Animals in The Library

Because animals in the library are incompatible with the essential purpose of the library to serve as a quiet research and study facility, it is the library's policy not to allow persons to bring animals into the library unless the animal is a service dog accompanying a person with a disability.

Anytime a service dog is behaving in a manner incompatible with the essential purposes of the library, the library will immediately require that the service dog be brought into conformity or leave the library.

Incompatible behavior includes:

• barking
• urinating/pooping on floor
• being off a leash
• running away or otherwise leaving the side of the owner
• biting or other threatening actions such as growling, teeth bared, lunging on others besides animal owner
• damaging property of University or others

Anyone bringing a service dog into a library must be willing to answer the following questions:

1. Is this animal required because of a disability?
2. What work or task is this animal trained to perform?


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