Getting a Student ID/Library Card
The Library issues campus ID cards for Victoria College students. This campus ID card is also your library card. All ID cards are issued at the Main Library First Floor Service Desk.
Campus IDs will be issued to enrolled students under the following guidelines:
- Your name must appear on enrollment rosters provided to the library by the registrar. If your name is not on the roster, you must have a valid fee statement to verify current enrollment.
- Please have your Texas Driver's License with you to verify your address.
- Your student ID will be updated with a semester validation sticker each semester you are enrolled.
- Replacement fee is $3.00.
The Paw Pass that every* student receives upon registration also serves as your library card. To check out items from the library or use the computers, you will need to stop at the Service Desk on the 1st or 2nd floor and complete an information card to have your student record updated for use.
*If you did not receive a Paw Pass, your Jaguar Card will serve as your library card. The Paw Pass is issued to all UHV first year students, sophomores living in campus housing, and students who request them in person from the Bursar's Office in Victoria.
For a replacement Paw Pass or Jaguar Card, please contact the UHV Bursar's Office.
Questions regarding library cards should be addressed to Greg Garcia, Circulation Supervisor.
How Long Can I Check Out Books?
| Book Collection Type | Loan Period |
|---|---|
| Main Collection & Local History | 14 days |
| Leisure Reading | 14 days |
| Reserve Material | date set by instructor |
| Children/ Juvenile Collection | 14 days |
| Curriculum Collection | 14 days (limit to 3 items) |
| Reference Books | cannot be checked out |
| Magazines and Journals | cannot be checked out |
| Media Collection Type | Loan Period |
|---|---|
| Video and DVDs | 7 days |
| Music CDs, audio books, curriculum media | 14 days |
| (Limit to 10 media items) | |
Items may be renewed once. Curriculum material must be renewed in person. Renewals for other items may be placed in person or by telephone.
Returning Library Material
All media items should be returned to the Media Center, 2nd Floor.
There are 4 convenient locations to return library books:
- VC/UHV Library 1st Floor Service Desk drop box
- VC/UHV Library parking lot drop box (left side facing the front of the library)
- VC Student Center drop box (front of building)
- UHV West Building drop box (inside left hallway)
Overdue fines and fees
The library does not generally charge overdue fees. However, some items, primarily multimedia items have overdue fines of $.50 per day. An additional $5.00 processing fee is for any item over 42 days late.
If you owe a library fine or fee, a registration block will be placed against your student record in the registrar's office. This block will prevent you from registering until the block is cleared.
Research Services
The VC/UHV Library Reference Desk is staffed by a professional librarian at all hours the library is open. Librarians can assist you with your research and provide assistance and instruction on Internet-related searching as well.
You can get help without coming to the library. Our Ask a Librarian service provides:
- Email reference services. You can expect an answer within 24 hours
- Chat services
- Toll-free phone line
Check out more about Ask a Librarian
Computers and Wireless Access
There are 36 computers on the 1st Floor of the Library and 8 in the Media Library, 2nd floor, available for student use. Computers are available to all students with login with their library/ID card. The library supports the Microsoft Office Suite, Internet Explorer, and software necessary for Blackboard. Email, other than Internet mail, is not supported.
Students are expected to comply with the Library's Acceptable Use Policy. Students are also bound by campus computer use policies:
- Victoria College Computer Use Policies and Related Regulations (Student Handbook, page 36)
- University of Houston-Victoria Acceptable Usage Policy for Technology Resources
Wireless Internet Access is available for students, staff, and faculty on all four floors of the Library.
Library Computers & Software FAQ
Printing, Photocopy, and Fax Services
Printing from Library microcomputer workstations is to a central networked printer located at the Circulation desk. Color printouts are available for school-related needs only and must be done by library staff at the Library. Inquire at the Reference Desk for assistance. Requests for special papers cannot be honored. Charges for printing from microcomputer workstations are:
- 5¢ (five cents) per page
- Color printouts 25¢ (twenty-five cents) per page
A photocopy machine is available as self-service on the second floor of the Library. Photocopy charges are 10¢ (ten cents) per page. The machines will accept up to a $5.00 bill and make change.
Telefax services
- Outgoing
- Long distance - $2.00 long distance fee plus $1.00 a page
- Local - $1.00 a page
- Cover sheet is optional, but if desired, the fee is $1.00
- Incoming
- $1.00 per page
- International
- Long Distance charges for international fax will be based on prevalent charges. International fax requests should be referred to the Library's Administration Secretary
Getting Materials from Another Library
If our library does not own the book or periodical article you need, we can get it for you. The service is called Interlibrary Loan. Through Interlibrary loan, we borrow books and photocopied periodical articles on your behalf from other libraries. Interlibrary Loan service is available to all students without charge.
Turnaround time for a periodical article is about 48 hours, for a book about 7 days. Please fill out an Online REQUEST FORM. Paper forms can be found at the library's reference desk.
Study and Conference Rooms
The 3rd floor of the Library has been designated as a quiet zone for individual study. Study carrels along the perimeter of that floor provide the quiet and isolation sometimes necessary for intense study and reading.
You may reserve a study room at the Media Center Desk (361-570-4199) on the 2nd floor of the Library. See our Spaces for Group Study page for information about the individual rooms available.
The Library lecture hall (Room L-2), seating approximately 65 (sixty-five), is available to campus organizations. You may schedule this room through the Library's Circulation Desk, 361-570-4177.
Keys to study rooms must be checked out at the Media Center desk. Keys for the lecture hall are checked out at the Circulation Desk on the Library's first floor. You must have a current VC/UHV Library Card to check a key out.
