Carrel use rules

Overview

Follow the rules below when using your carrel.

Rules

• Carrels are library space, and others may use your carrel when it isn’t occupied.

• You may decorate your carrel, but items that do not comply with fire code or that interfere with the safety of other patrons or the collection are not allowed. Restricted items include desk lamps, string lights, electrical appliances, furniture, sheets and carpets. If you have a question about what is or isn’t allowed, please inquire at the Circulation Desk.

• You must check out all books that you plan to keep in your carrel, and all items in your carrel are subject to LITS’ borrowing and renewal policies. Please note that your loan period may be shortened if an item in your carrel is needed for course reserves or requested by another person. Recalled items must be returned by the date specified on the recall notice, not by the original due date.

• Your carrel will be checked periodically, and a “Carrel Slip” will be inserted in each library book that is checked out to you. Reference books and books that are not checked out cannot be kept in carrels and will be returned to the stacks so that they are available to all patrons.  

• We discourage leaving valuable items in your carrel, as this is still library space, and other students and visitors may use the desk when you are not there.

• Your carrel must be emptied by the Friday following Commencement so that it can be cleaned over the summer.

Do you have questions about carrel selection and use?  Please contact the Circulation Desk.  Email us at libcirc@mtholyoke.edu or call us at 413-538-2622.