The Library is in the process of reviewing all existing and drafting new guidelines. The first new guideline was approved on January 14, 2014. Guidelines will be revised periodically. Users should check the dates of items to determine their currency.
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Submissions from 2017
Collection Management Guidelines: Special Collections and University Archives (USFSP), Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Guideline: Graduate or Teaching Assistants Borrowing on Behalf of Faculty Members, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Submissions from 2016
Collection Development Policy : Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Submissions from 2015
Library Displays (August 2015) : NPML Guideline--018, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Service for Visiting Scholars (April 2015) : Interim Guideline, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Submissions from 2014
Children in the Poynter Library (June 2014) : NPML Guideline--015, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Code of conduct (June 2014) : NPML Guideline--016, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Food in the Library (March 2014) : NPML Guideline--003, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Gifts of materials for addition to the library collections (June 2014) : NPML Guideline--014, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Guest Access to Electronic Resources (March 2014) : NPML Guideline--004, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Issuance of USF Identification Card Guidelines for the University of South Florida St. Petersburg (March 2014) : NPML Guideline--005, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Library Computing Area Software Adoption Guidelines (April 2014) NPML Guideline--010, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Affiliated Guests., Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Guidelines (January 2014) : NPML Guideline--001, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Patron Privacy (May 2014) : NPML Guideline--007, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Public Access to Poynter Library Collections and Services (April 2014) : NPML Guideline--008, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Quiet zones (May 2014, revised: February 2016) : NPML Guideline--012, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Requests for Group Library Tours/Instruction by Non-USFSP Groups (October 2014) : NPML Guideline--017, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Test collection guideline (May 2014) : NPML Guideline--013, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Treatment of Personal Property of Library Patrons including Found Items (April 2014) : NPML Guideline--011, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Use of Library Non-Public Spaces (March 2014, revised: April 2016) : NPML Guideline--006, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Use of Library Public Spaces (February 2014) : NPML Guideline--002, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Use of Study Rooms (April 2014) : NPML Guideline--009, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Submissions from 2013
Institutional Borrowing Privileges, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. and Virginia Champion
Submissions from 2012
Nelson Poynter Memorial Library Code of Conduct, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Public Use of Computing Resources in the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Submissions from 2010
SUPERSEDED: Food in the Library Guidelines, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
Submissions from 2009
SUPERSEDED: Guidelines for the Use of Public and Non-Public Spaces in the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.
SUPERSEDED: Software Adoption Guidelines for Nelson Poynter Library Student Use Information Commons, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.