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Serving You in the Post-Covid Environment

Library services will resume with the following changes:

  • Laptops, Chromebooks, Mi-Fis, and graphing calculators are available for semester checkout by students. Bring your student ID to the Library Circulation Desk to receive a library card and check out the equipment.  Equipment is due each semester on the same day textbooks are due.
  • Library instruction is available in-person, via zoom, and in a hy-flex classroom.

FAQs

Do I have to be a student to use Lake Land's Library?

No. Although the library’s collection and resources are intended to support college curricula, residents of the Land Land College district may use any library resources in the building and get library cards to check out items. However, you will not be able to access our library databases from off-campus unless you are affiliated with the College, and borrowing limits may be different for district residents. See borrowing limits below.

How can I get research help?

The Librarian and library staff at Lake Land College can help you:

* Find sources for a paper

* Answer research questions

* Find general information on a specific topic

* Cite sources

Here are three ways to get research help:

* Come to the library. The librarian is available from 8 am to 4 pm and library staff are available whenever the library is open.

* Call the Librarian at 217-234-5440 or the Circulation Desk at 217-234-5367.

* Send us an email at shill@lakelandcollege.edu or libcirc@lakelandcollege.edu

How do I get a library card?

Your Laker ID is your library card! Make sure you take your photo ID to the Bookstore to pick up your Laker ID. If you aren’t a student but live in Lake Land’s district, bring your photo ID and piece of mail with your name and address on it to the Circulation Desk in the Library and you can receive a Community Borrowers card.

How long can I check out...?

Type of Item Length of Checkout
 Books  3 Weeks
 CDs & recorded books  3 Weeks
 DVDs and Videos  3 weeks (no renewals)
 Red Case Videos (Feature films)  3 days (no renewals)
 Periodicals – current issue  Do not circulate
 Periodicals – back issues  3 days
 Reference materials  Do not circulate
 Reserve materials  Designated by instructor

Items from other libraries may have different loan periods.

How many things can I check out at once?

  • Students can have up to 15 items checked out at one time, with up to 4 DVDs.
  • Faculty and staff can have up to 25 items checked out at one time, with up to 5 DVDs.
  • Residents of the Lake Land College district can have up to 10 items checked out at one time, with up to 2 DVDs.
  • High school students of the Lake Land College district can have up to 5 items checked out at one time. They may not check out DVDs.
  • Probationary patrons (those with a history of lost/late items) can have up to 5 items (no OCLC) checked out at one time, with up to 1 DVD.

How do I renew books?

Materials may be renewed if no one is waiting for them and renewals are available/permitted. You can renew materials online by using the SHARE catalog (click on “My Account”) or by calling the Circulation Desk at 234-5367. To renew books, you must have your library card number and your password (see below).

What is my password?

In order to use the “My Account” feature in the SHARE catalog, you must enter your library card number (located on the back of your card) and your password. Contact the Circulation Desk if you need help accessing your account.

How do I reserve a study room?

Stop by or call the Circulation Desk at 217-234-5367.

Where can I eat and study?

Food and drinks (other than water) are allowed upstairs in The Second Story as well as in the student study rooms.

Why is it quiet in the library?

There are other computers and tables available on campus if whispering isn’t for you. But student surveys show that you want a quiet place to study—and that’s the library!

What is the Library's confidentiality policy?

Lake Land College Library
Privacy Policy

I. Introduction

Privacy is essential to the exercise of free speech, free thought, and free association. In this library the right to privacy is the right to open inquiry without having the subject of one’s interest examined or scrutinized by others. Confidentiality exists when a library is in possession of personally identifiable information about users and keeps that information private on their behalf.

The courts have upheld the right to privacy based on the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution. Many states provide guarantees of privacy in their constitutions and statute law. Numerous decisions in case law have defined and extended rights to privacy. This library’s privacy and confidentiality policies are in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

User rights—as well as our institution’s responsibilities—outlined here are based in part on what are known in the United States as the five “Fair Information Practice Principles.” These five principles outline the rights of Notice, Choice, Access, Security, and Enforcement.

Our commitment to your privacy and confidentiality has deep roots not only in law but also in the ethics and practices of librarianship. In accordance with the American Library Association’s Code of Ethics:

“We protect each library user’s right to privacy and confidentiality with respect to information sought or received and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired, or transmitted.”

II. Lake Land College Commitment to Our Users Rights of Privacy and Confidentiality

This privacy policy explains your privacy and confidentiality rights, the steps this library takes to respect and protect your privacy when you use library resources, and how we deal with personally identifiable information that we may collect from our users.

1. Notice & Openness

We affirm that our library users have the right of “notice”—to be informed about the policies governing the amount and retention of personally identifiable information, and about why that information is necessary for the provision of library services.

We post publicly and acknowledge openly the privacy and information-gathering policies of this library. Whenever policies change, notice of those changes is disseminated to our users.

In all cases we avoid creating unnecessary records, we avoid retaining records not needed for the fulfillment of the mission of the library, and we do not engage in practices that might place information on public view.

Information we may gather and retain about current and valid library users include the following:

* User Registration Information

* Circulation Information

* Electronic Access Information

* Information Required to Provide Library Services

2. Choice & Consent

This policy explains our information practices and the choices you can make about the way the library collects and uses your information. We will not collect or retain your private and personally identifiable information without your consent. Further, if you consent to give us your personally identifiable information, we will keep it confidential and will not sell, license or disclose personal information to any third party without your consent, unless we are compelled to do so under the law or to comply with a court order.

If you wish to receive borrowing privileges, we must obtain certain information about you in order to provide you with a library account. When visiting our library’s Web site and using our electronic services, you may choose to provide your name, e-mail address, library card barcode, phone number or home address.

You have the option of providing us with your e-mail address for the purpose of notifying you about your library account. You may request that we remove your e-mail address from your record at any time.

We never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to prohibit such unrelated uses, unless we are compelled to do so under the law or to comply with a court order.

If you are affiliated with our College, the library can receive personally identifiable information to create and update your library account from the Registrar’s Office (for students) or Human Resources (for employees).

3. Access by Users

Individuals who use library services that require the function and process of personally identifiable information are entitled to view and/or update their information. You may either view or update your personal information online or in person. In both instances, you may be asked to provide some sort of verification such as a pin number or identification card to ensure verification of identity.

The purpose of accessing and updating your personally identifiable information is to ensure that library operations can function properly. Such functions may include notification of overdue items, recalls, reminders, etc. The library will explain the process of accessing or updating your information so that all personally identifiable information is accurate and up to date.

4. Data Integrity & Security

Data Integrity: The data we collect and maintain at the library must be accurate and secure. We take reasonable steps to assure data integrity, including: using only reputable sources of data; providing our users access to your own personally identifiable data; updating data whenever possible; utilizing middleware authentication systems that authorize use without requiring personally identifiable information; destroying untimely data or converting it to anonymous form.

Data Retention: We protect personally identifiable information from unauthorized disclosure once it is no longer needed to manage library services. Information that should be regularly purged or shredded includes personally identifiable information on library resource use, material circulation history, and security/surveillance tapes and logs.

Tracking Users: We remove links between patron records and materials borrowed when items are returned and we delete records as soon as the original purpose for data collection has been satisfied. We permit in-house access to information in all formats without creating a data trail. Our library system has invested in appropriate technology to protect the security of any personally identifiable information while it is in the library’s custody, and we ensure that aggregate, summary data is stripped of personally identifiable information. We do not ask library visitors or Web site users to identify themselves or reveal any personal information unless they are borrowing materials, requesting special services, registering for programs or classes, or making remote use from outside the library of those portions of the Library’s Web site restricted to registered users under license agreements or other special arrangements. We discourage users from choosing passwords or PINs that could reveal their identity, including social security numbers. We regularly remove cookies, Web history, cached files, or other computer and Internet use records and other software code that is placed on our computers or networks.

Third Party Security: We ensure that our library’s contracts, licenses, and offsite computer service arrangements reflect our policies and legal obligations concerning user privacy and confidentiality. Should a third party require access to our users’ personally identifiable information, our agreements address appropriate restrictions on the use, aggregation, dissemination, and sale of that information, particularly information about minors. In circumstances in which there is a risk that personally identifiable information may be disclosed, we will warn our users. When connecting to licensed databases outside the library, we release only information that authenticates users as “members of our community.” Nevertheless, we advise users of the limits to library privacy protection when accessing remote sites

Cookies: Users of computers, tablets, etc. will need to enable cookies in order to access a number of resources available through the library. A cookie is a small file sent to the browser by a Web site each time that site is visited. Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and can potentially transmit personal information. Cookies are often used to remember information about preferences and pages visited. You can refuse to accept cookies, can disable cookies, and remove cookies from your hard drive. Doing so may interfere with your ability to use some of our resources.

Security Measures: Our security measures involve both managerial and technical policies and procedures to protect against loss and the unauthorized access, destruction, use, or disclosure of the data. Our managerial measures include internal organizational procedures that limit access to data and ensure that those individuals with access do not utilize the data for unauthorized purposes. Our technical security measures to prevent unauthorized access include encryption in the transmission and storage of data; limits on access through use of passwords; and storage of data on secure servers or computers that are inaccessible from a modem or network connection.

Staff access to personal data: We permit only authorized Library staff with assigned confidential passwords to access personal data stored in the Library’s computer system for the purpose of performing library work. We will not disclose any personal data we collect from you to any other party except where required by law or to fulfill an individual user’s service request. The Library does not sell or lease users’ personal information to companies, universities, or individuals.

5. Enforcement & Redress

Our library will not share data on individuals with third parties unless required by law. Library users who have questions, concerns, or complaints about the library’s handing of their privacy and confidentiality rights should file written comments with the Director of Library Services. We will respond in a timely manner and may conduct a privacy investigation or review of policy and procedures.

We authorize only the Director of Library Services and the Associate Vice-President for Educational Services to receive or comply with requests from law enforcement officers; we confer with our legal counsel before determining the proper response. We will not make library records available to any agency of state, federal, or local government unless a subpoena, warrant, court order or other investigatory document is issued by a court of competent jurisdiction that shows good cause and is in proper form. We have trained all library staff and volunteers to refer any law enforcement inquiries to the appropriate authority.

[Adopted from the American Library Association Model Privacy Policy, 2003]

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