Admissions Policy

STANDARD ADMISSIONS OPTIONS - ACCEPTABLE IDENTIFICATION

Anyone may be admitted to the Library if she/he clearly displays acceptable identification to the Guard on duty as specified below:

• A valid University of Maryland, Baltimore campus, UMMS or VA Medical Center (Baltimore) identification badge, or a valid, photo-identification badge from any other college or university.
• If neither of the above i.d. badges is available, the visitor may present a valid driver’s license with photo-i.d. and sign in at the Guard’s Desk.
• If none of the identification listed above is available, the visitor should be referred to the Circulation Desk supervisor on duty who will require some type of photo-i.d. and a secondary piece of identification for admission. Once admission is approved, the visitor will be required to sign in at the Guard’s Desk.

Suggested types of acceptable identification in this case include: photo i.d. - state of Maryland employee i.d.; passport; valid university i.d. badge from another state; secondary i.d. - alumni card, professional license, social security card, public library card.

VISITORS

Visitors may be admitted as specified below:

• Guests of members of the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus need not show identification, but must sign in with the guard.
• Children, ages 12 years or younger, must be accompanied by an adult at all times while in the Library. Unaccompanied children will be escorted to the Guard’s Desk to wait for an adult.
• An individual requesting access to a government document we have received in our shared role with the Law Library as a government document depository library. Admission identification follows guidelines as stated above.

SPECIAL ADMISSIONS

• A high school student without identification as described in I., above, will be admitted at the discretion of the Circulation Supervisor on duty upon presentation of a dated letter from his/her teacher on school letterhead that verifies need to use this Library for research or to complete a written assignment.
• The Circulation Supervisor on duty may admit an individual who falls outside the categories listed above, at his/her discretion. Once admitted, this individual should sign in at the Guard’s Desk.

VISITOR BADGES

• A visitor, guest or person in the special admissions category admitted to the Library will be issued a visitor’s badge by the Guard to be worn while in the building and returned to the Guard as he/she leaves the building.

Effective Date: June 29, 1999
Approved by: Executive Director; Division Heads
Refer Questions to: Access Services, 410-706-1784