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Registration Notice

Registration is open until September 17 at 3:00 p.m. See the recent announcement for more information.

Chattahoochee Tech will convert from a quarter to semester system beginning with the Fall 2011 semester, a move that furthers the goal of seamless education for Georgia students. For more information visit CTC's Q2S page.

General Library Policies

Patrons may not bring food or drink into the Library.
No children under the age of 18 are allowed in the library
No cell phone or beeper use in the library

Printing and Photocopying fees

Photocopying

Black and White photocopies are 10 cents per page.
Color photocopies are available for 50 cents per page at the Marietta Campus.
Copy/Print cards are required for color photocopying. Copy cards are available at the Circulation Desk for $1.00. Additional value can be added to your card at the Circulation Desk.

A coin operated black and white photocopier is also available at the Marietta Campus.

Printing at the Marietta campus library:

Currently enrolled students may print one black and white copy of grade reports, unofficial transcripts, schedules, required financial aid forms and other school-related enrollment documents free of charge.
Please ask for assistance when printing these items.
All other black and white prints are 10 cents per page.
Color prints are 50 cents per page.
Copy/Print cards are required for all printing. Cards are available at the Circulation Desk for $1.00. Additional value can be added to your card at the Circulation Desk.

Printing at the Satellite campus libraries:

Currently enrolled students may print the following in black and white free of charge provided materials printed are COLLEGE-RELATED and in REASONABLE amounts, which will be determined by the library staff:

One copy of grade reports, unofficial transcripts, schedules, required financial aid forms and other school-related enrollment documents.
One copy of three reasonable length full-text periodical articles from GALILEO for research, per day.
One copy of any three pages from Internet sites required for research per day.
One copy of any document that is for a class assignment such as term papers and reports.

Second copies, reprints for any reason including student error, more than three periodical articles, lengthy articles, or more than three pages from Internet sites, and all documents for personal use are 10 cents per page.
Color printing is available at the Paulding and Mountain View libraries on a limited basis for 75 cents per page.

Faxing

$1.00 per page
Local and Toll-Free only

Circulation Policy

All currently enrolled students (as evidenced by a currently validated student ID card or fee receipt), and currently employed faculty and staff members of Chattahoochee Tech may check out circulating materials. Also, currently enrolled students and currently employed faculty and staff of Southern Polytechnic State University, Kennesaw State University, Reinhardt College and other TCSG libraries share the same privileges.
Circulating books may be checked out for a three week period and be renewed for another three weeks if needed.
Patrons may check out a maximum of 10 items at one time.
Overdue fines for books and most other materials are assessed at the rate of $0.10/day. Other circulating materials may have differing fines. Fines may accumulate to a maximum of $10.00 per item.
Patrons with overdue materials must return them and pay all fines before checking out more materials.
At the end of each quarter all circulating materials must be returned to the library on or before a specified date.
Failure to return checked out materials will result in the student being placed on Library hold, preventing subsequent registration or transcript release until the materials are returned to the library and fines paid. Students with total fines of $20.00 or greater will also be placed on Library hold.
Patrons who lose library materials will be charged replacement cost plus a processing fee. Processing fees are $15.00 for regular library materials, and $2.00 for paperback fiction. Overdue fines are waived for lost materials.
In the event a lost item is later found and returned to the library the replacement cost will be refunded.
Students who have registered for the next quarter and have presented an updated ID card or fee receipt may keep materials until a due date past the end of quarter.
Reference items and periodicals may not be checked out, but must be used within the Library
Reserve items may be obtained at the circulation desk and may be used within the Library. Some reserve items may be checked out for varying periods; check at the circulation desk. Circulating Reserve items may not be renewed. They must remain available to other patrons for 24 hours before they may be re-charged by the same patron. They are fined at a rate of $.50 per day Reserve materials are only available to CTC students and faculty.

Library Internet Use Policy

All patron workstations within the Library are connected to the Internet (World Wide Web). You are encouraged to make the greatest possible use of these computers, within the following guidelines:

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may use the workstations freely for research and educational purposes without fear of censorship or interference.
may use the workstations for personal and recreational web browsing. We recognize the educational value of this activity and encourage it, but require that any workstation in use for this purpose be relinquished to any patron needing to perform research or other class-related activity, if no other workstations are available.
must not use the workstations to interfere with the work of other students, faculty, or staff or interfere with the normal operation of the College information systems or connecting networks (this would include refraining from the use of bandwidth-gobbling technologies such as real-time chat, e-mail chain letters, or automated bulk-mailing programs). Ordinary e-mail usage is permitted and encouraged.
must not send any messages which are obscene, abusive, derogatory, or otherwise harassing.
must not use Library workstations to attempt unauthorized entry into any computer systems at Chattahoochee Tech or elsewhere.
must not use Library workstations to harass or interfere with the work of any individuals or organizations at Chattahoochee Tech or elsewhere.
must not change or alter configuration settings on the Library workstations.
must not engage in any activity that would violate laws of the United States or the State of Georgia.

The Chattahoochee Tech Library supports the principles of free access to information as codified in the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights and the interpretation of it on Accessing Electronic Information, Services, and Networks. We do not filter Internet access (see the ALA statement on the library use of filtering software) or attempt to censor the access of adults to information in any way. We do, however, ask that patrons respect the sensibilities of others and not display graphic or offensive images or content in such a manner as may be considered harassing or which interferes with the rights of others to not view such material.

Failure to adhere to these guidelines could result in suspension of usage privileges, or other discipline as appropriate.