RULES AND REGULATIONS BROCHURE

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY (Mona Campus) Email: main.library@uwimona.edu.jm

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RULES AND REGULATIONS

To help the Library provide a satisfactory service to all its users, it has been necessary to draw up rules and regulations. Use of the Library is therefore conditional upon the rules being obeyed. The Campus Librarian is authorised to maintain good order in the Library and may exclude from it or suspend from its use any reader who breaks these rules. All members of the Library staff are empowered to require readers to comply with the rules. Serious or persistent breaches of the rules may be reported to the Campus Principal for consideration within the terms of the appropriate University disciplinary procedures.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership of the University Library and access to its services are open to all undergraduate and graduate students and to Academic, Research and Senior Administrative Staff of the University. Other persons, e.g. visiting research workers and members of other universities, are allowed use at the discretion of the Campus Librarian.

SECURITY

Students are required to carry their valid Student Identity Cards and must produce these to enter the Library or when required to do so by any authorised person.

The I.D. card may be used only by the member to whom it is issued. Users are responsible for material taken out on their cards and will be required to pay for any damage to or loss of material borrowed.

The removal of any material from the Library must be properly authorised and recorded. All readers leaving the Library must show at the exit point all books, periodicals, etc. in their possession and may be required to open for inspection any receptacle carried out of the Library. Unauthorised removal of material shall constitute a serious offence.

No bags, brief cases or parcels may be brought inside the Library. These may be left with the bag check attendants at the entrance of the Library, but the University accepts no responsibility for the loss of or damage to any article left. (In the Main Library, lockers for securing valuables are available for a small rental).

BEHAVIOUR IN THE LIBRARY

• Silence is required in reading areas and at the catalogues. Persons causing unnecessary disturbance may be required to leave.
• Smoking is strictly forbidden in the Library.
• Food or drink may not be brought into the Library or consumed there.
• The use of cellular telephones is not allowed in the Library.
• Readers must not mark, deface or damage any book or other library material or furnishings in any way.
• Filming, videotaping and audio-taping in the Library are not allowed without the permission of the Campus Librarian.

LOAN LIMITS

Undergraduate students of the University may borrow up to four books/pamphlets at a time from the open shelves. The period of loan shall not exceed one week.

Postgraduate students of the University, including research workers who are not members of the academic staff, may borrow up to six books/pamphlets at a time from the open shelves for a period not exceeding four weeks, and a total of six volumes (or parts of volumes) of periodicals for a period of one week.

Academic, Research and Senior Administrative Staff may borrow up to twelve books at a time from the open shelves for a period not exceeding four weeks, and a total of six volumes (or parts of volumes) of periodicals for one week.

In addition to the above quotas permitted users may borrow three books from the Reserve Books Collection (RBC). No more than two of these can be overnight copies.

Staff represented by MONATS (formerly MONASA) may borrow two books each from the circulating collection, excluding the Reserve Book Collection (RBC), under the apprppriate loan period in force from time to time.

RBC Overnight copies must be returned the next day or on the following Monday, if borrowed on a Friday.

RBC 3-hour loans are for use in the Library only. It is the responsibility of the reader to ensure that these remain in the Library.

RBC items are in heavy demand by all users and should be returned promptly by the due date.

Only Postgraduate Students, Academic and Research Staff can borrow Periodicals.

A current issue of a periodical may be borrowed one month after it has been on the Library shelves or when it has been superseded by a later issue. All circulating items are clearly marked.

The following may not be removed from the Library:

• Reference Books Newspapers
• Theses and other material from the West Indies and Special Collections
• Material from Government Serials/UN Collection.
• Material from the World Bank Caribbean Public Information Centre

RENEWALS AND RECALLS

Open shelf items can be renewed for a further period if they have not been requested previously by other readers, and provided that the books are not overdue or the borrower has not had them for two consecutive periods of loan.

FINES

Fines are imposed after the normal loan period has expired. The existing rates for overdue Open Shelf material, RBC Overnight and 3-Hour Loans may be obtained at the Circulation Desk.

However, the maximum fine for very late return of Library material shall be at the discretion of the Librarian.

Borrowing rights may be suspended when unpaid fines, etc. total one hundred dollars.

The Librarian is authorised to request the Bursar to charge the amount of unpaid fines to the reader’s personal account with the University. Penalties may include withholding of examination cards, transcripts, and deferral of the award of qualification until fines have been paid.

Photocopying

Users are required to comply with copyright regulations.

Library Closing

The Library must be vacated at closing time. Material will be issued up to 15 minutes before closing time.

HOURS OF OPENING

MAIN LIBRARY, SCIENCE & MEDICAL BRANCH LIBRARIES

Semester:

Mon. - Fri.: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Vacation:

Inter-Semester
Mon. - Fri.: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Summer
Mon. - Fri.: 8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Overnight Reading Room
Mon. – Fri. 10:00p.m. – 6:00a.m.
Saturdays: 4:30p.m (or noon*)- Monday 6:00a.m.

The Library is closed on Public and University Holidays throughout the year, on the Saturday during the Easter Weekend and before Independence Day, at noon* on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

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