SF Mission Statement
In keeping with our values and goals, Santa Fe College, a comprehensive public institution of higher education serving North Central Florida and beyond, adds value to the lives of our students and enriches our community through excellence in teaching and learning, innovative educational programs and student services, and community leadership and service.
Library Mission Statement
The Lawrence W. Tyree Library supports Santa Fe College with knowledgeable staff, appropriate resources, and an environment that promotes user success and life-long learning.
Borrowing Privileges
Borrowing privileges are extended to all currently enrolled students and currently employed faculty and staff of Santa Fe College.
Reciprocal borrowing privileges are extended to currently enrolled students and currently employed faculty and staff of all Florida public colleges and universities.
Borrowing privileges are extended as a courtesy to adult education students, participants in the Displaced Homemaker (Focus on the Future) program, and retired SF faculty and staff.
Borrowing privileges are not extended to the general public.
Borrowing transactions require one of the following valid forms of photo identification. Patrons must also provide a correct college/university ID number. Verification of enrollment or employment may be required.
- Santa Fe College ID card (preferred)
- ID card issued by a Florida public college or university
- Driver's License or Permit (any U.S. state)
- Official State ID (any U.S. state)
- U.S. Military ID
- U.S. Permanent Residence card
- Passport (any country)
Laptop borrowers must sign a Use Form, outlining the borrower's responsibilities. Patrons who fail to follow library laptop policies will lose laptop borrowing privileges.
Overdue/lost items on a patron's record will preclude borrowing transactions. Items overdue or requested by another patron may not be renewed.
Items in the Reference and Periodicals Collections are non-circulating.
Classroom Collection videos may be retrieved by a proxy only if the instructor has authorized that proxy through the online request form or prior written arrangement with a circulation supervisor. All items will be charged to the instructor's account.
Borrowers may not lend library materials to a third party.
Loan limits and period are determined by patron type as follows:
SF Students
- Total Items Allowed: 10
- Database Access: Yes
- eBook Use: Yes
- ILL Use: Yes
- Circulating Books: 2-week loan, can be requested, renewable
- Circulating Media: 2-week loan, can be requested, renewable
- Classroom Collection: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Reserve Collection: Loan period determined by instructor placing item on reserve, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Laptops: in-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Headphones: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Calculators: In-house or 1-day loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
SF Staff (Full and Part Time)
- Total Items Allowed: 20
- Database Access: Yes
- eBook Use: Yes
- ILL Use: Yes
- Circulating Books: Due at end of semester, can be requested, renewable
- Circulating Media: 2-week loan, can be requested, renewable
- Classroom Collection: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Reserve Collection: Loan period determined by instructor placing item on reserve, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Laptops: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Headphones: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Calculators: In-house or 1-day loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
SF Faculty (Full Time, Adjunct, & Emeritus)
- Total Items Allowed: 50
- Database Access: Yes
- eBook Use: Yes
- ILL Use: Yes
- Circulating Books: Due at end of semester, can be requested, renewable
- Circulating Media: 2-week loan, can be requested, renewable
- Classroom Collection: 2-week loan, renewable, can be requested via online Classroom Collection Request form
- Reserve Collection: Loan period determined by instructor placing item on reserve, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Laptops: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Headphones: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Calculators: In-house or 1-day loan, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
Displaced Homemakers (Focus on the Future) Participants
- Total Items Allowed: 10
- Database Access: Yes
- eBook Use: Yes
- ILL Use: Yes
- Circulating Books: 2-week loan, can be requested, renewable
- Circulating Media: 2-week loan, can be requested, renewable
- Classroom Collection: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Reserve Collection: Loan period determined by instructor placing item on reserve, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Laptops: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Headphones: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Calculators: In-house or 1-day loan, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
Adult Education Students
- Total Items Allowed: 5
- Database Access: Yes
- eBook Use: Yes
- ILL Use: Yes
- Circulating Books: 2-week loan, can be requested, renewable
- Circulating Media: 2-week loan, can be requested, renewable
- Classroom Collection: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Reserve Collection: Loan period determined by instructor placing item on reserve, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Laptops: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Headphones: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Calculators: In-house or 1-day loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
Retired SF Faculty & Staff
- Total Items Allowed: 10
- Database Access: No
- eBook Use: Yes
- ILL Use: Yes
- Circulating Books: 2-week loan, can be requested, renewable
- Circulating Media: 2-week loan, can be requested, renewable
- Classroom Collection: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Reserve Collection: Loan period determined by instructor placing item on reserve, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Laptops: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Headphones: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Calculators: In-house or 1-day loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
Reciprocal Borrowers
Defined as students, faculty, & staff from all Florida public colleges and universities.
- Total Items Allowed: 5
- Database Access: No
- eBook Use: Yes
- ILL Use: No
- Circulating Books: 2-week loan, can be requested, renewable
- Circulating Media: 2-week loan, can be requested, renewable
- Classroom Collection: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Reserve Collection: Loan period determined by instructor placing item on reserve, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Headphones: In-house loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
- Calculators: In-house or 1-day loan, one item at a time, cannot be requested, nonrenewable
Overdue, Lost, Damaged, and Incorrect Return of Items
Patrons are responsible for all items that appear on their accounts.
Patrons who believe they should not be responsible for items that appear on their accounts may appeal in writing to a circulation supervisor.
Patrons are responsible for library materials left unattended at a service desk.
Laptops must be returned directly to a full-time library staff member. The library will charge replacement cost (as determined by the library) for a laptop placed in any of the library drop boxes.
Patrons may not tamper with laptops.
Returns of reserve materials, calculators, headphones and laptops are not accepted after 7 days overdue. Replacement cost (as determined by the Library) must be paid.
If a patron returns a returnable, paid-for lost item, a refund of the replacement cost will be made, providing the Library has not already replaced the item.
In the case of an interlibrary loan, the originating library's policies will apply.
Reserve Collection, Calculators, & Headphones
Item Not Returned by the Date/Time Due
- Item considered lost.
- Patron charged replacement cost (as determined by the library).
- Patron's record is flagged until the item is returned or payment is made.
Item Not Returned within 7 days after the Due Date
- Return no longer accepted.
- Patron must pay replacement cost (as determined by the library).
- Patron's record remains flagged until payment is made.
Item Returned Damaged
- Patron charged replacement cost (as determined by the library).
- Patron's record is flagged until payment is made.
Laptops
Item Not Returned by the Date/Time Due
- Item considered lost.
- Patron charged $10 per day late fine.
- Patron's record is flagged until the item is returned and payment is made.
Item Not Returned within 7 days after the Due Date
- Return no longer accepted.
- Patron must pay replacement cost (as determined by the library).
- Patron's record remains flagged until payment is made.
Item Returned Damaged
- Patron charged replacement cost (as determined by the library).
- Patron's record is flagged until payment is made.
Item Returned in Library Drop Box
- Patron charged replacement cost (as determined by the library).
- Patron's record is flagged until payment is made.
Classroom Collection
Item Not Returned by Date/Time Due
- Item considered lost.
- Patron charged replacement cost (as determined by the library).
- Patron's record is flagged until the item is returned or payment is made.
Item Returned Damaged
- Patron charged replacement cost (as determined by the library).
- Patron's record is flagged until payment is made.
All Other Items
Item Not Returned by Date/Time
- Item considered overdue.
Item Not Returned within 30 days after the Due Date
- Item considered lost.
- Patron charged replacement cost (as determined by the library).
- Patron's record remains flagged until the item is returned or payment is made.
Item Returned Damaged
- Patron charged replacement cost (as determined by the library).
- Patron's record is flagged until payment is made.
In the case of an interlibrary loan, the originating library's policies will apply.
Mutilation and Theft of Library Material
Attempted or actual theft or vandalism of and/or damage to library material constitutes a violation of Rule 7.23 Article III Section B of the SF Rules Manual. Violators are subject to the disciplinary sanctions outlined in that code.
In cases when library staff judge damage done to library material to be deliberate, the library will take the following action.
- First Minor Offense:
- Two week suspension of patron's library privileges.
- Summary of offense added to patron's library record.
- Campus Police will be notified in cases involving individuals not affiliated with SF College.
- Second Minor or First Major Offense:
- Permanent loss of patron's library privileges.
- Campus Police will be notified.
Any damage caused by the removal or attempted removal of library labels or security devices will be considered deliberate and evidence of an attempt to steal.
Proxy for Santa Fe Patrons with Disabilities
Any SF Library patron with a disability that might interfere with borrowing materials in person may authorize a proxy to borrow physical materials on their behalf.
Proxies need not have their own SF Library borrowing privileges.
All items will be placed on the authorizing patron’s account.
The authorizing patron assumes full responsibility for items borrowed on their behalf.
A proxy may renew items on the authorizing patron’s account.
Proxies will be required to show their own picture IDs consistent with the SF Library ID Policy.
The SF Library may share loan information from a patron’s account with that patron’s proxy. Loan information includes:
- Number and titles of items on a patron’s account.
- Due dates and overdue/lost status of items on a patron’s account.
- Titles and monetary amounts associated with outstanding fines/fees on a patron’s account.
All authorizations terminate at the end of each semester.
A patron may authorize or withdraw authorization for a proxy at any time using the SF Library Proxy Authorization Form.
Authorization or withdrawal of authorization will take effect upon receipt of a confirmation email from the SF Library.
Failure to follow any of these policies may result in loss of library privileges or disciplinary sanctions.
Santa Fe College is committed to an environment that embraces diversity, respects the rights of all individuals, is open and accessible, and is free of harassment and discrimination based on, but not limited to, ethnicity, race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, marital status, national origin, genetic information, political opinions or affiliations, and veteran status in all its programs, activities and employment. EA/EO notice.
Inquiries regarding non-discrimination polices should be directed to:
Equity Officer and Title IX Coordinator
3000 NW 83rd Street, R-Annex, Room 113, Gainesville, Florida 32606
352-395-5950
equity.officer@sfcollege.edu
Last updated 6/17/2020