All Saint Joseph’s University constituents are issued a Saint Joseph’s University photo identification card which is placed in an automatic turnstile in order to permit library building access.
The photo identification card may be obtained at the Office of Public Safety. This office is located in the ground level area of the Barbelin Building and is opened twenty-four hours per day.
Saint Joseph’s University constituents without a photo identification card will be granted Library access and required to sign a register book. They will be expected to present themselves to the Public Safety Office to obtain their card before they return to the Library again.
Non-affiliates requesting entrance to the Library will be granted access and required to sign the register book. They should be prepared to present a photo identification card of some type.
| Access to the Library is restricted to University members with their Saint Joseph’s University identification card after 10pm Sunday through Thursday. |
Children must be accompanied by adults in order to access the Library.
Saint Joseph’s University alumni will be granted access to the building and may obtain a Library card in order to borrow books. This card is obtained at the Library Service Desk. (See Policy on Alumni)
Alumni of Saint Joseph’s University are welcome to use SJU’s Classic Catalog and borrow books from the Library with a valid alumni card. This card may be requested at the Service Desk. Use of databases and general Internet access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff members with valid network accounts and passwords. Suggestions for alternative access to electronics resources are available in our SJU Library Toolkit: Resources for Alumni.
The Francis A. Drexel Library is committed to protecting the privacy of our patrons. In some areas of this site, you will be asked to provide personal information (name, email address, etc.) that will allow us to perform patron services. Your participation is completely optional. The Francis A. Drexel Library does not rent, sell or otherwise make available e-mail addresses to anyone outside the University except those necessary parties involved in fulfilling a patron service, such as Interlibrary Loan.
Our web site contains links to external sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites. We encourage users who leave our site to be proactive and read the privacy statements of every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by the Francis A. Drexel Library.
- The Library supports the Library Bill of Rights and the Freedom to Read Statement of the American Library Association.
- The Francis A. Drexel Library supports the American Library Association’s view on the Patriot Act and will follow its recommendations. For more information, please see the American Library Association’s statement on the Patriot Act.
In order to evaluate this service to our patrons, we may examine the content of the IM sessions for questions and answers. This information is used to help analyze the number and the types of questions that are asked, to help set staffing levels for the service, and to populate the Library’s “Frequently Asked Questions”. The information is used anonymously and all identifying information (e.g. IP or e-mail addresses, personal names, phone numbers, etc.) is removed from the transcript of IM messages before evaluation.
Any patron who wants to have a record of their IM session deleted may email refhelp@sju.edu to request the deletion of their transcript. Patrons will need to know the date and exact time their IM started, as well as their IP address in order to accurately locate the session.
Saint Joseph's University Information Technology Use
“All members of the University community who use the University's computing and information resources must do so responsibly. Every user is responsible for the integrity of these resources. All users of University-owned or University-leased computing systems must respect the rights of other computing users, respect the integrity of the physical facilities and controls, and respect all pertinent licenses and contractual agreements. It is the policy of Saint Joseph's University that all members of its community act in accordance with these responsibilities, relevant laws and contractual obligations, and in the highest standard of ethics.”
For more information regarding the User Policy for Information Technology Use, please see the Office of Information Technology’s page.
Acceptable Use of Library Workstations
- All members of the Saint Joseph's University community are responsible for following the Guidelines for the Use of Computing & Networking Resources issued by the Office of Information Technology while using the Drexel Library's workstations.
- Access to the Library's pass worded workstations and printing facilities is a service extended to currently enrolled SJU students, faculty, and staff in the pursuit of classroom assignments and scholarly research projects.
- If other patrons are waiting to use them for academic research, workstations are not to be used to access personal e-mail, chat rooms or to play games. A Library staff member may ask a user to relinquish his/her workstation in order to allow another to sign on.
- The Library does not restrict access to or censor Internet content from the workstations, however, users are asked to remember that some materials accessed through the Internet may be deemed inappropriate, objectionable, and/or offensive to others in a restricted study environment. While this material may have a legitimate academic use, the Library encourages its patrons to use reasonable judgment and mutual respect for community members in what they choose to display in public view or print from the networked printer.
- The staff will respond to patron complaints about questionable activities on a workstation by handing the user an abbreviated version of this Acceptable Use of Library Workstations policy and a request to immediately cease the operation. Refusal to do so will result in the user being asked to leave the workstation or the Library.
- The use of Library workstations or printing facilities to harass, intimidate, threaten, or cause distress to another is expressly prohibited.
Use of the Library Instruction Lab
The Instruction Lab in the Drexel Library supports the Library's instruction program and can only be reserved through the Library. The Lab is used primarily for faculty-requested, course-specific instruction session, but also for a full series of subject drop-in sessions sponsored by the Library. As the Lab is located in the center of the building, its use requires the entire Library to be open and staffed. Therefore, the Instruction Lab use is scheduled only during the Library's regular operating hours. When the room is not reserved, the workstations in the Lab are open for student use. A sign posted outside of the lab notifies the student if it is available.
