[LIBRARYDIR] library services for emeriti

[Tammy Siebenberg]

Hi, Mindy,

At Yakima Valley each year one retired full-time faculty member with at least 10 years of service is voted to receive emeritus status, which is announced at commencement.  The library grants emeritus faculty full library privileges.  They are their own user group in our library services platform.  I set their expiration date far in the future.  I also put a note in their patron record noting the year they were granted such status.  Sometimes, an emeritus faculty will return part-time and the PPMS patron load changes their user group to PT faculty, so the note helps when they are no longer working part-time.

All other former employees have the option to check out books as community patrons but are not permitted access the online subscription resources.  When an employee leaves employment, I put a note in their patron record with the effective date and add a block saying they are no longer a YVC employee.  That helps my circulation staff catch them and change them to community patrons if they try to check things out after their employment ends.

Tammy

Tammy R. Siebenberg, MLIS
Director - Library & Media Services
Yakima Valley College
509.574.4984
tsiebenberg at yvcc.edu<mailto:tsiebenberg at yvcc.edu>
yvcc.edu<http://yvcc.edu/>

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Subject: [LIBRARYDIR] library services for emeriti

Hi all,

The library at Skagit has had a long history of granting library privileges to college retirees when asked.  It creates a little heartburn for my HR department who wants the college to have a formal procedure for recognizing and granting emeriti privileges across the district.  For years, I have been asking my college to formalize a process.  In the meantime, we have allowed library privileges to continue when asked by retirees.  (Note:  there might be a difference in retirees vs emeriti.  The college would like a say whether privileges are granted to faculty only, full time vs part-time, years of service, etc.)

I am trying to move my college forward in making a policy and procedure, therefore:  What are you doing in your library for retirees/emeriti?  Do you have a formal college policy?  Who can get library privileges after they retire?  If you could share your policy and procedures, that would be great.

Thank you!

Mindy Coslor, PhD
Director of Library Services
Skagit Valley College
2405 E College Way
Mount Vernon, WA  98273

360.416.7761

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