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Conditions of Use

THIS DOCUMENT MUST BE READ BEFORE REGISTERING TO USE THE HELLER READING ROOM OF THE BANCROFT LIBRARY

The rules below are designed to protect Library collections while providing the best possible service to our readers. Your signature on The Bancroft Library registration form indicates that you agree to these conditions. Bancroft Library readers must be at least 18, or have graduated from high school. Current UCB photo identification is adequate for registration. Others must present two forms of identification (at least one containing a photograph).

1. Bancroft Library Collections are non-circulating.
2. The Reading Room is reserved for the use of Bancroft materials only.
3. No ink may be used in the Reading Room. (Pencils are provided. Tape recorders and portable computers may be used in designated areas of the room.)
4. No containers of any type are allowed in the Reading Room. These include (but are not limited to) purses, handbags, daypacks, fannypacks, envelopes, and all notebooks containing pockets. Coats and umbrellas must be stored in the locker room. Coin operated lockers are available for a quarter (refundable).
5. All items brought into the Reading Room must be submitted for inspection at the Registration Desk upon departure.
6. Cameras, scanners, personal stereos, cellular phones, eating, drinking and smoking are prohibited throughout the Library.
7. Occasionally, the Reading Room reaches capacity. Entry will be permitted as space becomes available.

READER'S CARD: how to get service

• After signing in you will be given a reader's card on which you must print your name. Please show your Reader's Card each time you submit paging requests.
• Please show you Reader's Card each time you reenter the Reading Room. Thank you for returning the card to the Registration Desk when exiting for the day.

CATALOGS: how to locate material

• All printed and manuscript materials may be located using UCB online catalogs. Terminals are located throughout the Reading Room.
• Finding aids for many manuscript collections, and sometimes digitized images from our collections, may be found on the web through the Library home page http://www.lib.berkeley.edu.
• For subject reference assistance, consult staff at the Reference Desk.

PAGING: how to request material

• Fill out a paging slip for each requested item. Slips are found at the Service Island and throughout the room. Each slip should be filled out completely, including call number, author, initial title words, today's date, your reader number and seat location. Please print clearly.
• Up to four paging slips can be submitted to the Circulation Desk. During times of high use it may be necessary to accept fewer requests. Please remember to present your Reader's Card each time you submit paging slips.
• It takes approximately ten to twenty minutes to retrieve materials.
• Material shelved off campus at NRLF/Phase 3 is available at 11 AM four working days after the initial request. We allow two weeks for patrons to return to make initial use before returning to NRLF/Phase 3.
• Please return material to Circulation Desk. Please alert Desk staff for help with oversize material, or if you need assistance.
• Items should be placed on "lunch hold" if you leave the Library. Hold slips should be filled out and placed in items you wish to hold for two days or longer. Please consult Desk staff about holding materials.

USE OF MATERIALS: how to handle material

• Books should not be held open with such items as notebooks or other books. Flexible book weights ("snakes") and bookstands are available at the Circulation Desk.
• No marks may be made in Bancroft materials; annotations found in Bancroft materials should not be removed.
• Manuscript and other looseleaf material require special care; often additional time is needed to circulate them. Please maintain their arrangement. Suspected irregularities in arrangement, etc. should be brought to the attention of the staff at the Reference Desk.

REPRODUCTION: how to order photo reproductions

• PHOTOCOPY/MICROFILM: The Bancroft Library's Photoduplication Service will make photocopies of materials subject to copyright restrictions and concern for the physical preservation of the original. Please consult our Photoduplication Policy leaflet for policy guidelines. Request forms are available at the Reference Desk. Fill out the order form completely, including signature, and mark the range of pages needed with pink slips. The Reference staff must review ALL photocopy requests. In certain cases (such as bound manuscripts or large orders) microfilming will be required. Prepayment is required.
• PHOTOGRAPHS: Photographs may not be photocopied. Consult the Photographic Services Cost sheet for reproduction formats available. Order forms are available at the Reference Desk. Prepayment is required.