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Library Access

Guests may bring their own mobile device and use the Library's wifi to access the internet as well as library resources while in the Library.

Library Cards

Union Students, Staff and Faculty

Current students, staff and faculty are issued an ID card which serves as a library card. ID cards are required for check-out of materials.

Union Alumni

Upon proof of alumni status, Union alumni are issued a guest card which allows them to borrow up to three (3) books. Media items are reserved for current faculty, staff, and students.

Library Guests

The following groups of guests are eligible to obtain a free guest library card.

  • Retired employees (faculty and staff) of 51社区
  • Current ministerial personnel (i.e. pastor, minister of music, minister of youth, associate pastor) from a church within 25 miles of 51社区
  • Current members of 51社区's Board of Trustees
  • Local academic or public librarians from the West Tennessee Academic Libraries Consortium
  • Spouses of current 51社区 faculty and staff members

Card holders must be at least 18 years old. A photo ID and proof of qualifying status must be supplied at the time of application. Guests are limited to three (3) books and may not check out media items. Loaning of guest cards is prohibited and the user should be prepared to show ID if asked.

Resource Sharing

A faculty member or current student from the colleges in the West Tennessee Academic Libraries Consortium (WeTALC) may use the 51社区 Library to check out up to 3 books. A current ID card is required at the time of check out. Union students may also use the libraries of these schools. Member schools of the consortium are:

  • Bethel College
  • Christian Brothers University
  • Dyersburg State Community College
  • Freed-Hardeman University
  • Jackson State Community College
  • Lane College
  • LeMoyne-Owen College
  • Rhodes College
  • Southern College of Optometry
  • Southwest Tennessee Community College
  • University of Memphis
  • University of Memphis at Lambuth
  • University of Tennessee at Martin
  • University of Tennessee at Memphis
  • University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis

Community Patrons

Members of the West Tennessee community may pay an annual fee of $60.00 for a guest card which entitles them to check out up to three (3) books at a time from the 51社区 Library. Media materials are for current students, faculty and staff only.

Loan Policies

Anyone wishing to check out materials from the 51社区 Library must have their ID card or guest card available.

The following loan periods have been established for each class of library users.

Loan Periods
Faculty Staff Undergraduate Graduate Alumni & Guests
Books Semester Three weeks Three weeks Three weeks Three weeks
DVD/Blu-ray One week One week Two days Two days Non-circulating
CDs One week Three days Three days Three days Non-circulating
Books on CD Two weeks Two weeks Two weeks Two weeks Non-circulating

Bound and current periodicals, Reference materials, Old and Rare collections and Special collections do not circulate.

Library patrons may check out a maximum of the following number of items depending on their patron classification.

Maximum Checkout Limits
Books Media Periodicals
Faculty 100 20 Non-circulating
Staff 20 3 Non-circulating
Undergraduate 20 3 Non-circulating
Graduate 50 3 Non-circulating
Guest 3 0 Non-circulating

Faculty may as needed. Students and staff have two renewals for a total of nine weeks per book. Guests have one renewal per item. Notices will be automatically sent out by email two days before items become due. Items can be renewed online at that time by going to /library/ and clicking on the Renew Materials tab. If someone has placed an item on hold, it will not be possible to renew the item online.

Overdues and Lost Items

Three overdue notices will be sent to students via email. If the item is not returned after being overdue for a month, the item is automatically declared lost and a fee in the amount of the cost of the item plus a $25.00 processing fee and a $10.00 overdue fine is charged to the account. A student's ID is blocked if there are three or more items checked out which are overdue, or if there are unpaid fines in excess of $10.00. The student must return the books and pay the fines before charging any more materials.

Alumni and guests may not check out additional materials until all overdue books have been returned and fines paid.

Fines

Fines are charged to students, alumni and guests at the following rates. Guests must pay all fines and fees before borrowing additional items. Students will be blocked from further borrowing when a fine total of $10.00 has accrued.

Fines for overdue materials
Books .25 per day
DVD/Blu-ray $1.00 a day
CDs $1.00 a day
Restricted Reserve $1.00 a day
One Day Reserve $2.00 a day