Rules and Regulations

A)    Library Timings
Monday to Saturday                         8.00 a.m. To 6.00 p.m.
 

B)General Rules for Staff

1.    Books should be deposited back on the due date, which will not exceed fifteen days. Books, which have more than one    copy, can be re-issued after 15 days. Books without any copy cannot be re-issued before a gap of one week.

2.    Students are not allowed to issue books other than their own subject. In case such a requirement arises, a N.O. C. from the Head of Department will have to be sought. Such books shall be issued for 15 days only.

3.    Books marked “Reference” shall be issued to the staff-members with the permission of the Registrar, subject to a ceiling of three days. Books, which are issued for practical in the lab; shall be issued in the name of HOD and he/ she shall be responsible for the same.

4.    If staff-members find a book with missing pages, he/ she should intimate the Librarian immediately.

C)General Rules for Students

1. Students are required to maintain silence and decorum of the library.

2. Entry to the library is allowed to the bona fide members on production of a valid Identity Card.

3. Students are required to deposit their bags, water-bottles and personal books at the deposit counter of the library and only carry their notebooks inside the library.

4. Only books from the General collection will be issued to the library members.

5. Reference books, bound volumes of journals, loose issues of current journals, will be issued only with the permission of the Registrar.

6. CDs/Videocassettes are not lent out of the library.

7. The readers should check the book thoroughly for missing pages, chapters, pictures, etc. while borrowing books.

8. No book in damaged condition will be accepted from the reader.

9. Loss of books must be reported immediately.

10. Books should be deposited on the due date failing, else a fine of Rs.2/- per day will be charged.

11. If the pages of a book are found missing, then twice the cost of the books will be recovered from the last borrower of the book.

12. If the pages of the books are found missing, and it is not possible to trace the student guilty of the same, then twice the cost of the book will be recovered from all the students of the concerned Department.

13. Students are requested not to place the books back in the shelves after use, and keep them in the trolley designated for the same.

14. Students may directly recommend a book in the “Suggest a Book” register.

15. Circulation will be closed at 4.30 p.m. and students should leave their seats 10 minutes before closing time.

16. Any infringement of the library rules will render a member’s privilege of admission to, and of borrowing books from the library, liable to cancellation.

D)Membership and Circulation

The library serves over 4000 members including students, faculty-members, research scholars and part- time staff-members.