All UCC students enrolled in for-credit classes have a library account created for them upon registering for classes. Their library card number is their 800#, and the barcode on their student ID card serves as their library card. This library card grants them access to physical & digital library materials both on and off campus. They are also eligible to access course reserve items (i.e. textbooks), library reserve items (i.e. laptops & calculators), the library computer lab, and free black & white printing (in the library computer lab).
UCC Faculty, Staff, & Administrators are eligible for library cards while employed by the College. Their library card number is their 800#, and this grants them access to physical & digital library materials both on and off campus.
Residents of the UCC Service District are welcome to apply for a UCC Library card. UCC Service District residents may obtain a library card by filling out an application and showing identification with a current UCC Service District address. Any applicants under the age of 18, if not UCC students, must have the co-signature of a parent or legal guardian.
They will be issued a physical card upon completion of the application process. This card grants them access to physical & digital library materials. Digital library materials are available to community users while in the UCC Library only.
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By using a library computer, you agree to abide by the UCC Acceptable Use Policy. All use of college-owned equipment and network services must be in compliance with applicable UCC policies, procedures and guidelines as well as the laws of the State of Oregon.
Exceptions to these Guidelines may be approved by the Library Director, Student Media Technician, or other library staff.
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Every borrower is responsible for all materials checked out on his/her account. Qualifying community borrowers are issued a free UCC library card; a replacement card is available for $1.00. Materials will be charged out only to individuals with a current UCC Library account.
Library books may be checked out for a period of three weeks. No more than 10 may be checked out to a borrower account at any one time.
Reserve material can be checked out to current UCC students only; loan periods and restrictions vary according to the Instructor for the class.
Library materials may be renewed twice unless they are recalled, requested by another patron, overdue, or placed on reserve.
The UCC Library does not charge overdue fines at this time. Patrons with items 4 weeks overdue will be billed for full replacement cost, plus a non-refundable $5.00 processing fee, which will be entered as a "hold" on the campus computer system, stopping registration and all student transactions. Fines will be waived when items are returned in good, working condition. Overdue materials cannot be renewed. Overdue fines are nonrefundable.
Borrowers with overdue materials and/or fines totaling more than $5.00 may not be allowed to check out materials.
The library user is responsible for the return of borrowed materials. Lost or damaged library materials must be paid for at full replacement value. Damaged materials are items that cannot be repaired; all damaged or long overdue materials are subject to a $5.00 processing fee.
Damaged items will be held at the circulation desk for 30 days after notification to the borrower. A non-refundable $5.00 processing fee is added to the cost for replacing items. The full replacement value less the processing fee will be refunded or credited to your account for materials returned within one year of the original due date.
Overdue fines, processing fees, and collections services fees will still apply to your account and may vary depending on the item. Return of items overdue for more than one year after the original due date will not be accepted in the library at any time before or after payment and will not result in the reduction of fines, fees, or replacement costs.
Reasons generally not regarded as valid for canceling or reducing charges:
Term reserves are checked out for one term with the due date the last Friday of term. Students must return items at the end of each term, failure to return items within 2-weeks of the term's end will be reported to Student Accounts and a hold will be placed on their accounts.
Students who keep Reserve items significantly past the time they are due, preventing other students from using the material, may be referred to the Office of Student Conduct and the instructor for the class using the material.
Loan periods and other limits for reserve materials will be determined by the instructor. Any exceptions must be in writing, or direct phone contact between the instructor and library staff.
If a student owes a $5.00 overdue fine for the late return of a library laptop, they cannot check out another laptop until they pay the full $5.00.
Students who habitually return damaged items may be referred to the Office of Student Conduct and have their library privileges limited or revoked.
Exceptions to these Guidelines may be approved by the Library Director.
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The UCC Library provides access to collections sufficient in quality, depth, diversity, format, and currency to support instructional programs, curriculum, and the academic learning environment. The library strives to provide a collection that is responsive to the evolving needs of students, faculty, staff, programs, that enables learning, creativity and innovation, and that supports diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The library provides user-friendly and accessible interfaces with multiple access points to its collections. The library strives to apply principles of Universal Design for all of the access points for its collections in order to improve their discoverability and usability.
The library maintains the technology and infrastructure needed to provide the collections and discovery services.
The collection is assessed by credentialed Librarians to determine how well it supports instructional programs, curriculum, and the academic learning environment. Assessment is done on an ongoing basis and reported annually in the library’s annual assessment report. A collection development plan for the upcoming year is made based upon the assessment report. The assessment report also informs the library’s marketing plan and information literacy instruction.
Collection assessment and development is ongoing. Faculty representatives from each program are consulted annually to determine their collection needs in order to support the curriculum and instruction so that their students can meet course learning outcomes. This includes consideration of subject, digital or print format, accessibility, usability, diversity, equity, inclusion, future marketing of the material to students and information literacy instruction. Budgetary changes related to the collection are included in the annual budget process. While the library works closely with faculty to make collection development decisions, the library director makes the final collection development decisions in order to create a balanced collection to support the academic goals of the college.
The collection is available to community members who live within the UCC Service District after obtaining a UCC library card. Access to digital collections is only available from within the UCC Library for community members.
Complaints regarding the collection will be directed to the library director. Complainants will be asked to submit their complaint in writing. A library committee which will include at least one credentialed librarian and faculty member will review the material and the complaint and make a final decision regarding the collection. The complainant will receive a written response regarding the final decision.
The collection includes electronic and print material, including journals, books, reference material, media, magazines, news, academic websites, and software.
The library supports the following statements from the American Library Association and the Film and Media Round Table of the American Library Association.
The library provides interlibrary loan (ILL) service to students, faculty, and staff in order to provide them with access to material that is not included in the library collection. The library maintains consortial memberships in order to share resources and obtain reduced pricing for collections. The library continually seeks consortial memberships and resources sharing agreements which would provide the collections needed while rescuing the collections cost.
The library does not purchase these textbooks, but rather they are purchased by ASUCC or provided by individual faculty members or departments. The library collaborates with faculty and ASUCC to purchase and maintain the reserve collection. The library also houses and facilitates the checkout and replacement of textbooks provided by specific programs to students for term-checkout.
The library houses and facilitates the checkout of technology purchased by other programs. The library also purchases technology to meet the specific needs of students, such as laptops for current student use, graphing and financial calculators.
When selecting material, the library considers the collection as a whole and selects or deselects material based upon:
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Course reserves are defined as material such as books, articles, and video used for teaching and learning in a course. These materials are for use by current UCC students only.
Course reserves, both physical and electronic (e-reserves), will be provided in a manner that respects Fair Use rights, the rights of copyright holders, copyright law, and applicable licenses.
Course reserve materials will be:
The library will provide links to licensed, full-text versions of e-reserve material when available. E-reserves will be made available to UCC students through Canvas, requiring authentication, on a term-by-term basis.
According to Fair Use guidelines, only limited amounts of copyrighted work will be made available as e-reserves during a particular term. The UCC Library guidelines suggest book selections are limited to 15% of the book and journal selections are limited to two articles from all issues of the journal. When requested for a student accommodation from Accessibility Services, the amount used may include an entire book or more than two articles form a journal when a version in an accessible format is unavailable.
E-reserves will include the complete citation and the following copyright notice:
Any unpublished materials that are not the intellectual property of the requesting instructor will require the author’s written permission in order to be placed on reserve. Written permission should include the author's name, signature, title of the work, and the date permission was granted.
When use of a reserve item would no longer be considered Fair Use, the library will remove the item from reserve and, when applicable, request permission for use from the copyright holder.
Physical reserve materials will be made available for check-out for a limited period of time so that they can be used by other students during the term.
Exceptions to these Guidelines may be approved by the Library Director.
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Library laptops are available to currently registered UCC students in for-credit classes only. Laptops check out for one term, and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Only one laptop at a time may be borrowed by an individual. When picking up a laptop, all students must show a current photo ID.
Laptops must be returned no later than the last Friday of the term in which they were borrowed. The student to whom the laptop is checked out is responsible for all associated costs if the laptop or peripheral is lost, stolen, damaged, or overdue. Replacement costs for items that are lost, damaged (beyond repair), or stolen are: laptop-up to $1000; adapter-up to $50; carry bag-up to $50. All are subject to applicable processing fees.
For technical assistance with your laptop, please contact the UCC Library Tech Help Desk at (541) 440-4711. For all other questions, please contact the Library at 541-440-4640 or library@umpqua.edu.
The UCC Library is not liable for any data loss. Be sure to save your work to cloud storage or an external flash drive.
You must comply with all library guidelines and college policies regarding use of technology.
Exceptions to these Guidelines may be approved by the Library Director.
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The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
Persons using any equipment in the library are responsible for any instances of infringement.
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phone records or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include -
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Interlibrary loan is a service offered by the UCC Library which enables current UCC students, faculty, and staff to borrow materials from other libraries throughout the United States.
Currently enrolled UCC students, and currently employed faculty and staff members are eligible to request ILL services through the UCC Library. All communications regarding ILL items must be made using current UCC email addresses, and UCC students and staff must include their UCC ID number (if different than their UCC email address) in order for the library to process their request.
Interlibrary loan services are not available to community users at the UCC Library.
The UCC Library makes every attempt to locate no-cost items for ILL requests. In the event that there is a cost associated with an item the UCC Library will contact the patron in advance of placing the request. The patron is responsible for any additional costs associated with the item(s).
Digital materials (e.g., journal articles) will be sent to UCC students, faculty, and staff via current UCC email addresses. These are typically in PDF form, and do not need to be returned to the library unless otherwise noted.
For physical materials (e.g., print books), the library will notify UCC students, faculty, and staff via current UCC email addresses when requested materials are available for pick-up at the library.
The UCC Library must abide by any restrictions placed by the lending library on borrowed materials, therefore circulation guidelines may vary from those typically enacted by the UCC Library. The due date will be affixed to the borrowed material. If renewals are allowed by the lending library, a renewal request must be made in advance of the specified due date. Any materials circulated must be returned promptly in the same condition as they were loaned. Overdue, damaged, and/or lost items will be charged an amount determined by the lending library, not the UCC Library. Any fees/fines assessed will be reported to the appropriate department (e.g., Student Accounts).
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials.
Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.
Exceptions to these Guidelines may be approved by the Library Director.
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All service animals must be on a leash at all times, no exceptions
UCC Policy recognizes dogs and miniature horses as the only acceptable types of service animals
Every UCC student, faculty, or staff member approved for a Service Animal is given an accommodation letter that indicates approval of a Service Animal. In the interest of safety to others, it is within the rights of library/college staff to request to see that accommodation letter for verification, only the portion that pertains to services animals.
Emotional Support Animals are not allowed in any UCC buildings other than assigned dormitories without explicit approval by the appropriate parties (Accessibility Coordinator for students, Human Resources for faculty and staff).
Community users must adhere to the same rules and regulations as those of UCC faculty, staff, and students. In the event that a community user or their service animal does not adhere to these specifications, it is within the rights of library/college staff to ask them to leave.
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The UCC Library Tech Help Desk can provide the following services for students:
The UCC Library Tech Help Desk is geared towards servicing UCC students. UCC faculty/staff members should reach out to the IT Service Department and/or their home departments for assistance unless it relates to the use of UCC Library resources.
The UCC Library Tech Help Desk is geared towards servicing UCC students and does not provide assistance to public patrons unless it relates to the use of UCC Library resources.
The UCC Library Tech Help Desk cannot update phone numbers for multifactor authentication (MFA). Students will need to submit a request through UCC Helpdesk Ticketing or fill out a Student Record Change Form, which is also available at the Sue Shaffer Learning Commons & Library, and submit the form to Registration and Records.
The UCC Library Tech Help Desk cannot perform hardware repairs/upgrades or install operating systems/software other than required software for educational purposes on student-owned devices. If a device is having hardware issues, students should refer to the manufacturer or a repair facility.
The UCC Library Tech Help Desk can offer guidance to students on how to install personal software on personal computers and/or other tech devices, but are unable to do so for them.
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The UCC Library is a member institution of the American Library Association
A framework of values and ethical responsibilities for the profession of librarianship.
The principles of this Code are expressed in broad statements to guide ethical decision making. These statements provide a framework; they cannot and do not dictate conduct to cover particular situations.
Adopted at the 1939 Midwinter Meeting by the ALA Council; amended June 30, 1981; June 28, 1995; January 22, 2008; and June 29, 2021.
The library maintains the right to ask all individuals in the library building who do not follow the UCC Student Code of Conduct and these library rules of conduct to leave the library.
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