Library Policies

The resources of the Robert W. Van Houten Library at the New Jersey Institute of Technology primarily support the instructional and research needs of the NJIT students, faculty and staff. The library is open to the public for research relating to the NJIT library's unique science and technology collection. Individuals not affiliated with NJIT may be required to show an acceptable identification card. All library users must comply with NJIT library policies.

• Borrowing of materials
• Code of conduct
• Collection development: general policy
• Collection development: weeding policy
• Computer use
• Computer use for guest patrons
• Donations
• Electronic theses and dissertations (ETD)
• Enterprise Development Center (EDC) library privileges
• Exhibits, Displays, Poster
• Food and Drink Policy
• Group study rooms
• Interlibrary loan borrowing policy
• Document delivery service policy
• Interlibrary loan services to other libraries
• iPad Policy
• Lost and Found
• Meeting rooms
• Privacy of information
• Purchasing textbooks
• Purchasing videotapes and DVD's
• Rare book room
• Reciprocal borrowing agreement (for students, faculty and staff to borrow books between NJ's VALE academic libraries)
• Weeding policy for collection development