The Horrmann Library is committed to providing an environment conducive to study and learning. We are all collectively responsible for preserving the Library’s furnishings and collections. Please adhere to the policies outlined below.
Cellphones | Food & Drink | SmartLab | Study Center | Spotlight Gallery
Access | Acquisitions | Archives and Special Collections| Collection Development | Gift Acceptance | Interlibrary Loan |Periodicals Selection
Cell phone use is prohibited in the Library. Cell phones should be turned off upon entering the building.
Small, packaged snacks (cookies, chips) and drinks are permitted in most areas of the library. Beverages must be in spill-proof containers. Eating and drinking are not permitted in the lower level Smart Lab and around Library computers. All trash should be deposited in the proper receptacles located throughout the building.
The Horrmann Library SmartLab has thirty student workstations and one teacher’s station with SmartBoard. Faculty and Administration may request occasional use of the classroom but it is not intended for semester-long classes except during the days/hours on file with the Registrar’s office. Priority of use is as follows:
All scheduling for this lab must be done through the Library. Contact Cathy Perkins at (718) 390-3377 or instruction@wagner.edu.
The Horrmann Library Study Center is an open study room which contains part of the library’s circulating book collection. Peer tutoring sessions are held in the Study Center, and all students are welcome to study there. Faculty and Administration may request occasional use of the classroom but it is not intended for semester-long classes. Priority of use is as follows:
All scheduling for this room must be done through the Library. Contact Cathy Perkins at (718) 390-3377 or instruction@wagner.edu.
The Spotlight Gallery exhibit space is not managed by the Library. Please contact Prof. Andy Needle, 718-420-4035 or aneedle@wagner.edu or Prof. Marilyn Kiss, 718-390-3369 or mkiss@wagner.edu for more information regarding current exhibits or booking the space.
The Horrmann Library of Wagner College, a private institution, serves students, faculty, administrators, staff, and Alumni of the institution. Members of the public are admitted under the conditions outlined below. The following guidelines for using the Horrmann Library, borrowing books, or requesting Interlibrary Loans are now in effect:
Provisions for Summer Access:
During the summer, the library may be used by students enrolled in Wagner summer courses, students participating in the BAR/BRE review course at Wager, Wagner-sponsored Kaplan courses, and Staten Island residents attending college outside the greater NY area.
Valid student ID must be displayed when visiting the library. Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the Dean of the Library.
A. Library use only, no borrowing privileges:
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B. Library use, including borrowing privileges:
Borrowing Limits:
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Wagner College students, faculty, administrators, staff, and Board of Trustees |
Maximum 15 books (50 for faculty) |
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Wagner College alumni or Community Patrons with “Borrowing Privileges” card |
Maximum 3 books |
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St. John’s University Students |
Maximum 3 books |
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Members of WALDO libraries with valid ID with WALDO sticker affixed |
Maximum 3 books |
C. Faculty/Administrators/Staff (includes reserve information, borrowing period, and fines)
Faculty, Administrators and Staff must present their valid Wagner College ID at The Circulation Desk to check out materials. Faculty and administrators may borrow books for one semester. VHS, DVDs and CDs may be borrowed for two (2) weeks. Audio Cassettes may be borrowed for four (4) weeks. Renewals may be made providing that another patron has not requested the materials. At the end of the semester, all materials must be returned to the Library. All returns and renewals must be made in person at the Circulation Desk. If a book is not returned within two years the faculty member, administrator or staff member must pay to replace the book (plus a $10.00 processing fee).
D. Reserve Books
Materials that are required reading for the entire class may be put on Reserve. Reserve materials are kept at the Circulation Desk and students may request these items by providing the Instructor's name, the course number and title of each item. Reserve items are for library use only, unless specified by the instructor.
E. Student Circulation Guidelines
A Wagner College ID card, validated each semester, serves as a library card. It must be presented at the Circulation Desk to check out materials. The student is responsible for all materials checked out on his/her card. If the ID is lost or stolen, it must be reported to the Public Safety Office. Regular circulating books may be borrowed for four weeks. A book may be renewed once, provided another patron has not requested it. Up to fifteen (15) books may be borrowed at one time, but not more than five (5) in any given subject area. Up to three (3) CDs, DVDs or VHS tapes may be borrowed at one time. During intersession students may not borrow materials without a paid Bursar's Office receipt for the following semester.
College Bulletins, microfilm, newspapers, periodicals, reference books, and Wagner College master's theses do not circulate.
Loan periods for the library materials are as follows:
F. Student Fines
Fines on library materials are as follows:
| Library Materials | Fines (per day per item) |
| Books | $0.10 |
| Audio Cassettes | $0.10 |
| CDs | $0.10 |
| DVDs & Videos | $1.00 |
| Reserve Materials | $1.00 |
All books are subject to 10 cents a day fine after the borrowing period has elapsed.
Reserve books: any overnight, 3-day loan, and 7-day loan reserve book is subject to a $1.00 fee per day.
Lost books - If the lost book is in print, the student pays the cost of the book plus a $10.00 processing fee. If the book is out of print, the cost will be determined on an individual basis. If a lost book, which has been paid for, is found and returned, the student will be refunded the replacement costs minus applicable fines.
Before students may register for each semester, all library materials must be returned and any unpaid fines and Lost Book fees paid. No clearances will be given for graduation or transcript release unless these matters are settled.
Mutilation of Library materials or facilities - Anyone who mutilates books or any other Library materials or facilities is subject to disciplinary action and fines (including replacement costs)
Theft of Library materials - Any one who removes Library materials without permission is subject to disciplinary action and or fines.
For further information contact: Veronica Knight at (718) 390-3375 or vknight@wagner.edu
Acquisitions
The Horrmann Library seeks to acquire materials in appropriate formats and in sufficient quantity, depth and diversity to support teaching and basic research in the subject areas of the curriculum. In order to foster intellectual partnerships with students, faculty and staff, the Library encourages you to become involved in building its collections by recommending Library purchases.
Recommendations are evaluated by departmental liaison librarians according to the following criteria:
The Library currently acquires books, periodicals, audio-visual materials, and online resources. While every effort is made to provide a wide range of materials, the Library does not normally acquire the following:
For further information contact: Dennis Schaub at (718) 390-3378 or dschaub@wagner.edu
Materials in the archive and special collections do not circulate. The archive contains the Edwin Markham Collection and other special collections, including Wagner College History and the Staten Island Leadership Project materials. Archive access is available from 8:30am through 5:00pm Monday through Friday, or at other times by appointment only. Please contact Catherine Perkins, 718-390-3377 or catherine.perkins@wagner.edu to schedule an appointment. The Sutter Memorial Archive [containing the Lutheran SYNOD collection] is not maintained by Horrmann Library staff. Please see the Sutter Memorial Archive website for contact and other information. http://www.sutterarchives.org.
The primary patrons of Horrmann Library at Wagner College are the students and faculty. The subject areas of the collection purchased reflect the mission of a liberal arts college. In addition to user needs (research, instructional, reference, contemporary) specific programs are also given attention, such as the First Year Learning initiative and graduate degree programs. The American Library Assoc. (ALA) has created levels of collection development to reflect various types of libraries. Horrmann Library is a combination of the Research Level that requires major published materials needed for independent research and the Study Level that adequately supports the coursework at the undergraduate and graduate level.
The general priorities of collection development are to provide a strong, basic collection that includes up-to-date reference books, monographs, journals, newspapers, and periodical databases, which meet the criteria for a small, academic library. Books and materials in foreign languages primarily support the languages taught at Wagner. The regional emphasis of the library centers on books and materials related to New York, especially Staten Island.
The major ways in which the professional staff selects books and materials for the Library come from reviews (academic, professional, newspapers), awards (international, national, regional), recommendations from faculty and students, major publishers’ catalogs, comparative observation of college libraries, and the combined readings of the professional staff of the Library. The purchase of books and materials is prioritized first by the needs of the classroom and then all other typical areas.
TEXTBOOKS - Ordinarily, textbooks will not be purchased. Single copies may be selected if they represent the best source of information in a particular field. However, textbooks may be placed in the Reserve Section if purchased by a faculty member, department, or the student union.
Usually, the Library will select the hardcover copy of a book over a paperback because of durability and permanence. However, because of exorbitant prices of some hardcover books or because the paperback is the only available edition, the paperback will be purchased. Works of fiction are selected to meet the needs of the college curriculum, to provide additional reading for the Wagner College community, and to add to those author’s works already in the collection. Titles are selected on the basis of literary merit and artistic value, as well as the recommendations from the faculty and students. Videos, DVDs and CDs may be purchased by the Library based on faculty requests, provided they are intended for classroom use.
For further information contact: Dennis Schaub at (718) 390-3378 or dschaub@wagner.edu
Horrmann Library welcomes gifts and contributions for the development of the collection. Especially useful are books and journals that fill existing gaps and that support the curriculum. Gifts are evaluated by the same standard as purchased items to ensure that the collection maintains quality, consistency, and relevance to the needs of the college.
Gift materials are accepted under the following conditions:
For further information contact: Dorothy Davison at (718) 420-4221, or ddavison@wagner.edu
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The Horrmann Library provides interlibrary loan services to all currently registered Wagner College students, faculty, staff and Friends of the Horrmann Library who are registered for borrowing privileges. Interlibrary Loan service is governed by the American Library Association’s National Library Code and US Copyright Revision Act of 1976(17. United States Code. 101 et seq.).
Interlibrary Loan requests at Wagner are handled at the Reference Desk. For books, videos, DVDs, CDs, or journal articles please complete the appropriate Interlibrary Loan form in paper on on the Interlibrary Loan Web page. Make sure you enter the type of request in the correct section of the form.Requests may also be e-mailed through the Horrmann Library web page (http://www.wagner.edu/library/electres.html). E-mail request forms are available by clicking “Interlibrary Loan Article Request” or “Interlibrary Loan Book Request” on the web page. Phone requests must be followed up by a written request. Outside institutions may request materials from Wagner College using the OCLC ILL subsystem, or requests may be faxed or mailed using standard ALA – ILL request forms. All phone requests must be followed up in writing.
There is no limit to the number of requests, which may be made at one time. Check the Horrmann Library catalog to see whether the item needed is held by the Library. In some cases, a book listed in the library catalog may be unavailable, and therefore can be ordered or recalled. Depending on the availability, the average delivery time is approximately 14 days.
Book loans vary from 2 to 4 weeks. While some libraries will renew books, some will not. If an item is needed beyond the due back date let a staff member know. Overdue books are subject to fines ($1.00 per day). Library patrons are responsible for reimbursement for lost or damaged books. Books kept beyond 3 months will be considered lost, and will be subject to replacement cost determined by lending institution. Photocopies of journal articles do not have to be returned.
The Horrmann Library has agreements with many libraries for free interchange of materials; however, some libraries charge for their ILL’s. To some extent the Horrmann Library will absorb these fees. If fees are involved, the borrower will be notified prior to completion of the loan.
When ILL requests arrive, the Horrmann Library staff will notify the patron by e-mail or by phone if there is a problem with the e-mail. Library patrons must list their names, phone numbers and applicable e-mail addresses on all request forms. If an item is unavailable the staff will contact the patron. If a patron does not hear from the library staff within two weeks please call or stop in the library. Contact phone numbers are listed below.
For further information contact: Timothy Hickey at (718) 390-3379 or interloa@wagner.edu, or Irene Hunt at (718) 420-4113
ILL fax number: (718) 420-4363.
Serials represent a long-term, continuous commitment of library funds for subscription costs, processing, and housing. The selection of periodicals and serial publications helps to shape the Library's collections that support your discipline. It is therefore essential that each title be reviewed in relation to the guidelines provided below.
For further information contact: Dennis Schaub at (718) 390-3378 or dschaub@wagner.edu