Services for ...
Amherst College Staff
eligibility: Regular Staff at Amherst College may borrow items from the Five College Collection. Patrons must have a valid Amherst ID card to charge out books and are responsible for all items charged out with their card.
materials available for check out: Items from the circulating and course reserve collections at Frost Library, Keefe Science Library, Olds Math library and Morgan Music Library. Items housed at the Amherst College Depository or the Five College Library Depository may be requested through the online catalog or directly from the library homepage. Amherst periodicals are available for 3 day loans. AC Media materials are available for 5 day loans.
materials available for use in the library: items from Archives & Special Collections.
loan periods: The regular loan period is 365 days with up to three renewals. Reserve materials can be charged for three hours. Items that have been recalled for other patrons have shortened due dates and cannot be renewed. 5 College materials circulate for 28 days with renewals varying from institution to institution.
fines: Faculty and staff are not liable for overdue fines.
replacement charges: Patrons will be sent an email notice for items not returned within 28 days of the due date. The overdue notice will state the title, call number and date due of the overdue material. If the library is believed to be in error, patrons are asked to contact Judy Lively (jflively) at the Frost Circulation Desk. Replacement charges may be levied for special equipment, but ordinarily it is not the policy to charge faculty or staff for lost or missing books.
notification: Notifications of recalls and overdues will be sent by e-mail if an email address is available, otherwise, notification will be sent via campus mail.
other library services: InterLibrary Loans. Research Assistance. Purchase Requests.
Send comments to Margaret Adams Groesbeck (magroesbeck)