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Student Check-Out Procedure

During 2nd Week (Jan. 11-15) students are not allowed in the library, but they can still check out library items.

  1. Place a request on the item you need in Catalyst. (If the item is on reserve for a course you won’t be able to request it. Skip to Step 3.)
  2. Wait until you receive an email stating your item is available to be picked up.
  3. Come to the library entrance with your OneCard between 8AM - 5PM and call 507-222-4260. (If you’d like an item on reserve, let us know which item.)
  4. We will take your OneCard, check out the item to you, and give it to you in the entrance.

New Library Policies

  • No food in the library
  • Green2Go Boxes are not allowed in the library
  • Face coverings required in all areas
  • Furniture may not be moved
  • Disinfect as you enter and exit
  • All returned books (except reserves) and requested St. Olaf books will be quarantined for 3 days
  • 6’ social distancing required
  • Wash hands before and after entering stacks to retrieve books
  • Adhere to Occupancy & Signage requirements
  • Don’t come to the Library if you are feeling ill

Current Library Capacity

New in the Library

Book cover for The art of procrastination A guide to effective dawdling, lollygagging, and postponing. Book cover for D A novel. Book cover for Laziness does not exist Book cover for The price you pay for college An entirely new road map for the biggest financial decision your family will ever make. Book cover for Bring back our girls The untold story of the global search for nigeria's missing schoolgirls. Book cover for How to avoid a climate disaster The solutions we have and the breakthroughs we need. Book cover for Remember The science of memory and the art of forgetting. Book cover for Red, white & royal blue A novel. Book cover for Group How one therapist and a circle of strangers saved my life. Book cover for Who owns religion? : scholars and their publics in the late twentieth century Book cover for When maps become the world Book cover for Grading for equity : what it is, why it matters, and how it can transform schools and classrooms Book cover for The evolution of the Chinese Internet : creative visibility in the digital public Book cover for Wiser Getting beyond groupthink to make groups smarter. Book cover for Mind and matter A life in math and football. Book cover for Stakes is high Life after the american dream.