Library Policy #26: Non-Circulating Material

This policy covers library materials housed in the Addlestone Library. It may also be applied at the Marine Resources Library, Lowcountry Graduate Center Library and other College of Charleston libraries.

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The Libraries may designate materials in the general collections as non circulating. The following categories of materials are pertinent:

• 2.1.1 Cataloged materials which contain supplements or pocket parts
• 2.1.2 Bound classified journals.
• 2.1.3 Serials whose most recent editions are housed in reference and the earlier volumes must be readily accessible at all times for reference purposes (e.g., Supreme Court Reporter, Math Reviews).
• 2.1.4 Musical scores which are not appropriate for use in orchestral or vocal settings, but are used on a reference basis.
• 2.1.5 Sets with individual volumes which cannot easily be used alone, such as census materials and statistical sets.

The library staff recognizes that the non circulating designation is often restricting and uses it infrequently.

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Librarians will make recommendations to the Assistant Dean for Public Services who has the authority for finalizing these location decisions.

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All material designated as non circulating must be stripped with security strips.

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Drafted: Dean of Librarians August 21, 1991
Reviewed: Librarians August 21, 1991
Approved: Dean of Librarians August 21, 1991

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