Loan

The Richmont Libraries is committed to helping faculty and students access the resources they need, no matter their geographical location. To this end, upon request, the Richmont Libraries provides remote members of the Richmont community with library materials either through the mail, by purchasing eBooks, or through sending copyright-legal chapter scans. Please note that borrowers are responsible for the safe return of all library resources sent through the mail, and will be required to pay replacement costs should items become lost or damaged in transit.

The Richmont Libraries provide robust inter-library loan services to all members of the Richmont community. However, should a book obtained through inter-library loan be lost, the borrower will be responsible for paying the replacement costs designated by the lending institution.