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The Circulation Desk provides access to and assistance with all library resources. Patrons are able to visit the Circulation Desk in person whenever the library is open, or contact us via phone 626.584.5618 or email lib-info@fuller.edu.

• Borrowing

  Books can be checked out at the Circulation Desk until 5 minutes before closing. See the Collections button for information on where books are located.

  Members of the public who have been granted library entrance privileges and do not qualify for a library account are unable to borrow books. However, they are welcome to use resources while in the library. For more details on borrowing privileges see Access Policies.

  Do I need a library card?

  Yes. Your Fuller ID card also acts as your library card and can be obtained from the main desk at the Welcome Center in the library lobby (135 N. Oakland Ave. Pasadena, CA 91101).

  Visiting Scholars and other non-Fuller individuals who qualify for borrowing privileges will also be issued a library card at the Welcome Center in the library lobby.

• Returning

  Books may be returned to the Circulation Desk during operating hours. Whenever the library is closed, a drop box is available to the right of the main entrance.

  If you are unable return your books in person, additional options are available. Please contact circulation at lib-info@fuller.edu

• Renewing

  Books can be renewed online through your library account or by contacting the Circulation Desk. For more information see the Renew Books button.

  Please note that not all patrons are able renew their books remotely. Access Polices will offer more information.

  If you are not able to renew your books remotely, you must bring the books to the Circulation Desk in person to check them out again.

• Holds & Recalls

  Holds can only be placed on books that have already been checked out. Please note that not all patrons can place holds on books. Recalls can only be issued by the Circulation Desk and are subject to certain limitations.

• Library Account

  All Fuller faculty, students, and staff can access their library account online. To access your account you will need your Fuller username and password.

  Patrons with cards issued to them directly by the Circulation Desk and alumni should contact the Circulation Desk for information regarding their Library account.

• Due Dates and Notifications

  The Library assumes that you are responsible for the books you have borrowed and for their timely return.

  You can always view the status of books you have borrowed and their due dates by checking your Library Account online or contacting the Circulation Desk.

  Courtesy notices may be sent to you for items that are long overdue, for items that have been recalled, and to let you know that an item you have placed on hold is ready for pickup.

  Please note that these notifications will be sent to the email that you have on file with the seminary. You can view or update this information here.

• Book Availability and Missing Books

  The online catalog will list whether an item is checked out, and if so when it is due. If you need further assistance, the Circulation Desk will assist you in determining if an item is available or checked out, and what the due date is.

  If you cannot find a book in the Main collection, it is possibly in use, mis-shelved, in-process, lost, or in the Closed Stacks. Please request help at the Circulation Desk.

• Fines and Fees

  Late Fees

  Course Reserves	$0.25 per hour
  All Other Hourly Items	$0.25 per hour
  Recalled Items	$5.00 per day
  All Other Items	$0.20 per day

  Lost Books and Replacement Fees

  Items that are lost or have sustained damage necessitating replacement will incur a minimum replacement fee of $60.00 per item ($75 for Korean-language books).

  Alternatively, you may elect to personally purchase a replacement item for the library. Please note that the replacement copy must have the same ISBN as the lost or damaged item. Please contact the Circulation Desk with any questions you may have regarding lost or damaged items.

  Payment and Blocks

  Any charges on your library account can be paid in cash at the Circulation Desk. When paying in cash no denominations over $20 will be accepted. Online payments are also accepted by clicking here. Borrowing privileges will be suspended on accounts with a balance of $50.00 or more.

  Please note that alumni and consortia borrowers are not allowed to carry a balance on their account and must pay all outstanding charges prior to checkout.

Relationships with Other Libraries

Through the Fuller Libraries’ memberships in regional and national consortia, our faculty and students enjoy the benefit of resource sharing and reciprocal borrowing privileges at other institutions.

• ATLA

  The Fuller Libraries participate in the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Reciprocal Borrowing Program, which creates an arrangement between participating ATLA members to grant check-out privileges to each other’s patrons. Fuller students may simply walk into a participating library, show proof of current enrollment at Fuller Theological Seminary, and check out materials based on the library’s local lending policies. The user is responsible for adhering to local policy and returning the materials in a timely fashion. For a map of participating ATLA libraries, click the button below. For ATLA’s reciprocal borrowing information, click here.

  Participating Institutions

• Califa

  The Califa Library Group is a consortium of over 220 member libraries in California. Califa negotiates discounts on products and services for use by member libraries.

• CLC

  The Hubbard library’s membership in Christian Library Consortium (CLC) allows Fuller to share resources with other member institutions and to take advantage of consortia discounts with related vendors. The CLC was borne out of the Association of Christian Librarians, “an influential, vibrant, growing community that integrates faith, ministry, and academic librarianship through development of members, services, and scholarship.”

• OCLC

  The David Allan Hubbard Library is a full participant in Online Computer Library Center’s (OCLC’s) shared cataloging (WorldCat) and interlibrary loan programs. With over 16,000 library members worldwide, OCLC is a rich source of bibliography, cataloging information, and resource sharing. Over 2 billion titles are available through its union catalog.

• SCATLA

  Southern California Theological Library Association (SCATLA) is an association of a growing number of graduate and undergraduate schools in Southern California that support graduate degrees in theology. It is a is a referral service that permits, on a case-by-case basis, screened clients at one library to use the collections at another library during the course of a defined research project.

  In order to access resources at a SCATLA Library, you must present a (yellow) SCATLA card/form provided by an authorized SCATLA signer in your library. To request a card, please visit the Circulation Desk in the Hubbard Library, or call (626) 584-5618 or email lib-reference@fuller.edu.

  SCATLA Libraries

  SCATLA Borrowing
• SCELC

  Through Membership in the Southern California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC), David Allan Hubbard Library participates in consortial purchasing of databases access. Faculty members have reciprocal borrowing privileges at many SCELC libraries. Inquire at the Hubbard Library Circulation Desk for details and the appropriate forms.

The Fuller Community

The David Allan Hubbard Library exists to serve the information and research needs of Fuller Theological Seminary and the broader graduate theological academic community. The Fuller Library is a private library only for the use of Fuller students, faculty, staff, other members of the immediate Fuller community, and authorized library-card holders (see below).

Members of Consortia Institutions

The library belongs to several library consortia. This is the preferred manner through which members of other graduate institutions can gain access to the library. Please inquire with your institution’s librarian about consortia membership and reciprocal borrowing participation. These consortia are the Southern California Theological Library Association (SCATLA), ATLA, and the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC).

Overview of Library Services and Borrowing Privileges

• Current Fuller Students, Faculty, and Staff

  Your Fuller ID Card serves as your library card and can be obtained from the Welcome Center.
  Remote access is granted to Hubbard Library’s electronic resources.
  Wi-Fi access to the ‘Fuller Seminary’ network using your FullerID login.

  Borrowing Privileges

  Masters Students, Staff	30 items	21 days	2 renewals
  PhD, DMiss, ThM	100 items	90 days	1 renewal
  DMin	50 items	90 days	1 renewal
  Faculty	unlimited items	365 days	2 renewals
  Adjunct Faculty	30 items	90 days	1 renewal

  
  

• Fuller Alumni

  A library card may be obtained from the Welcome Center located on the first floor of the library.
  Limited access is given to library services.
  Remote access is granted to select databases.
  Wi-Fi access is available to the ‘Fuller Seminary’ network via FullerID login.
  Borrowing privileges include up to 5 items for 21 days with no remote renewal.

• Consortia

  A library card.
  Additional privileges vary by consortia membership.
  Please see additional information about consortial terms using the button below.

  Consortia

Circulation Desk
lib-info@fuller.edu
626.584.5618

• Main Collection

  The Main Collection is strong in biblical studies, church history, theology, ministry, psychology, and intercultural studies, and is located on two basement levels. It incorporates the Harrison-Ladd collection of biblical studies materials and the Dayton Collection of holiness and American church history materials.

  Main Collection books are available for check out and use outside of the library by all eligible patrons.

• Reference Collection

  The Reference Collection consists of bibliographies, encyclopedias and dictionaries, concordances, atlases, some directories, handbooks, and major commentary series. Located in the Weyerhaeuser Reading Room on the first floor of the library, the Reference Collection is open to the Fuller community for browsing.

  Reference materials may not be checked out.

• Periodicals

  Open-stack Spanish periodicals are located in the De Pree Reading Room on the first floor, and open-stack Asian language periodicals are located on the 2nd floor. Both are arranged alphabetically by title.

  The most recent issues of our print periodicals are available in the Weyerhaeuser Reading Room on the first floor. Additional print periodicals are also located in the Archives, Special Collections, and Storage locations. These may be requested at the Circulation Desk.

  All of Fuller’s electronic journals are searchable through our eJournal app, Browzine. Journal titles in all formats are available through the online library catalog.

  Periodicals do not circulate, but may be used and scanned in the library.

    Browzine 

  Scanning
• Darling Pacific Rim Collection

  The Hugh and Hazel Darling Pacific Rim Collection consists of books written in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Spanish. Asian language books from this collection are located on the 2nd floor. Those in the main portion of the collection may be checked out while those located in the reference portion do not circulate.

  Spanish language books are located on the first floor in the DePree Reading Room and may also be checked out. English books about Pacific Rim countries, translations from Asian languages, and polyglot (multi-language) books are also located in the other collections.

• Integration Collection

  The Integration Collection includes materials related to the integration of psychology and theology. It is located in Basement A of Fuller’s David Allan Hubbard Library in Pasadena.

• Reserve Collection

  The Reserve Collection includes print books and media that are temporarily put on reserve for course use for a term. Please ask for these materials at the Circulation Desk.

  Reserves

• Media Collection

  The Media Collection includes various non-print, audio/visual materials such as software, DVDs, and music CDs. Cassette tapes and video tapes are in the catalog as separate collections. These items may be requested at the Circulation Desk and checked out to patrons for a 3 day period.

• Dissertations & Theses

  Dissertations and theses written by Fuller students are incorporated into the Main Collection under the call number ZZ. Dissertations that are only held in one copy can be requested from the Fuller institutional archives, and those written in Korean may be found in the Darling Pacific Rim Collection. Many theses are also available in microform. Some are available online through the Dissertations and Theses Global database by ProQuest. More help locating dissertations and theses is available via the dissertation LibGuide.

  Fuller D&T Database

  D&T LibGuide
• Special Collections

  Special Collections include named collections of monographs such as the Robert H. Mitchell Hymnal Collection, Donald Dayton Collection, Charles Edwin Jones Collection, James Washington Collection, Charles Parham-V. Alex Bills Collection, and many others.

  These books are in the closed stacks, and must be paged by the Circulation staff. They may be used in the library for 2 hours at a time. For access to materials in this collection, please inquire at the Circulation Desk.

• Closed Stacks

  The closed stacks hold less frequently used books and periodicals, building depth to the library’s research collection. Books in closed stacks are available for the usual loan period. Periodicals from closed stacks are for in-library use only and may not be checked out.

• Rare Book Collection

  The Fuller Seminary Rare Book Collection includes over 2,100 rare printed books, mostly printed before 1815, and is maintained by the Fuller Seminary Archives. Many of these titles can be browsed in our online catalog. The cornerstone of our rare book collection was the private theological library of founding faculty member Wilbur M. Smith. Use of the rare book collection is available by appointment only.

• David du Plessis Archive

  The David du Plessis Archive is housed in the David Allan Hubbard Library. More information is available on the website.

  Archives Website

• Gift/Donation Policy

  The David Allan Hubbard Library facilitates engaged learning by creating an environment conducive to intellectual and social interactions. This is accomplished through the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of materials and services by purchase or donation.

  Gift/Donation Policy