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LIS Virtual Services Guide: Visiting JMU Libraries

Community Borrowers

Members of the public (community borrowers) are able to do the folllowing:

  • Check out materials
    • they MUST have a valid MRL card so we can enter them in our system
  • Access databases & printing from public computers
    • MUST show valid photo ID at the front desk to be registered
  • Access most of the public spaces in the building
  • Use the Makery, anatomy room, etc.
  • Use first come/first serve study rooms (MUST be in group)

Community members CANNOT do the following:

  • Request interlibrary loans (ILL)
  • Reserve library spaces such as group study rooms

Guest Visitation @ JMU Libraries

JMU Libraries are open to anyone and everyone; non-JMU registered guests have multiple options when visiting a JMU Libraries location:

  • Rose Library | 1251 Carrier Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
    • the most accessible library for guest visitation
    • short term visitor parking for Rose Library is available at the following locations:
      • Lot D3 (metered parking)
      • Lot D2 (metered parking)
         
  • JMU Libraries Express | 1050 South Main Street (Parking Lot K)
    • Users picking up or returning items at this location may park in any of the four designated 15 minute parking spaces located directly along the building
    • there is currently NO long term visitor parking available at this location
    • A drive up book drop for returning items, located in Parking Lot K directly behind JMU Libraries Express, is available 24 hours and does not require any parking to access
  • Music Library | located in the basement of the Music building along the Quad
    • Metered parking is available for users behind the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts near the University Services building
      • use the pedestrian tunnel underneath South Main Street to access the Quad; the Music Building will be the first stone building on the left
         
  • ETMC | located in Memorial Hall
    • non-JMU members will probably have problems parking here; encourage them to visit JMU Parking and Transit Services for a visitor pass
       

For Long Term Visitor Parking

  • users visiting for more than a day should be encouraged to visit JMU Parking and Transit Services (located on the ground level of the Champions Drive Parking Deck) for a long term visitor parking permit
    • visitors must present a valid driver's license and vehicle registration in order to obtain a visitor parking permit