Category of borrower and Circulations limits

Reservation

• Resources/items can only be reserved if they are already issued.

• The availability of the reserved item(s) would be informed by e-mail.

• If the reserved items are not collected within 24hours after intimation, reservations will be cancelled.

Return

• Resources should be returned on or before the due date mentioned in the due date Slip.

Renewal

• Books can be renewed once for 14 days.

• Journals and AV Resources can’t be renewed. (AV resources are subject to check-out)

• Resources can’t be renewed if there is any reservation against the particular item.  

Overdue Fines

Any borrower failing to renew or return borrowed material by the due date shall be liable to pay a fine calculated on the following scale;

• Books: Rs.1 /per day

• Periodicals: Rs.1 /per day

• AV Resources: Rs. 1/per day

• Recalled Items: Rs.2 /per day 

Lost / Damaged Resources

The patron should replace the resources at his/her own cost within 30 days. If the user fails to replace the book within the stipulated time, the Library would initiate the purchase and the user would be charged the actual cost of the resource plus 20-30% the additional charge (due to fright and handling charges) depending on the type of the resources.

Copyright

The library adheres fair-minded use clause that states 10 percent of any given work may be photocopied. Keeping that in mind, the library does not allow the photocopying of entire works of books or journals and any other published work. The library collection does not include any illegally photocopied materials.