For Summit Visiting Patrons
Current undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of any institution in the Orbis Cascade Alliance, including Oregon State University (OSU), may borrow from COCC Barber Library as a Summit Visiting Patron.
Note: Summit refers to the name of the library network of the Orbis Cascade Alliance and isn't connected with Summit High School in Bend.
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Access to Barber Library collections
Request COCC items through Summit
Using the library catalogs of their home institutions, members of Alliance institutions may borrow any requestable item in the Barber Library collections through Summit.
(OSU students, see OSU Libraries' Summit webpage.)
Borrow COCC items directly
To check out items directly from Barber Library, active Alliance students, faculty, and staff may apply for a Summit Visiting Patron account. A Summit Visiting Patron account is necessary to borrow items that are not requestable, like technology equipment.
To apply for a Summit Visiting Patron account, bring your school ID card to the Circulation Desk on the first floor of Barber Library. Staff will ask you to...
- Fill out a patron registration form.
- Sign in to your library account for your home institution, to show that you are a currently active student, faculty, or staff member. (This is an Alliance-wide procedure. See Summit Visiting Patrons on the OBA website.)
Books, AV, & Technology
For books, DVDs, CDs, and technology equipment, the circulation policies for registered Summit Visiting Patrons are identical to the policies for COCC students, faculty, and staff. See Checking Out Library Items.
Group Study Room Keys
Registered Summit Visiting Patrons may use the group study rooms at the Barber Library in Bend. However, current COCC students, faculty, and staff have priority in the use of these rooms.
Interlibrary Loan
Summit Visiting Patrons are directed to use their home institution's Interlibrary Loan services for items not available at Barber Library.
(OSU students, see OSU Libraries' Interlibrary Loan.)
Access to COCC computers
Summit Visiting Patrons who wish to use the Library's computer workstations must sign up for a 180-day network account. After expiration, a network account may be renewed upon request.
To apply for a network account, see staff at the Circulation Desk.
Alternatively, visitors with their own laptops or mobile devices may use the Open Community wireless network, which does not require a network account. (Note: Documents cannot be sent to the Library printers over the Open Community network.)
Access to online resources
Summit Visiting Patrons with 180-day network accounts can use the computers within Barber Library to access the Library's research databases, eBooks, and streaming videos.
When performing research online outside of Barber Library, Summit Visiting Patrons can use the databases available through their home institutions.
(OSU students, see OSU Libraries' Databases A-Z.)