Michigan Room

Policies

• Loan Policy: Materials in the Michigan Room do not circulate.

• Access: The Michigan Room is open during library hours. 

• Assistance: The Michigan Room will not be staffed to perform lengthy or extensive local history/genealogical requests. Some reference assistance is available from circulation staff and volunteers. Brief requests may be addressed to the library director by phone, email or mail.

• Exclusions: The library will not accept restricted collections and will not collect duplicated of materials in our holdings; undated and unidentified photographs of people, newspapers available on microfilm, three-dimensional artifacts, local and state government records in their original form, or books by Three Rivers authors that are outside the scope of our collection policy.

• Weeding Policy: Materials already in the collection which do not reflect the collecting areas of the Michigan Room may be removed and offered to other more appropriate institutions.

• Gifts and Donations: Gifts and donations are important to supplementing the Michigan Room collection. Donations are accepted if they fit the criteria of this policy and if they can be used in an effective manner. Donations that are determined to have a more selective use in another more suitable environment are not accepted, but referred to other locations that may or may not accept the donation. Selectivity is critical to the maintenance of the collection in order for the collection to continue to support its core research areas.