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BUE LIBRARY RULES
GENERAL
1. During the first semester of 2010/2011 the Library opening hours will be as follows:
From Sunday to Thursday: 9:00 - 4:15PM
2. With the exception of Group Study areas, where conversation relating to academic work is allowed, the Library is a quiet working environment in which talking and mobile phone conversations are not permitted. Mobile phones should be put into silent mode before entering the Library.
3. Eating, drinking and smoking are not permitted in the Library. Waste paper and other rubbish must be placed in the bins provided.
4. Library computers should be used only for academic work.
5. Books must not be removed from the Library unless they have been officially borrowed and stamped with a return date.
6. Readers should not attempt to re-shelve books but should leave them on a table after use for re-shelving by Library staff.
BORROWING AND RESERVING BOOKS
1. To register as a borrower from the Library, please go first, with your University ID card, to the Library Circulation Desk.
2. Students may have up to three books, including Short Loan (NB) books, on loan at any one time for a period of seven days each (except for books labeled NB). Loans may be renewed for a further seven days if the book is not required by another reader. Final year students are entitled to borrow up to 6 books. During the period of renewal a book may be recalled at any time, and must be returned immediately, if another reader needs it.
Books labeled NB may be borrowed on Short Loan from 3:00pm each day until 10:00am on the following day or 10.00am on Sunday if the book is borrowed on Thursday.
3. Staff may have up to six books on loan at any one time for a period of one semester. After the first seven days of loan a book may be recalled, and must be returned immediately, if another reader needs it. Short Loan books may be borrowed on the same conditions as apply to students (see 2 above).
4. All books borrowed must be for the personal use of the borrower and must not be passed on to other students or staff.
5. If you reserve a book you must collect it within 2 working days after its return. After that it will be returned to the shelves and available for loan to other readers.
6. Readers will be charged the full cost of replacement or repair of lost or damaged books, plus a fee to cover the administrative costs incurred by the Library.
7. Fines will be charged for the late return of books unless the lateness is caused by illness or other reasons beyond the reader's control. Evidence of illness or other circumstances will normally be required at the time of return.
8. The level of fines charged will be displayed in the Library and on its website and may vary from time to time.
9. Books labeled REF and CDs may not be borrowed.
FINES AND OTHER PENALTIES WHICH MAY BE IMPOSED BY THE LIBRARIAN HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE LIBRARY COMMITTEE AND SENATE AND ARE INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN BENEFIT FROM USE OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.
Penalties for Late or Non-Return of Books
The following penalty system will be applied for the late return or non-return of books borrowed from the Library:
4 LE per book for each overdue working day (i.e. Sunday-Thursday) during the first week after the return date stamped in the book.
6 LE per book for each overdue working day of the 2nd week after the return date.
8 LE per book for each overdue day of the 3rd week after the return date.
12 LE per book for each overdue day of the 4th week after the return date.
Any book overdue for more than 4 weeks will be considered lost and its cost, plus 25% of the current price of the book (with a minimum of 20 LE) to cover the administrative overheads AND the previous overdue penalties will be added to the borrower’s Library account.
To help ensure that no student disadvantages others by keeping books for long periods before examinations, penalty fees will be doubled for four weeks before University examinations and during the examination period.
Penalties will also be doubled for the non-return of books that are recalled for the use of other readers.
Penalties will be calculated at 5 LE per hour for the late return of Short Loan books (i.e. after 10.00am on the due date). This means that a book returned one hour late will incur a charge of 5 LE but the penalty for returning a book six hours late will be LE 30.
Students will not be allowed to borrow further books from the Library while they have books overdue for return or unpaid fines.
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