Policies

Full-Time Faculty and Staff

All full-time faculty and staff are granted 24/7 card access to the medical library space upon hiring. New FSU COM full-time hires must obtain a FSUCard and complete onboarding procedures before gaining card access. See New Employee Checklist (MEDNet > Departments/Offices > Administrative Services > New Employee Checklist). 

FSU College of Medicine Student Access

Only medical, physician assistant, and biomedical sciences graduate students may request 24/7 access to the medical library during unstaffed hours.

New students must complete the CoM Card Access form to gain 24/7 building access. For optional card access to the medical library, students must successfully complete the medical library section in the CoM Card Access form (MEDNet > CoM Resources > Card Access). 

Those in the library who are not eligible must be asked to leave the library space before closing at 5 PM. See Closing Procedures and Verifying Access. 

Instructions

1. Access the CoM Security Request Access Form on MEDNet
   1. Users will have to sign into the intranet using their CoM login credentials, but enter their FSU card information into the form.
2. Under “Request is For” choose Research Student.
3. Under “Requesting Access to” choose Building and Medical Library.
4. After selecting Medical Library, a brief list of behavior guidelines will appear that the user will need to agree to. They will have to fill in all required fields before a grey box that says Sign & Submit Request appears.
5. Once the request form has been submitted, both the medlibrary and the user should receive a notification of the user's approval within 24 business hours.