The health and safety of our staff and anyone entering the Library building is our priority as we continue to find ways to meet the research, teaching, and learning needs of The Claremont Colleges. Please continue to visit this page for the most up-to-date information.
Last updated: 11/10/2021, 5:11 p.m.
| Services | Current Status | |
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| Access to Library Spaces | ||
| Building Access |  AVAILABLE TO CURRENT TCC ID HOLDERS
10/18 – end of semester*:
*Some exceptions for school breaks and holidays. |
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| Entrances |  PARTIALLY AVAILABLE
From 8/16 – present: The South Entrance into the 1st floor of Honnold (a.k.a. the “Cafe” entrance facing 8th St.) is open all hours the Library building is open. As of 11/1/2021, the North Entrance facing 10th street is open Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. |
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| Individual Study Spaces | AVAILABLE TO CURRENT TCC ID HOLDERS (No appointment needed.) |
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| Group Study Room Reservations | AVAILABLE |
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| Event spaces |  NOT AVAILABLE (No formal events will be held in the Library during fall 2021 semester) |
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| Teaching in the Library | PARTIALLY AVAILABLE (Only in partnership with a Library staff member or staff from the Center for Teaching & Learning) |
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| Meeting Rooms | PARTIALLY AVAILABLE (Honnold Conference Room, Digital Tool Shed, Keck 3, and Research Studio are available for reservations) |
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| Lockers |
AVAILABLE |
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| Information, Research & Instruction Services | ||
| Chat, Phone, Email | AVAILABLE |
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| Research Appointments | AVAILABLE ONLINE AND IN PERSON (By appointment only) |
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| Library Instruction | AVAILABLE ONLINE OR IN PERSON |
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| Accessing Physical Collections | ||
| Browsing of General Collection | AVAILABLE FOR CURRENT TCC ID HOLDERS (No appointment needed) |
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| Resource Sharing (ILL) | AVAILABLE |
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| Special Collections Reading Room Access | AVAILABLE, BY APPOINTMENT |
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| HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service | NOT AVAILABLE (All circulating print books are now available for checkout, which requires us to end our participation in the ETAS) |
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| Delivery & Pick Up Services | ||
| Curbside & Walk-in Pickup | AVAILABLE to TCC card holders and community borrower card holders (Curbside pickup requires appointment) |
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| Faculty Delivery (to Offices) | AVAILABLE |
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| Scanning Requests | AVAILABLE |
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| Mailing Items to Your Home Address | NOT AVAILABLE |
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| Returns | ||
| Book Returns | AVAILABLE |
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| Request Return Mailing Labels | SOME AVAILABLE
This service will be ending 12/21/2021. |
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As of August 16, 2021: The Library building is open to all current students, faculty, and staff of The Claremont Colleges. We will be taking a hybrid approach and continue to offer some contactless and online services in addition to in-person services (see the “Status of Library Services table above”).
Community borrowers will not be granted access to the building at this time. Exceptions will be permitted for the following purposes:
Community borrowers can use the Library’s curbside pickup service to borrow books.
All visitors to the Library will be asked to follow these protocols while in the building: