Baker-Berry Information & Research Desks: Privacy Policy

(From the Dartmouth College Library Website)

For the full version of the information listed below, please visit:

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/home/about/privacy.html

The Dartmouth College Library protects the privacy of those who use the library. Staff members and student workers shall protect registration information about borrowers, their requests for information and materials, and their loan transactions. Law prohibits us from giving out any information regarding a patron’s library account to ANY other person regardless of their status or identity, without a subpoena, search warrant, or court order.

Staff or students working at the Dartmouth College Library will NOT disclose the following:

• The name of a patron who has a particular item checked out.
• The titles that are checked out to a particular patron.
• Personal information of any patron (address, phone number, email, etc).
• Identify a patron who has checked out a particular item or describe them in any other way.

Staff or students MAY disclose the following:

• The due date of a particular item.
• Recall any checked out item (with the exception of reserve material).
• Suggest that they contact class members regarding the item.