Policies & Regulations ~ Policy for Library Services to the General Public

For purposes of this policy, general public refers to all persons who are not members of any of the following CSUMB or CSU affiliated groups: currently enrolled students; current faculty and staff; retired faculty and staff; alumni association members; and current students, faculty, and staff at local institutions which have cooperative borrowing agreements with the CSUMB Library.

The general public may consult or photocopy library materials. At present, library materials may not be checked out to the general public. Library materials include books, periodicals, microforms, reference materials, audiovisual equipment, and course reserve items.

Interlibrary loan and document delivery services are available only to CSUMB students, faculty, and staff. The general public may print or download items from the Internet and from commercial databases licensed by the Library (except Lexis-Nexis) using computers in the library reference area; however, priority access to these computers will be given to CSUMB students, faculty, and staff.

Access to commercial databases licensed by the CSUMB Library via off-campus computers with Internet capabilities is limited to CSUMB students, faculty, and staff. CSUMB neither provides nor sells dialup access to CSUMB library resources to the general public. The general public may access the CSUMB Website by using computers in the Library reference area or by using off-campus computers with Internet access.