Computer Acceptable Use Policy
Computers at the UHV Library are provided for academic use and research.
In order to provide a pleasant atmosphere for all, we ask for the following considerations:
- Speak softly
- Set cell phones to mute or vibrate. Take your phone conversation outside.
- Drinks must be in closed containers.Avoid foods that will disturb others.
- Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
- Availability permitting, non-enrolled students and the general public may use the computers for research purposes.
- Only persons high school age or older may use the computers.
- Enrolled students, faculty, and staff have first priority for use.
- Games are not supported.
- "Adult entertainment" is not allowed.
- Only library-provided software may be used on the computers.
- Download and install of other programs is not permitted.
- Copyright laws must be observed.
- The UHV Library is not responsible for damage done to users' flash drives, discs, or data resulting from any malfunction of library hardware or software.
Misuse of computers or any other equipment, as well as disregard of any of the above may result in loss of privileges.
Study Room Policies
- Study Rooms can only be checked out with a current library card
- Groups have priority over individuals
- Students, faculty, and staff have priority over non-affiliated members
- Time Period
- Rooms check out for 2 hours at a time
- Rooms can be renewed for one additional check out period unless others are waiting
- Reservations
- Rooms may be reserved up to 48 hours in advance. Please notify us if you are unable to come
- Reservations made on a continuing basis are allowed only by Faculty
- All library policies apply
Drinks with lids are allowed. Food is allowed as long as it does not disturb others.
Revised Feb 2022
UHV Library Collection Development Policy
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This collection development policy is a statement of principles and guidelines used by the UHV Library in the selection, acquisition, evaluation, and maintenance of library materials and resources. This policy is a general guide and exceptions to the policy should be made to admit valuable materials whenever adequately justified by the interests of the library and the communities it serves. Further, it is a policy statement, not a manual of procedures, which is properly left to the internal management of library staff. Specific guidelines can be found under departmental resource statements.
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- Materials needed to support faculty requirements for course assignments and student research.
- Core materials to support the curriculum at both institutions, with an emphasis on major programs and subject areas.
- Full-text electronic resources to support the growing number of online and off-campus courses offered by both institutions.
- Potential or known use to patrons.
- Appropriate format for optimal use.
- Scarcity of available material in a subject area.
- Age of material in subject area (subjects where materials become dated quickly).
- Reputation of author / creator or literary merit or artistic quality.
- As funds permit, faculty recommendations in their areas of research, specialization, or interest.
- As funds permit, recreational reading or audiovisual materials of general interest for the students, staff and faculty on campus, and the community at large.
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- Demand due to curricular needs
- Currency appropriate to the subject area
- Value as an item of enduring interest
- Format appropriate to current technology
- Current or potential usage
- Condition of the material
- Available funds
- Reference materials will be acquired and evaluated using the General Collection Development Policy Criteria. The Head of Reference Services has primary responsibility for coordinating selection but should consult with the designated subject Selectors to avoid duplication and ensure coverage, and with faculty who use the collection heavily.
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Materials for the audiovisual collection will be acquired and evaluated using the General Collection Development Criteria. The Access Servoces Librarian is responsible for selection but should consult with the designated subject selectors to avoid duplication and ensure coverage, and with faculty who use the collection heavily. Also taken into consideration are:
- Suitability of format
- Quality of the selected material
- Ability to supply appropriate equipment for using the material
- Materials in the Periodicals collection will be acquired and evaluated using the General Collection Development Criteria. The Electronic Resources Librarian is responsible for selection, and will consult with the designated subject Selectors and with Faculty who use the periodicals collection.
- The UHV Library is a selective federal depository receiving 14% of depository items offered by the Government Printing Office (GPO). Depository items are selected by the Cataloging Librarian from the List of Classes and the monthly list of New Electronic Titles distributed by the United States General Printing Office. Item selection will be made based on the perceived needs of the depository users of the 14th Congressional District of Texas. Faculty and librarians may recommend additional document titles for selection. If needed for preservation, items of historical value for the library collection may be sent to the bindery. All materials withdrawn from the federal depository collection will be withdrawn in accordance with the Instructions to Depository Libraries published by the GPO and the State Plan for federal documents.
- The Library is also a depository of Texas State Publications. The Cataloging Librarian will select titles, beyond those received through the depository program, based on the perceived need of the depository users of Victoria County and surrounding counties. Faculty and other librarians may recommend additional titles for the Texas depository. Texas documents will be withdrawn in accordance with the Manual of Guidelines for Depository Libraries published by the Texas State Publications Clearinghouse.
- The Texas and Regional History collection contains materials focusing on the history of Texas in general and the Victoria area in particular. This collection is intended to serve as a resource for historical research. The collection may include limited genealogy materials that meet the above scope and focus of the collection.
- This collection consists of rare or valuable items, primarily of historical interest. Materials for special collections are acquired through gifts from benefactors in most cases, although second copies of items with regional historical emphasis, of lasting value, are purchased for the purpose of preserving a duplicate of a circulating item. The Director of Libraries has the primary responsibility for adding to this collection.
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- The Institutional Archives collection consists of archival records of enduring value that document the histories of Victoria College and the University of Houston-Victoria. The Special Collections Librarian is responsible for identifying, acquiring, preserving, and provided access to the permanently valuable records of Victoria College and UH-Victoria.
- The Repository Archives collection consists of records and manuscripts of individuals, groups, and organizations that document the histories of Victoria and surrounding counties. Materials for the Repository Archives collection are donated by individuals and organizations and become the custody of the VC/UHV Library. As a designated Regional Historical Resource Depository (RHRD) of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, the Library retains inactive county records of historical importance for Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, and Victoria counties. Records of historical importance, which counties are required to retain, may be transferred to the UHV Library's RHRD.
- Materials are selected and evaluated based upon the general Collection Development Criteria. Librarians are assigned as selectors for two or more subject areas based on the Library of Congress classification system and are responsible for ongoing acquisition and weeding.
- The Juvenile Book Collection is intended to provide a sample of books written for children, for use by students in the UHV's School of Education and teachers in local schools. Special emphasis is placed on acquiring award-winning books or books with exceptional reviews in the critical literature.
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- The Fiction collection is intended to primarily support curriculum needs, but a secondary priority is to identify and acquire collections of published books by promising writers that may be studied in the future, and contemporary award winning genre fiction. As funds permit, the Library provides a selective collection of contemporary writing by authors who have achieved favorable critical reviews, to meet the recreational reading needs of library patrons.
- Textbooks for classes taught at either institution are not purchased. An exception is the Curriculum Collection, which consists of all state adopted textbooks and is intended to serve as a teaching resource for the School of Education or local teachers.
- Foreign Language materials. The Library acquires primarily English language materials. Exceptions to this are foreign language dictionaries and literature that is used in the teaching of languages.
- Duplicate items are purchased when copies are needed for professional use or are in high demand.
- Format of book materials. Where there is an option of paperback or hardback binding, the choice is based on expected use, lasting value of content, and cost. For topics where change is rapid, paperback binding is preferred. For award-winning fiction of enduring value, particularly in the Juvenile collection, hardback copies are preferred.
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The Library acknowledges all gifts. No monetary evaluation will be made, pursuant to Internal Revenue Service regulations. The Library reserves the right to refuse a donation if the donor specifies special conditions. Once a gift has been accepted, it becomes the property of the library. Gifts that are not suited to the library collection, because of age, format, topic, physical condition, or other factors will be either disposed of or passed to other libraries, if appropriate.
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Consortia
The UHV Library is committed to cooperation and resource sharing with libraries throughout the city, region, and state. We are members of the following consortia and contractual units:
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TexshareA statewide consortium of academic and public libraries, TexShare is administered by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. TexShare maximizes the expenditures of public funding by enabling libraries to shre library resources in print and electronic formats, including over 40 electronic databases. TexShare also sponsors a cooperative library lending program, courier service, speedy interlibrary loan delivery, and a grant program, Texas Treasures, aimed at the electronic sharing of historical resources in Texas libraries.
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AMIGOSAmigos is a regional consortium of libraries consisting of over 700 libraries and cultural institutions. Amigos membership provides libraries with powerful consortium-based pricing for electronic resources, training, and other digital services. Amigos is responsible for the UHV Library's participation in the Amigos / netLibrary consortium, which purchased 18,000 electronic book titles.
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OCLCOCLC is a nonprofit membership organization serving 40,102 libraries in 76 countries around the world. It is the world's largest library consortium. OCLC services provide cataloging tools, resource sharing tools (interlibrary loan), and access with participation in the WorldCat database. The WorldCat database holds over 46 million cataloging records created by libraries around the world. It is the world's largest library union catalog.