PCs and Macs

There are PCs located throughout the first floor of the Library, and Macs in L-311 and L-333. Use your Flagler College credentials to login to these machines. These credentials are the same ones you use to access your College email.

Laptops for Checkout

We currently have 20 laptops that are available to be checked out by students only. Laptops that are checked out will be due back in 48 hours. You may not renew laptops. Overdue fines are accrued at $1 per hour until the equipment is returned.

First time users of this service will be required to sign a release form authorizing the Library to charge fees related to loss or damage to the laptop. You will only need to sign a release form one time each academic year.

Estimated Replacement Costs:

  • Laptop: $1000
  • Carrying case: $100
  • AC power cord and adapter: $50

Laptops are checked out at our circulation desk on the first floor. Faculty and staff who wish to check out a laptop should visit the Technology Services department in L-360.

Phone Charging Stations

We have two phone charging stations on the first floor of the Library. One is next to the Circulation desk and one is on the south end of the first floor.

Scanners

We have two scanners on the first floor, one on each side of the help desk for the Learning Resource Center. These scanners can do color or black and white in a variety of file formats such as PDFs or JPGs. Files can be e-mailed to yourself straight from the scanner or saved to a USB drive.

Printers

All of our computers can print to any printer in the building, although the computers default to the closest printer. You are charged 10 cents per black and white page from your printing account to make prints. Color prints cost 50 cents per page. You receive $50 worth of prints to begin every semester. You may purchase additional prints using a credit or debit card by going to https://print.flagler.edu.

Wireless printing is also available to College affiliates. See https://print.flagler.edu for details.

Headphones

Our Circulation desk on the first floor has headphones available for checkout for 3 hours at a time. Please bring a Flagler College ID to the desk to check out a pair.

Off Campus Access to Library Resources

All Flagler College students, faculty, and staff may access our electronic resources from off campus. This includes access to the Library catalog, databases, e-journals, and e-books. When accessing these resources from off campus, please enter the same username and password that is used to access your College e-mail.

Wireless Access

Wireless Internet is available throughout the Library. To access the wireless network, please enter your College username and password, identical to those used to access College e-mail.

Fax Service

We do not offer access to a fax machine. Please visit the mail room on campus for fax service. Alternatively, there are a number of free fax services available on the Internet or through phone apps. We cannot endorse any specific product, but it is easy enough to locate a free fax service online.

Policies

Flagler College ID cards

You must present your active Flagler College ID card to borrow materials from the Proctor Library. You will be held responsible for all materials charged to your account.

Loan Periods

 Library Material For Students For Faculty and Staff Renewals allowed?
Books 28 days End of current semester Yes
DVDs 7 days 7 days Yes
Laptops 48 hours N/A No
3-Hour Reserve Items 3 hours 3 hours No
General Education Reserve Items 3 hours 3 hours No
24-Hour Reserve Items 1 day 1 day No
Graphing Calculators 48 hours N/A No
Headphones 48 hours N/A No

Renewals

Books and DVDs can be renewed in person, by telephone, or online via our website. Equipment such as laptops, graphing calculators and headphones cannot be renewed. Reserve items also cannot be renewed.

NOTE: You must return all items to the Library at the completion of each semester. If you need any items for the next semester, you may renew them in person.

See the Library's renewal instructions.

Recalls and Holds

You may place a hold on an item currently loaned to another borrower. The borrower will not be notified via email of the request, but will not be able to renew the item. When the item is returned, you will receive an email notifying you of its availability for pickup. You would request a hold for any item which you do not need immediately.

Please ask a Library staff member for assistance on placing recalls or holds.

Overdue and Lost Item Fees

You will not be charged overdue fines for normal circulating items. However, you may be held responsible for losing an item (see below).

Overdue fines will be applied to recalled items, reserve items, Interlibrary Loan items, laptops, graphing calculators, and headphones.

Material Fine Replacement Fee
Recalled Items $1.00/day Per Item
General Education Reserve Items $5.00/hour Per Item
Interlibrary Loan Items $1.00/day Per item
Laptops $1.00/hour $1100.00
Graphing Calculators $1.00/hour $110.00

Courtesy and Overdue Notices

You will be emailed a courtesy notice 5 days before an item is due. This notice is simply a reminder to return or renew the item before the due date.

You will be emailed three overdue notices before an item is considered lost: 9 days after the due date, 18 days after the due date, and 27 days after the due date.

These email notices are sent as a courtesy. It is your responsibility to keep track of when items are due.

Lost Items and Billing

Any materials not returned (or overdue) 30 days beyond the initial due date are automatically considered lost. In this case we will send an email to your Flagler College email account and an alternate email if provided, informing you of the total amount due if the lost items are not returned to the Library. This amount consists of:

  1. Lost Item Processing fee: $10.00 for each item lost
  2. Lost Item Replacement cost: current list price for the item according to Amazon.com, or the currently established out-of-print charge

If you take no action within 10 days of receiving this email, the amount due will be forwarded to the Office of Business Services for final invoicing.

Suspension of Borrowing Privileges

Your borrowing privileges will be suspended if:

  • Your fines exceed $50.00
  • A laptop or graphing calculator is not returned within 3 days of the due date

You must pay any outstanding fines to have borrowing privileges restored.

Disputing Fines

You should discuss a disputed notice or invoice with the Access Services Librarian or with the Director of Library Services. If an appeal is found necessary, this can be presented to the Vice President of Academic Affairs, Art Vanden Houten, for final resolution.

Food and Drink

Food and drink are permitted in the Proctor Library under limited conditions. Covered drinks, packaged snacks, or small items of food in containers are permitted only in the Library's study areas. The Library reserves the right, however, to ban any food or drink that causes distraction for other library users or that might result in damage to library materials, furnishings or equipment. No food or drink is permitted at computer workstations or in the classrooms or labs.

Please discard all containers into appropriate waste cans and please clean up residue after consumption in order to assure a safe and clean environment for other library users. Commercial food deliveries inside the Library are prohibited.

Tobacco Products

The entire Library, including the external entry and exit doorway area, is a smoke and tobacco free environment. Smoking, or use of any tobacco product, is prohibited.

Noise and Behavior

Proctor Library provides an environment that supports both individual and group learning and research. It is the responsibility of all users of the Library to select an area that best fits the learning activity they wish to pursue and not disturb others. Within the Proctor Library, areas are designated as follows:

Limited Talking: Talking in normal conversational tones is permitted for group work and allows library users and staff to conduct normal library business. Limited talking areas include:

  • First floor - entire first floor, with the exception of the Quiet Room, L-115
  • Second floor - group study rooms, group study tables, and chair groupings on north and south ends.
Quiet Study: Only quiet individual study with no talking is permitted in the designated Quiet Study areas. These include:
  • First floor - L-115 Quiet Room.
In addition to above, all library users are asked to help maintain a studious environment by observing common sense rules of library behavior. Loud or disruptive users may be asked to leave to relocate inside the building or to leave the building at the discretion of the librarian on duty.

Unattended Items

The Library is not responsible for personal items left unattended, stolen, or vandalized. Keep personal items close at all times. Items of value left unattended may be removed and taken to Lost and Found (at the Circulation Desk or Security Office).

Cell Phones

Please set cell phones on vibrate (ringers turned off). In consideration of others, any necessary cell phone conversations should be conducted quietly and away from others who are studying.

Cleaning Up

Care should be taken to prevent the damaging or defacing of furniture, equipment or spaces in the Library. Study and work areas are to be left neat and clean when departing, with trash placed in trash receptacles and furniture returned to proper positions.

Appropriate Clothing

Appropriate clothing and footwear are required. Bathing suits are not considered proper attire.

Animals

No animals, except those used to assist patrons with disabilities, are allowed in the Library.

Skateboards and Bicycles

Use of rollerskates, rollerblades, skateboards, and bicycles in the Library is prohibited.

Soliciting or Distributing Literature

Distribution of literature, any solicitation for donations, and all commercial ventures are prohibited.

Posting Signs

The Library has very limited space for posting of signs in the facility. Only signs directly related to Flagler College activities may be posted, and all postings must be approved by the Director of Library Services.

Study Rooms

The Library has eight group study rooms located on the second floor of the building. The following guidelines apply for students wishing to use the study rooms:

  • Keep door closed and keep sound at a reasonable level so other users outside the room are not disturbed or distracted.
  • Use of a group study room is first come, first served.  (Only exceptions are class sessions reserved by the Registrar, or study sessions attended by a faculty member.)
  • A group of two or more users has preference in use of the room.  Single users must give up the room to a group, or arrange to share the space.
  • Only covered drinks, packaged snacks, or small items of food in containers are permitted. The Library reserves the right to ban any food or drink that causes distraction for other library users or that might result in damage to library materials, furnishings or equipment. Commercial food deliveries are prohibited.
  • Please turn off electronic equipment before leaving, deposit trash in trash receptacle, and return furniture to original locations.
  • Any person or group who leaves the room unoccupied for more than 15 minutes will lose use of the room if another group is waiting to use it.
  • Keep personal items close at all times.  Items of value left unattended may be removed and taken to Lost and Found (at the Circulation Desk or Security Office).  The Library is not responsible for lost or stolen items left in the room.
  • Library staff has the right to refuse use of a group study room, if the Library’s Code of Conduct or other Library policies are violated.

Lost and Found

The Library staff is not responsible for items that are lost inside the building. As a courtesy to our patrons, we maintain a Lost and Found at the Circulation desk. At the end of each semester, all Lost and Found items are transferred to the Security Office in Ponce Hall.

Potential donors may read our donation policy to determine if the Proctor Library is an appropriate recipient for materials.