Exam Proctoring

Student Requirements


  • You must live or work in Elmhurst in order to have an exam proctored at the Library.
  • Fill out the Proctoring Request Form a minimum of 10 business days before you wish to take your exam and before you have any exam-related materials sent.
  • It is essential that you give your school enough time to send the exam to ensure that all materials will be prepared on the day you wish to take it.
  • Proctoring staff contacts the student with questions and information throughout the process, including confirmation of their exam reservation as well as the receipt of exam materials.
  • Your exam must be proctored within Library hours and end 30 minutes before we close.
  • Library staff will help you schedule your exam.
  • Students must bring photo ID and are responsible for bringing approved items, like calculators, textbooks, notes, and other materials that their agency permits for the exam. Unapproved items should not be brought with you.
  • Staff helps the student get set up in the room for proctoring and monitors the student from the Information Desk.
  • While proctoring is free of charge, students are responsible for any copying, printing, or postage costs. To physically return written exams to the agency, you must provide Elmhurst Public Library with a pre-addressed, pre-stamped envelope.
  • We are unable to take cash or checks to pay for return postage. You must provide the return postage in the case of mailing a written exam.
  • For online exams, we highly recommend coming into the Library to test links and software prior to your exam date.
  • Some protected testing technology will not operate on a public Wi-Fi connection, in which case the student will not be able to take their exam with Elmhurst Public Library.


Our Practices


Please read this before submitting a request form to ensure that our practices align with your agency's proctoring expectations, as many exams required different levels of proctoring.


  • Students check in with staff at the Information Desk on the 2nd Floor.
  • Staff checks the student's photo ID and familiarizes themselves with the prepared materials.
  • Staff sets the student up with the appropriate materials. Students may request a timer for timed exams.
  • Staff monitors the student from the Information Desk. Study Room 1 is in full view of the Information Desk and has windows on all four sides.
  • We are unable to proctor exams that require staff to be in the room with the student for the duration of the exam.
  • Once the exam is completed, the student returns all exam materials to the desk and lets staff know that they are done.
  • If the exam is written, staff documents the completed exam and return with the physical exam or a digital copy to the agency according to their preferences.


PROCTORING REQUEST FORM