Shott Collection Policy Statement

The Shott Room collection consists of high-quality recreational reading books, audio books, CDs and DVDs as well as other audiovisual materials.  The collection emphasizes award winning titles, mysteries, science fiction, current bestsellers, self-improvement, popular fiction and nonfiction titles.

The Dean of Libraries is responsible for the overall administration of the Shott Room.  Selection and deselection of materials for the collection will be primarily the responsibility of the NDSU Humanities Librarian with input from staff, faculty and students.

These materials may circulate for 2 weeks with a single 2 week renewal.  NDSU students, faculty, staff and “special borrowers” will have checkout privileges for these materials.  The materials will not be available for interlibrary loan.

Due to the timely nature of the collection, checkout will be limited to a maximum of 3 items at a time.  Requestors may place a “hold” on an item (waiting list function) however due to the brief checkout period (2 weeks) items checked out will not be “recalled” early from a current checkout.  Fines will be charged for overdue items and a replacement cost will be charged for lost items.

A portion of the Shott funds will be used to purchase award winning fiction and nonfiction.  Some popular reading materials of less academic merit may be leased through a library vendor rather than purchased by the Library.  Leased books will be returned to the vendor when interest in the titles dwindles.  Multiple copies of a title may be leased to meet anticipated heavy demand for specific titles.  Gift books will be evaluated by the Humanities Librarian for addition to the collection.

All titles in the Shott Collection will be searchable by author and title in the ODIN online catalog and have a Shott Room designation.

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