Periodicals must be used in the library.

Video tapes and DVDs are located in the Video Center, Room 230 on the 2nd Level of the Library. The room is kept locked but you may request any video at the Circulation Desk.  You can find out if the library has a particular video by searching the Library Online Catalog or by browsing the Video List posted outside of Room 230.  With the exception of those videos placed on reserve for a class, videos and DVDs may be checked out of the library for three weeks or viewed on a machine in room 234 or room 235. The VCR/DVD players in rooms 234 and 235 are available for use at any time by giving your Carlow I.D. to the staff member at the Circulation Desk. However, the Video Center can be accessed only when a librarian is present.*

*If you would like to view or check out a video/DVD when a librarian is not present (9pm-midnights on Mondays - Thursdays and Sunday afternoons) then please call the Circulation Desk ahead of time and ask the librarian to remove the video from the Video Center and reserve it for you. The video will then be held at the Circulation Desk for you to view in-house or borrow during those times that the library is open but no librarian is present.

Audiovisual materials such as records and cassette tapes are located on the 4th level of Grace Library. These materials are accessible during regular library hours and must be checked out from the Circulation Desk. These items circulate for three weeks. To borrow these materials a librarian need not be present.

Books should be returned to the Circulation Desk during hours when the library is open. When the building is closed, books may be returned via the book depository in the foyer. Audiovisual materials must be returned to the Circulation Desk. Do not put them in the book depository.

If there is a book or video you would like the library to purchase, then submit a Book/Video Suggestion form. Blank forms and a submission box are located on every floor of the library or you can fill out the online suggestion form.

Access to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th levels of Grace Library via the elevator is restricted to staff. Exceptions will be made only for patrons with disabilities who should contact Joan House, Disabilities Services Provider, 412-578-6257 for assistance.

If an item you need is available only in a library outside the city, you may obtain the material by requesting an interlibrary loan. Bear in mind that interlibrary loans are made through the U.S. Postal Service and require an average of two weeks to complete. In the case of journal articles, the lending library will usually not lend the journal but will photocopy the article for you. Many libraries charge a fee for interlibrary loan and Grace Library will recover any costs from you. Please remember that interlibrary loan requests are subject to the copyright compliance law stated below.

Copyright Compliance, Title 17, U.S.C The copyright law of the United States (title 17, USC) 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 for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement. Carlow University, Grace Library reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order or an ILL request if, in its judgment , fulfillment of the order would involve violation of the copyright law.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY MATERIAL YOU BORROW FROM THESE LIBRARIES. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FINES, SERVICE CHARGES, REPLACEMENT COSTS, ETC., WHICH YOU INCUR AT THESE LIBRARIES.

For more information about Interlibrary loan contact the Coordinator of Public Services, 412-578-6139

Internet access is available on all of the library PCs. This account allows access to the World Wide Web. Use is intended for academic research only (that means NO email, chat rooms, instant messaging, entertainment web sites, no downloads or games) and is limited to 1/2 hour per search session if another patron is waiting to use the machine.

Library hours are posted in the glass case in the foyer of the 2nd level entrance to the Library. In addition, special flyers are distributed each semester announcing library hours. Library hours are also posted on the Grace Library Hours page.

The Grace Library collections are protected by a security system located at the 2nd level exit of the Library. This is the only exit from the library (except in an emergency situation). If the alarm sounds, you should return immediately to the Circulation Desk to verify that all library materials have been checked out properly. Grace Library reserves the right to inspect any packages or bags for library materials.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL OF LIBRARY BOOKS OR VANDALIZING LIBRARY MATERIALS OR PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED A CRIME PUNISHABLE UNDER PENNSYLVANIA LAW. (PA State Crimes Code. Sec B929.1, 1990.)

Carlow University is a smoke free campus and smoking is not allowed anywhere in the Grace Library Building. Food and drink may be consumed in the library lounge only. Please cooperate with us in this request.