About the Library

About the Facility

Named after the university's first president and founder Harry A.B. Shapiro and his wife and second president, Gertrude Crockett Shapiro, the library is located on the main campus in Manchester, N.H. The building allows laptops to connect to the network using wireless technology, and also houses the Richard Pantano Gallery. Some additional features are:

• An art gallery spotlighting New England artists
• Computerized training room with twenty-eight networked computers
• Several conference rooms for individual and group study
• Quiet study area
• Carrels with connections for laptop computers
• Sixteen networked computers with internet access
• Photocopy and microform machines
• Dell laptops with wireless connectivity for in library use
• Education Resource Center/Conference Room ( See Policies [25 kb])
  

About the Collection

The constantly expanding collection serves as an information resource center for the students, faculty and staff of Southern New Hampshire University. Designed to support the business, liberal arts, and hospitality curriculum of the university, it is characterized by:

• Constantly expanding access to the leading academic and business databases
• Selective print collection
• Numerous magazines and journals in hard copy and microfilm
• U.S. Government Depository collection
• Historical business collection and retrospective annual reports on microform
  

About Policies and Procedures

All members of the Southern New Hampshire University community, as well as the general public, are welcome to use the resources of the Shapiro Library on a walk-in basis. Users of the library facility are expected to behave appropriately and adhere to all library and university policies. (See Policy on Noise and Children). A valid SNHU I.D., NHCUC member I.D., card serves as your library card and is necessary for borrowing materials. Registered students will be issued I.D. cards which must be activated at the library circulation desk before they can function as library cards. Privileges (pdf 19.4 KB )vary depending on the type of ID/library card that you have.

• Books may be borrowed for a period of three weeks.
• Books (excluding reserve material) may be renewed in person or online up to five times (unless they have a hold request or have been recalled)
• Periodicals, newspapers, and reference materials must be used in the building and are not able to be borrowed.
• Laptops circulate to SNHU ID holders only and must be used in the building
• Fines: Books more than 3 weeks over due are considered lost and will be billed a minimum of $50 for replacement and an additional $15 processing fee.
• Reserve fines are $2 an hour

This is an abbreviated list of policies. Call or stop by the Circulation desk for more information.