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LIBRARY RULES AND REGULATIONS
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- The Library service is
available to faculty, staff and students of the University.
- Other persons may apply to
the University Librarian for permission to use the library.
Such persons will be admitted, at the discretion of the
University Librarian, for read only access, and use of the
library will attract a fee.
- New students, faculty and
staff are required to register at the beginning of each
academic year by completing the appropriate form and
presenting a VALID UTech identification card at the Client
Services desk.
- To enter, clients must show
a valid UTech identification card to the security guard or
staff on duty. In the absence of a valid ID, a letter signed
by the Dean, Head of School or Head of Department along with
some other form of identification that has a photograph may be
used.
Other Clients must show a library card with an acceptable
photo identification card.
- Hours or opening shall be
determined by the University Librarian from time to time and
will be posted in the Library.
- A bell is sounded half an
hour and fifteen minutes before closing time. All loans must
be completed during this time. Clients must leave the Library
at the third bell.
- Clients are responsible for
materials on loan to them and must pay for any loss or damage.
- Books must be returned on or
before the last date stamped on the date label. Failure to
comply will result in fines being levied.
- Clients will not be allowed
to leave the Library with overdue books.
- Clients who are persistently
late with returning books may be deprived of borrowing
privileges.
- Students must pay all fines
in order to be cleared for graduation.
- Fines are fixed by the
University Librarian and are subject to change.
- Certain materials may only
be removed with the permission of the University Librarian.
These include reference books, materials and journals from the
Reserved Material Collection (RMC), Caribbean Collection,
periodicals and other special materials. All these materials
are clearly marked with red or blue labels on the spine and
are stamped REFERENCE.
- Books on two-weeks loan may
be renewed for a further period of two weeks if they have not
been reserved by other clients. Books may only be renewed
once.
- Under special circumstances
the University Librarian may recall a book before it is due
for return.
- Bags, briefcases, pencil
cases, pouches and handbags, small or large, are NOT allowed
inside the library. They may be left in the area provided at
the library’s entrance. They are left at the client’s own
risk.
- No firearms, knives, or
other weapons are allowed inside the Library
- Clients must conduct
themselves in an orderly manner and must be as quiet as
possible so that other clients can work without distraction.
- Smoking, eating and drinking
are not allowed anywhere inside the Library. Therefore no food
or drink of any kind should be taken inside.
- When leaving the Library,
clients are required to show all books in their possession to
the staff on duty.
- Clients are not allowed to
re-arrange the furniture in the Library. Chairs and tables
must be left where they are placed by the staff.
- Waste paper, pencil shavings
and other trash, should be placed in the waste paper baskets
provided. They should not be let on tables/carrels or thrown
on the floors.
- Rules governing the use of
library facilities, for example audio-visual theatre and cyber
lab, shall be posted by the University Librarian in the
relevant area.
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