Library Policies & Services

Who Can Borrow?
Materials may be borrowed by: currently registered students, students enrolled in other local colleges, employees of the local business and industrial community (a current South Carolina Driver's License is needed), and community residents from Spartanburg, Cherokee & Union counties (a current South Carolina Driver's License is needed for identification).
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How long Can I Borrow?
 StudentsFaculty/StaffCommunity Loan
Books 21 days Semester 14 days
AV (Circulating) 3 days 14 days 3 days
AV (Non-Circulating) In House 14 days In House
Periodicals In House 14 days In House
Vertical File 14 days 14 days 14 days
Reference In House In House In House
Reserves In House/3 days In House/3 days In House
CD-ROM's In House In House In House
Other A/V 14 days Semester 3 days

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Overdue Fines
 Students & Community LoanFaculty & Staff
Books 5 cents/day (with maximum of $5.00/item)Fine Exempt
Vertical File 5 cents/day (with maximum of $5.00/item)Fine Exempt
AV $1 / day (with maximum of $5.00/item)Fine Exempt
Reserves 25 cents/day (with maximum of $10.00/item)Fine Exempt
Netbooks $1 / day Fine Exempt

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Renewals
Patrons can renew items in person, by phone or online. Books can be renewed 2 times, videos 3 times. Patrons can not renew items that are overdue, have been assumed lost status or items that have reached the maximum renewal limit.
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Library Collection
The Library's collection supports the academic and personal needs of SCC students, staff, and faculty, as well as members of the local business community. Our Library Catalog, contains a listing of all the materials in our library. We also have numerous electronic resources availalbe on our Find Articles Page.
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Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary Loan (reqeusting materials from another libary) services are provided to SCC faculty, staff, and students, as well as to members of the local business community. If you would like to request materials from another academic library in South Carolian, see the Pascal Delivers Service.
There is no charge for borrowing books, but articles are $1 each. SCC faculty and staff may charge work-related requests to their departments.
Please check our Library Catalog before you submit your request. If an item is unavailable at SCC, we will be happy to place an ILL request. You can submit requests by filling out an ILL form in the library or by completing one of the electronic forms below.
Article Request Form
Book Request Form
Most ILL requests are filled quickly, but hard-to-find items may take several weeks. Please allow plenty of time. The library staff will notify you when your request is available.
The Spartanburg Community College Library participates in the Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET), sharing the resources of member libraries. To date, there are approximately 22 million items in the database, including serial titles and AV materials, all of which are readily accessible on-line. This information is part of a larger database belonging to the OCLC Online System. Our Library's subscription to this service is primarily for the purposes of interlibrary loan. It allows us to search the location of an item, find out the loan policy of the library that owns it, and generate a request.
If an item belongs to a library outside the Southeastern library group, we can still request the item by mail or by phone, and count on their spirit of cooperation and professional courtesy.
Our interlibrary loan service is extended to all faculty, staff and current students. In order to request an item on interlibrary loan, one should fill out a "Spartanburg Community College Interlibrary Loan Request" form (see Librarian). The more information you can supply, the better chance you have of getting the exact item you need in a speedy manner. It is best to supply all pertinent information. However, certain information must be present in order to generate a request. They are the numbered entries on the form. Numbers 1 through 5 apply to all requests; number 6 and/or number 7 applies to journal or book material.
Even in the age of computers, it still takes time to communicate and activate responses, so always submit your requests as early as possible. However, if a sudden need arises unexpectedly, let the librarian know the urgent nature of your request, and extra efforts will be made, such as: personal phone calls, special delivery, use of FAX machine, etc.
The Library will try its best to provide this service in a timely and accurate manner. Feel free to take full advantage of this extra resource available to us, and ask the librarian for assistance if you have any questions in formulating your request.
For more information, please call Louise Pritcher at (864) 592-4769
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Library Orientation
Library orientation or bibliographic instruction is available upon request for day or evening classes or one-on-one sessions with individual students. Please make arrangements with the Public Services Librarian (see our Staff Page) prior to bringing a class to the Library. Instructors must attend with their classes. The Library staff will be happy to present classes tailored to a specific subject or assignment. Please make requests early so that we can make sure we can accommodate your class.
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Reference Services
Reference services are provided in person, over the telephone, and via email. Call us at 592-4654, or Ask-A-Librarian via email.
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Reserve Collection
Upon an instructor's request, material can be placed in the Reserve Collection at the circulation desk. Reserve material can be "Library Use Only" or have a short circulation period of 3 days. Please come by the library or call (864) 592-4764.
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Study Room Policy
Study Room Policy
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Laptop Use Policy
Laptop Use Policy
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Netbook Use Policy
Netbook Use Policy
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Confidentiality of Library User's Records
Confidentiality Policy
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SC's Library Responsibility Law
State Library Responsibility Law Policy
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Library Internet Use
All Internet use should be consistent with the philosophy, goals, and objectives of the College as an educational and socially responsible institution within the community. Priority use in the Library will be activities in support of the academic curriculum.
The following specific rules of Internet usage apply to faculty, staff, students, and public access:
1. Users have a responsibility to be aware of materials that may be objectionable to others when using computer facilities in public areas. Monitors and printers in public areas should not be used to display or print materials that might be defined as harassing or obscene.
2. The use of Internet software is encouraged and normally uses very little College resources. However when downloading, particularly during prime business hours, the load from an Internet user may not be acceptable. Internet users are requested to pay particular attention to document size before downloading. Copyrighted books, software, or graphics should not be downloaded unless written permission is granted explicitly. Software may not be loaded to the Personal Computer Servers or Administrative computer system without the permission of the Director of Information Technologies. Unapproved software will be removed by the Technical Support personnel without warning. The downloading of viruses, "worms", "logic bombs", or similar destructive agents, is not permitted for any reason including educational interest.
3. Gaming, including MOO's, MUDS's, and IRC (Internet Relay Chat), is considered non-essential to educational communications. Internet gaming is prohibited in the Library.
4. Misuse of this resource will cause a user's access to be revoked. Faculty and staff who abuse the system will be referred to the college disciplinary policies as outlined in the personnel procedures of the College. Students who abuse the system will be referred to college disciplinary policies as outlined in The Student Code. Community patrons who abuse the system will have all library privileges revoked. Broad areas of abuse include, but is not limited to, criminal activity, personal profit, harassing or obscene material, and copyright violations. Internet activity is not necessarily private. All electronic transmissions are identified by a Spartanburg Community College account number and therefore the user is not anonymous. Users of the Spartanburg Community College system directly and indirectly represent the College and use should be conducted within these parameters.
5. To preserve the responsiveness to class and business operations, any user using a disproportionate amount of resources may be stopped or suspended temporarily without notification.
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Library Computer Use
The computer resources located in the SCC Library are available to support the goals of the College and to assisting students reach their educational goals.
The following rules of usage apply to faculty, staff, students, community patrons, and public access:
1. General Use: All computer resources and facilities of Spartanburg Community College, are to be used solely for legitimate and authorized academic, instructional, research, administrative, and public services purposes. Misuse will cause a user's access to be revoked. Faculty and staff who abuse the system will be referred to college disciplinary policies as outlined in the personnel procedures of the College. Students who abuse the system will be referred to college disciplinary policies as outlined in The Student Code. Community patrons who abuse the system will have all library privileges revoked. Software: Software provided by Spartanburg Community College can only be used on the computer equipment specified in the software license. A person may not copy or reproduce any licensed software on College computing equipment, except as expressly permitted by the software license. Users may not use unauthorized copies of software on College-owned computer or on personal computers housed in College facilities. Unauthorized use of software is regarded as a serious matter and any such use is without the College's consent. The Computer Center is responsible for loading, maintaining, and controlling access to the software on the network. The loading of ANY user or departmental software to the network file servers is to be done only with approval and assistance of the Computer Center personnel. Any software found on the network file servers that is not authorized will be immediately removed.
2. Privacy and Integrity of Individual Accounts: Computer facilities and accounts are owned by the College. All access to central computer systems, including the issuing of passwords, must be approved through Information Technologies and its respective departments. All access to departmental computer systems must be approved by the department head or authorized representative. Loopholes in computer system security or knowledge of special passwords is not to be used to damage computer systems or for personal gain. Personal gain is defined as obtaining extra resources from another user, gaining access to systems, or using systems for which proper authorization has not been given. Computer accounts are for individual use unless it is a special group account. A user may not attempt to use an account assigned to another person. A person may not give access to their account to others. A user is responsible for all actions taken with their account. Providing false or misleading information for the purpose of obtaining access to computing facilities is prohibited. A person will not attempt to discover another persons password. Programs and files are confidential unless they have explicitly been made available to other authorized individuals. Technical Support personnel of Information Technologies may access other files only when necessary for maintenance of system integrity and others user's security.
3. Personal Responsibility: Users have a responsibility to be aware of materials that may be objectionable to others when using computer facilities. Monitors and printers in public areas should not be used to display or print materials that might be defined as harassing or obscene. Users should not assume that computer use is private. Users also have a responsibility to be aware of the limited nature of computer resources in a Library environment. Access may be limited by Library staff at any time without notice.
4. Because computer resources are limited, non-essential use of computing facilities such as game playing--including MUD's, MOO's, or any other type of interactive or stand alone gaming or the use of computer facilities such as IRC (Internet Relay Chat)--is prohibited in the Library.
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Mission Statement
The purpose of the Spartanburg Community College Library is to provide a variety of user-oriented library services designed to meet the needs of all academic, continuing education, distance education, transitional studies and community interest programs offered at Spartanburg Community College. The Library supports these programs at all locations by developing collections in a systematic and comprehensive manner, making these materials easily available, assisting in the use of these materials, and providing remote access to library services and resources for students, faculty and staff.
The Library supports the College's mission to advance the economic development of our region by preparing students to enter the job market, transfer to senior colleges and universities and assist them in achieving their professional and personal goals by providing effective, accessible, and high quality information services. The Library also provides materials of cultural interest to students, in that the combination of these offerings enhances career and educational preparation at Spartanburg Community College. Through excellence in teaching and learning, the college promotes lifelong learning and helps students reach their personal and professional goals.
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