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Circulation of library material is limited to current students and employees of Seton Hall Law and Seton Hall University. All other patrons, including alumni of the law school (see a full list here), are permitted to use 3 Hour Reserve materials, 28 Day Loan materials, and non-circulating materials for up to 1 hour within the Library only.
Please be advised that we do not participate in reciprocal lending. If you are not a student or employee of Seton Hall Law or Seton Hall University and would like to borrow an item from us, please do so via your home institution's Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service.
Exceptions to our Circulation Policy are at the discretion of the Deputy Director.
GENERAL LOAN RULES
28 Day Loans: Single-volume works, monographs, and non-law books are available for 28-day loans to current SHU faculty, staff, and student ONLY. Exceptions: multi-volume works, loose-leaf works, continuations.
24 Hour Loans: Loaner laptops (for non-exam purposes), bookstands, whiteboards, easels, and umbrellas are available for 24-hour loans to current SHU faculty, staff, and student ONLY.
3 Hour Loans: Course Reserve materials (textbooks and study aids), laptop and phone chargers, and current issues of newspapers are available for 3-hour loans to current SHU faculty, staff, and student ONLY.
1 Hour Loans: Alumni, members of the Bar, and librarian members of the New Jersey Law Librarians Association may check out certain loanable items for 1 hour. This is intended for in-library use only. If you would like a specific item (such as a book) that we have for a longer period of time, you will need to have your library place an Interlibrary Loan with our library.
Non-circulating items: Reporters, statutes, digests, encyclopedias, periodical indices, materials in special collections, microforms, serials and continuations, multi-volume works, and most materials on the fourth floor of the library, except for the Reserve/Course Reserve materials, are all non-circulating items.
Study Rooms: Study rooms are available for SHU Law students only and may be reserved online, or at the iPad located at the circulation desk. Students are expected to adhere to Study Room Rules.
Renewal: Materials can be renewed by the patron at the Circulation Desk. The renewal policies are as follows:
28 Day Loans: Current SHU students may renew these items up to 2 times.
24 Hour Loans: Current SHU students may renew these items a single time.
3 Hour Loans: No renewals are allowed.
Recall: Circulating materials are subject to immediate recall at the discretion of the Circulation Supervisor or a Reference Librarian. 28 day loan items that are recalled must be returned within three days from the recall.
Current students, faculty, and staff are permitted to copy, scan, and print within the limits set by the IT/Legal Information Technology Department.
Other patrons, please review our Alumni & Visiting Attorneys policies page.
Notice: The copyright law of the United States (Title 17 U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. The person using this equipment is liable for any infringement.