Library Use and Environment
The SIU Medical Library's primary users are the faculty, students, staff, and resident physicians of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Other users with reciprocal borrowing privileges include St. John's Hospital and Memorial Medical Center staff and students, Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) , and authorized patrons of selected college and university libraries that maintain reciprocal on-site borrowing privileges with SIU Medical Library. The Medical Library also serves as a state and regional resource through the provision of documents and selected reference and outreach services.
To meet its education, research, and patient care missions, the Library selects resources to support advanced research, education, and teaching. The SIU Medical Library is open to responsible users with a need to access the Library's collection on-site. If it becomes necessary to prioritize access to library services, materials, equipment, or facilities, preference will be given to SIU's primary users.
To maintain an environment conducive to study and research and to ensure the safety of any children visiting the library, children under the age of 14 must be under the direct supervision of an adult (18 years of age or older) caregiver at all times when they are in the Library. Children under the age of 14 may not be left unattended in the Library.
The Medical Library faculty and staff strive to provide a professional environment in which users can study, seek and create information, or explore new knowledge sources in a comfortable and conducive setting. To this end, conversations in study and research areas of the Medical Library should be kept to a minimum and conducted in low voices. Users should set cell phones to silent or vibrate modes, while in the Medical Library, and should make or receive calls only near the main library entrance. Cell phones should not be used in study or research areas of the Library.
The Medical Library is a smoke-free and food-free environment. Beverages in closed containers are allowed in the Library, except near computer and media equipment. |
