Library Staff & Policies
COLLECTIONS & RESOURCES
The library offers access to a collection of print and electronic resources across various disciplines to support learning, teaching, and research at Ambrose.
AMBROSE ARCHIVES
In addition to historical records of Ambrose University and its predecessors, the archives currently houses records for The Alliance Canada and the Church of the Nazarene Canada.
Library Staff
Ambrose Library staff are happy to help with library and research questions. Feel free to stop by during business hours or send us an email!
Patricia Neufeldt
University
Librarian
patty.neufeldt@ambrose.edu
Kim Kissack
Public Services
Librarian
kim.kissack@ambrose.edu
Library Policies
Mission Statement
Relationship of Mission Statement to Library Objectives
Selection Criteria
- Relevance to a current course offering or to a faculty member’s field of research
- Reputation of the author or publisher
- Accuracy and currency of factual content and cogency of argumentation
- Value as a historical record
- Physical condition, if non-electronic
Statement on Academic Freedom
Non-English Materials
Multiple Copies
Paperbacks
E-books
Microforms
The microform edition of a given work is purchased only when it is unavailable in any other format.
Donations
Periodicals
The Process of Selection
Deselection
Budgetary Constraints
Collection Support of New or Enhanced Programs
Interlibrary Loan
Special Collection
- All publications bearing an Alliance imprint, regardless of language or material type, with the exception of Sunday school materials and those deemed to have no connection to the history or thought of the C&MA.
- Theses on the C&MA, with the exception of D.Min. projects dealing with individual Alliance churches in the United States
- All publications that treat the history or thought of the C&MA in some significant way.
- All publications relevant to the fourfold Gospel by authors closely associated with the Alliance.
- All works known to have exerted a formative influence on A. B. Simpson.
- Selected works by contemporaries of A. B. Simpson.
- Any materials lying beyond the scope of the above guidelines which in the opinion of the University Librarian are germane to the study of Alliance history and thought.
- Any library materials that, in the opinion of the University Librarian, require such a degree of physical protection as to make it inadvisable to permit patrons to have unrestricted access to them.
Archives
- While onsite, access to:
- Online access to:
- May borrow up to 15 books at a time for a 2-week loan
- May request up to 5 books through interlibrary loan (ILL) each month
- Provides government-issued picture ID at the time of account registration and renewal
- Must have an active email address for receiving automated due date reminders and to renew books online
- Agrees that their library card is not transferable to others, and that borrowed books are never loaned to others
- Knows due date and renews or returns books on time in good condition
- Notifies the Library (by email or phone) if not receiving courtesy notices
- Agrees to fees and fines as outlined below:
Library Card Replacement Card Overdue Fines Recalled Overdue Fines Lost/Damaged Books $5 $5 $1/book/day $5/book/day Replacement cost of book + $15 Lost Book Process Fee
- Cannot place hold requests, cannot check out Course Reserves, Education Collection, DVDs, CDs, LPs
- If books are needed for longer than 8 weeks, they must be returned and signed out again to restart loan period
- Overdue fines will not be waived; borrowing is blocked when fines reach $25
- Account is active for 1 year but can be renewed yearly in person provided there are no fines on the account
Failure to comply with policies will be considered grounds for revoking Community Borrower account.