Policies

• Appeals for Lost Books and Overdue Fines (PDF)
• Basement Access (PDF)
• Building Closing (PDF)
• Children in the Library (PDF)
• Circulation Policy (PDF)
• Circulation Loan Periods (PDF)
• Code of Conduct Policy (PDF)
• Collection Development Policy (PDF)
• Computers for Public Use (PDF)
• Confidentiality of Library Records (PDF)
• Digital Collection Development Policy
• Digital Preservation Implementation Plan
• Digital Preservation Policy
• Electronic Formats Collection Development Policy (PDF)
• Escalator Orientation and Mobility Training Policy (PDF)
• Faculty Carrels (PDF)
• Filming and Photographing in the Library (PDF)
• Food and Beverage Policy (PDF)
• Gifts Policy (PDF)
• Hours Policy (PDF)
• Lockers Policy (PDF)
• Laptop Circulation Policy (PDF)
• Information Delivery Services Policy (PDF)
• Internet Policy (PDF)
• Leisure Reading Book Collection Billing Policy (PDF)
• Mathematical Sciences Reading Room Hours (PDF)
• Media Services (PDF)
• NIU Theses, Dissertations, and Papers (PDF)
• No Smoking Policy (PDF)
• Noise Policy (PDF)
• Periodical Services (PDF)
• Reflection Room Policy (PDF)
• Reserve Services (PDF)
• Retention of Library Billing Records (PDF)
• Retirees: Faculty, SPS, and Staff Policy (PDF)
• Scholars' Den (PDF)
• Smart Classroom Reservation Policy (PDF)
• Study Rooms Reservation Policy (PDF)
• Theft, Mutilation or Destruction of Library Property (PDF)
• Visiting Scholars and Sponsored Visitors: Library Privileges (PDF)
• Withdrawal Policy (PDF)

Collection Development Policies by Subject

• Allied Health Professions (PDF)
• Anthropology (PDF)
• Art (PDF)
• Biological Sciences (PDF)
• Business (PDF)
• Chemistry (PDF)
• Communicative Disorders (PDF)
• Computer Science (PDF)
• Education (PDF)
• Engineering and Engineering Technology (PDF)
• English (PDF)
• Family, Consumer and Nutrition Sciences (PDF)
• Gender Studies (PDF)
• Geography (PDF)
• Geology (PDF)
• Government Publications
  • State of Illinois (PDF)
  • United States (PDF)
  • United Nations (PDF)
• History (PDF)
• Huskie Commons – Northern Illinois University’s Institutional Repository (PDF)
• Latino and Latin American Studies (PDF)
• Mathematical Science (PDF)
• Music (PDF)
• Nursing (PDF)
• Philosophy (PDF)
• Physics (PDF)
• Political Science (PDF)
• Psychology (PDF)
• Rare Books and Special Collections (PDF)
• Regional History Center (PDF)
• Sociology (PDF)
• Southeast Asia (PDF)
• Theater (PDF)
• Women's Studies (PDF)