MMC Student Lending Policies
All Martin students must present a valid student ID in order to check out items.
Students may check out books for two weeks. Reference books and magazines may not be checked out. Audio-visual materials, such as videos, may be checked out for two days. Reserve materials loan periods vary from professor to professor and range from two hours to one week in duration. Books may be renewed if not wanted by another borrower.
Borrowers are responsible for all materials signed out in their names. Do not lend your card, or any items checked out on your card, to anyone else. Cards may be used only by the person to whom they are issued.
You cannot borrow library materials without presenting your card. We will hold books for up to 24 hours if you forget your card. If your card is lost, please notify us as soon as possible.
Faculty and Staff Lending Policies
Faculty may check out circulating books for a semester. At the end of each semester you will be sent a list of books checked out to you and will be asked if you want them renewed. Other staff, and faculty or staff spouses, may check out books for two weeks. Faculty library cards are not typically issued. Instead an individual patron record is maintained. We can create a card if that is your wish.
Faculty may also make arrangements to borrow items, such as reference books or magazines which do not normally circulate, Please contact a librarian. Faculty and staff may borrow videos for home use for one week.
You are responsible for items signed out in your name, so please be careful about lending these items to students.
Lending Policies for the General Public
Adult residents of Giles and surrounding counties may apply for library cards, which they must present in order to check out library materials. A valid photo ID with current address must be presented when applying, and cards are good for one year. Students from high schools in Giles County can also apply for cards if they can produce a suitable ID. Students not 18 years of age must have a parent or guardian sign their library form. Children who are under 16 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian while in the Warden library.
Public users may check out books for two weeks. Reference books, magazines, and items in the Teacher’s Resource Center may not be checked out. Audio-visual materials, with the exception of DVD’s, may be checked out for two days. Books may be renewed if not wanted by another borrower: Books may be renewed once by phone, or by using our web site. All subsequent renewals must be done in person. Public users are limited to a maximum of five items at any one time.
Borrowers are responsible for all materials signed out in their names. Do not lend your card, or any items checked out on your card, to anyone else. Cards may be used only by the person to whom they are issued; we may ask for a second ID at any time.
You may not borrow library materials without presenting your card. We will hold books for up to 24 hours if you forget your card. If your card is lost, please notify us as soon as possible.
