Madigan Library: Borrowing Materials

*Faculty and staff may check out a maximum of thirty (30) items total to their library account. They can also only have a maximum of five (5) items overdue at any given time. If either of these maximums occur, the employee’s account will be blocked from further checkouts.

Advanced Media Reservation Requests for Classroom Instruction

To reserve a DVD for use in the classroom, fill out an advanced media request form, email the Circulation Desk, or call ext. 7815.

Borrowing Laptops

Laptop computers are available for loan to part-time and full-time faculty and staff for purposes of off-campus use to support the instructional, administrative, or public relations processes of the institution. These laptops are available on a first-come, first-served basis and may be requested by completing a laptop reservation form. Please allow 24 hours for processing requests. If special software or accessories are requested, please allow 3 business days to process the request.

Laptops can be borrowed for up to two weeks at a time. Laptops must be picked up at and returned to the Main Circulation Desk in the library. A photo ID card must be presented when picking up the laptop.

Charge Materials Using a Proxy

A faculty member who selects a student, secretary, or someone else as a proxy to charge out material for the faculty member's use must present an authorization form, completed and signed by the faculty member, to one of the circulation staff for approval. The faculty member is responsible for any charges.

*Community members, alumni, and retirees may check out a maximum of three (3) items total to their library account. They can also only have a maximum of one (1) item overdue at any given time. If either of these maximums occur, the member’s account will be blocked from further checkouts.

Information for the Local Community

The Madigan Library offers free memberships to residents of Lycoming County, 18 years and older (proof of residency required), to current students, faculty and staff of higher education institutions of the United States, to Penn College alumni, and to persons affiliated with Penn College through current service on a college board.

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Madigan Library, please download and complete our membership form. Once completed, bring the form and a photo ID to our Main Circulation Desk. Please allow five (5) business days for membership accounts to be activated. In order to check out library resources, you must have completed a membership form. Members must show a photo ID to check out materials. The library may at times give priority service to College-affiliated users and may limit visitors' access to select facilities, collections, and services.

Community members may:

• Borrow books and DVDs from the main collection
• Use journals, magazines, newspapers, and reference materials in-house
• Use the online catalog
• Use the photocopiers (10 cents per copy)
• Use magnifiers (available at the Main Circulation Desk)
• Use headphones (available at the Main Circulation Desk)
• Use the scanner (available in the reference area)
• Attend presentations that are open to the general public

The following items are not available to community members:

• Access to computers
• Access to library databases
• Instructional collection items
• Course reserve items
• Media equipment
• Interlibrary loan
• Exhibit/display space

Children in the Library

The library supports open access to the Internet and there may be materials inappropriate for young children found in print and electronic collections. For this reason, children 14 years old or younger must be accompanied by an adult while in the library.

Children should never be left unsupervised. Parents are responsible for children's behavior and use of the library materials including access to electronic resources.