A validated ID and Registration Form is your permit to use the ARC. It must be presented at the Circulation desk whenever you check out ARC materials. At present, you must have a ID and Registration Form to be able to take out ARC materials for home reading.
Visitors should present their Visitor ID to the guard on duty.
Circulation Books
To borrow, locate the books in the shelves. The books are arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification System. When the book you want is not on the shelves, inquire at the Circulation desk, for the book may be out at the moment.
Upon checking out, present your ID at the circulation desk. Same in returning the book.
General Reference Books
Reference books are for room use only. They are arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification.
Serials
Serials are for room use only. However, literature indexes are available at the circulation desk for easy access. They are used to locate articles on the given subject.
Audio-Visual Materials
They are on closed shelves and are for room use only by students. However, faculty members may borrow and bring audio-visual material for use as an instructional aide.
E-Newspaper Articles
Newspaper articles can be accessed through computers or cellphones with an internet connection. However, Printed newspaper literature indexes are available at the circulation desk for easy access. They are used to locate articles on the given subject.
Faculty and staff members of CCSJDM are entitled to borrow books and other instructional materials.
Faculty and staff may borrow books and other reading materials upon showing their employee ID to the ARC staff.
General references shall be read only in the library.
Reference books and textbooks with limited copies are borrowed and read only in the ARC. However, they can be taken out during weekends and returned on or before 9:00 AM on Monday or first school day of the following week.
All books and other instructional materials borrowed from the ARC shall be returned before the end of every semester.
Lost or damaged ARC materials borrowed shall be paid by the borrower at the prevailing price or may be replaced upon mutual agreement of the borrower and the librarian. An additional administration fee of fifty pesos (Php 50.00) shall be charged for every item damaged.
Only faculty and staff with no overdue loans can borrow books from the ARC.
An outsider (non-student or non-employee of CCSJDM) can avail of the ARC services after presenting a letter of referral from a librarian/institution head, and upon signing on the log book.
An outsider can borrow books for use only in the library and he/she is not entitled to overnight loans.
Visitors should present Visitor’s ID given by the guard on duty.