·WELCOME TO THE BJC LIBRARY
The BJC Library Staff welcomes all new and former
students and hopes that you will have a happy and suc=
cessful yearo The Staff is here to help you in any way
possible throughout the yearo If you need assistance
in locating any of our materials please feel free to
come to us, even though we may appear to be busyo
The best way for you to feel at home ahd make the best use of the Library 1 ~
facilities is to learn where things are located and how to use them most effi=
cientlyo All students taking Freshmpn English will receive special ins~ruction
in the use of the Libraryo For those of you who are not taking Freshman English
and as a brief introduction for those who are 9 we have prepared the following sug=
gestions for your use of the Librar.yo
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. THE BOOK COLLECTION totalling about ~~volumes consists of Circulating
books which may be borrowed for home use:; and Reference books for use in the library only~ The latter are marked on the spine with an "R" and are shelved accord=
ing to their classification numbers in the Reference section of the Library~ to
the left as you enter the Reading Rooms~ They include such books as dictionaries~
encyclopedias:; yearbooks 9 and atlaseso
Circulating books fall into the following groupsg
1.. Non~fiction books are located:in~thetwo stack rooms., Books in the L00 9
7 00 :~ and 800 classifications and foreign ianguage books are in the room to the
left just before entering the Reading Roomso Books in the 000:; 100 9 200 9 300 9
500 9 600 9 and 900 classes are in the upstairs stack room., These books circulate
for two weeks wit~ two possible renewals for an additional total of four weeks
unless already requested by another student or instructoro Renewals arf3 -_not_made
automatically but must be requested by the borrowero
2o Fiction books, located opposite the charging desk in the Library en=
trance 9 are arranged alphabetically by authoro They have no classification or
call numbero They circulate for two weeks with the same renewal privileges as
for non-fictiono
3o Reserve books are placed non reserven by instructors for use in connec=
tion with their courseso They are kept on shelves behind the charging desk and
may be borrawed for one hour at a time during the day 9 or for overnight after
4:00 PM, or in some cases after 9:00 PM, to be returned at 9g00 AM the next
school dayo
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4o Three=day and One Week Reserves are books assigned for supplementary
reading but are left on the regular shelves.
Each circulating book has a card in the back which must be signed by the
student (full name) when he wishes to borrow it 9 either for home use or for
study in the Library. The different colored cards indicate the length of loan
period; white for two weeks, one week and three-day reserves, salmon for one-hour
Reserve bookso
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FINES: If boo~s are kept beyond the specified time allottz?, a penalty or
fine is chargedo Two week books, 5¢ a day, holidays excepted; , three~day and one
week reserve books~ 10¢ a day; reserve books~ 25¢ for the first hour and 5¢ for
each additional houre
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LOST BOOKS: If a book charged to a borrower is lost or missing, it should
be reported to the loan desk immediately in order to stop the fines from accumulating. If it is not found after a reasonable period, the replacement cost plus
any accumulated fines will be charged to the borrowero
Card Catalog
The CARD CATALOG lists all of the books in the
Library by author, title, and, in the case of nonfiction, by subjecto The cards are arranged alphabetically as in a dictionary or index of a booko
In effect 9 the Card Catalog is the index to the
Libraryo All cards for non-fiction books have a
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"call number" in the upper left hand corner of the
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card, telling where to look for the booke The call
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number consists of a number standing for the subGJ Q Q
ject classification of the book, ego 900 for history, 800 for literature, 500 for science, followed
by a combination of letters and figures standing
for the authorus nameo You will find the books
arranged numerically by the classification number
in the stack roomso If the number is preceded by
R, it means that the book is a Reference book, and
will be found in the Reference Reading Room (see above)o Cards for fiction do
not have call numbers as these books are shelved alphabetically by authoro
PAMPHLET FILE: · Five filing cabinets located in the entrance to the reading
and stack rooms contain pamphlets on many subjects, arranged alphabetically by
subjecto Most of these can be borrowed for two weeks, just as bookso Files of
Vocational Guidance materials, and college catalogs are also availableo
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PERIODICALS:
The BJC Library receives about
2:2<r magazines, and keeps bound files of 112 of themo
¥ea wi4~ fine~e bound magazines~ranged alpha=
betically around the walls of the south ~~ of
the Libraryo They can be consulted freely at anytimeo Current issues of all periodicals received
are kept on the racks by the east fire exito Unbound back issues are kept in the workroom and must
be requested at the circulation desko Non-current
magazines may be borrowed for overnight use under
the same regulations as reserve bookso In order to
help you locate periodical and newspaper articles on
any subject we have the READERSU GUIDE TO PERIODICAL
LITERATURE, EDUCATION INDEX, BUSINESS PERIODICALS
INDEX, INTERNATIONAL INDEX, and the NEW YORK TIMES
INDEX, all of which index articles in a wide selection of periodicalso
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Also for
your convenience we keep a card file of all the periodicals received in the BJC
Library and at the Boise Public Library. You will find these files on the same
counter with the periodical indexes. No periodicals available in the BJC Library should be asked for at the Public Library.
PERIODICALS ON MICROFILM: In order to provide back files of periodicals
recently added to our subscription list, we have a small but growing collection
of periodicals on microfilm ~hich may be used with the microfilm reader in the
downstairs stack roqmo Titles will be indicated on the card file of the BJC
periodicalso ~sk at th~ circulation desk for instructions in the use of the
machineo
READING ROOM: The college library is maintained primarily for the benefit and use of the students and it is the responsibility of each individual
student to cooperate with the staff and with the other students in keeping a
quiet atmosphere conducive to studyo The Library is not a place for visiting.
The Student Union is provided for such purposeso
Since the Library is maintained for the benefit of the students, we shall
welcome any suggestions you may have for improvement in the serviceso
RUfH McBIRNEY, LIBRARIAN
EVELYN EVERTS, !SSIST!NT LIBRARIAN
M!RCI.A. SIGLER, !SSIST.A.NT LIBIURI.A.N