Your Borrower ID is required to check out any materials from the Library.

If you are a CF student, your Borrower ID is your CF ID card. Please remember to bring it with you.

In the Library, all children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Children under 16 are not allowed in the Learning Support Center lab.

Study room reservations are made on the reservation sheets posted on the study room windows. Reservations must be made in person.

Four hours per day is the maximum length of time any group can reserve a room.

Rooms are available on a first come, first served basis. However, groups have priority.

Study rooms can only be reserved by groups of two or more people. Individuals are allowed to use unoccupied study rooms, with the understanding that s/he may be asked to relocate if a group needs the room.

Reservations are recommended, and those who have reserved a room have priority over those who have not. To reserve a room, sign up on the sheet on the study room windows. These rooms are very popular, particularly between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm, and during mid-terms and finals weeks, so reserving in advance is recommended.

Four hours per day is the maximum length of time any group can reserve a room.

Reservations will be forfeited if at least two members of the group are not present within 15 minutes of the start time.

Personal items (purses, wallets, phones, laptops, textbooks, book bags, etc.) should not be left unattended.

Fast food and carry-out food are not allowed in the study rooms or anywhere else in the Library.

Study and other rooms in the Library can only be reserved by CF students, faculty, and staff. CF students, faculty, and staff have priority use of these rooms.

If you have any questions, or would like to borrow dry erase markers and erasers for the white boards, please ask a Librarian at the Reference Desk.

The North side of the Library (where the A-Q Circulating books are) is designated as the Quiet Study area. Library patrons are asked to keep noise to a minimum on this side of the Library.

The South side of the Library (where the Reference books are) is designated as the Group Study area. People may sometimes talk and make noise on this side of the Library. Very noisy groups may, however, be asked to move into a Study Room.

Computers are provided by CF for the use of those enrolled at the college, as well as by others who pay a user fee.  The computers in these labs and throughout the campus are intended for educational use.

As a CF computer user, you agree to:

Use the computers to improve skills, perform research, write papers, complete assignments or work on other functions related to your learning experience.

Abide by copyright and other state and federal laws relating to computer use.

Refrain from using the computer to play games, or visit chat rooms unrelated to a class or a specific assignment..

Avoid questionable or sexually explicit Web sites including but not limited to pornographic, illegal, or otherwise offensive pages.

Refrain from changing, installing or downloading anything on CF computers.

Leave technological equipment and/or academic resources as you have found them.

Report any problems with computers to the Reference or Circulation Desk.

Fast food and carry-out food are not allowed in the LRC.

Any donations of materials to the Library will be reviewed, and those items deemed useful to CF students will be placed in the collection. Any items not deemed useful for CF students' curricular needs will be placed on the Free Table.

Please set your cell phones to vibrate while in the Library, and take all calls outside.

Do not leave personal items unattended. The Library is not responsible for lost or stolen items.

Effective July 1, 2009, CF will no longer provide paper and printers in the Learning Resources Center or computer labs. The CF Bookstore will provide printing services for all documents. Just bring your flash drive to building 36 for for a pay-per-page charge.

Members of the CF Senior Institute receive a Library card free of charge from Public Safety. This card entitles them to log on to the library computers for up to 4 hours a day and have a maximum of 2 items checked out at a time. Senior Institute members do not have remote access to the LINCCWeb databases and eBooks, but can be logged in to these resources by a Librarian while in the CCF Library.

The CF Senior Institute Library card must be shown to check out library items. Books can be checked out for up to three weeks, and can be renewed for a second three-week period if no hold has been placed on them by another patron. Books can be renewed online through MyAccount on LINCCWeb. A maximum of 2 audiovisual items, including DVDs and videotapes, can be checked out for 1 week with no renewal.

Community borrowers' cards are available to current Florida residents who are age 16 or older. These cards cost $10 per year, and with them, people who are not currently registered students can log on to the library computers for up to 4 hours a day and have a maximum of 2 items checked out at a time. Community borrowers do not have remote access to the LINCCWeb databases and eBooks, but can be logged in to these resources by a Librarian while in the CF Library.

The Community Borrowers Library card must be shown to check out library items. Books can be checked out for up to three weeks, and can be renewed for a second three-week period if no hold has been placed on them by another patron. Books can be renewed online through MyAccount on LINCCWeb. A maximum of 2 audiovisual items, including DVDs and videotapes, can be checked out for 1 week with no renewal.

Eligible reciprocal borrowing schools: The 27 other Florida public colleges and the 11 Florida public universities

Currently registered students of one of the above schools can have a maximum of 20 items checked out at one time. These students are also entitled to log on to the library computers for up to 4 hours a day. Florida public university and college students do not have remote access to the CF LINCCWeb databases and eBooks, but can be logged in to these resources by a Librarian while in the CF Library.

Florida public university and college students can have a maximum of 20 items checked out at a time, with up to 5 on any one particular subject. The ID card from their home institution must be shown to check out library items.

Books can be checked out for up to three weeks, and can be renewed for a second three-week period if no hold has been placed on them by another patron. Books can be renewed online through MyAccount on LINCCWeb. A maximum of 2 audiovisual items, including DVDs and videotapes, can be checked out for 1 week with no renewal. Items can be returned to the library at the student's home college or university.