All prospective library users should apply for library registration. The categories of readers, venues of registration, documentary evidence and facilities provided are as follows:
Category | Venue of Registration | Documentary evidence required | Entitled facilities |
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All permanent members of the academic staff | Library Counter | Letter of appointment issued by the university |
Borrowing up to a limit of 5 books for 3 months |
Temporary members of the Academic staff of faculties of Science | Letter of appointment issued by the university |
Borrowing up to a limit of 2 books for one week |
|
Emeritus Professors |
Letter of appointment issued by the University and payment of a refundable deposit of Rs. 500.00 |
Borrowing up to a limit of 5 books for one month |
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Staff Technical officers in the Faculty of Science | Letter of appointment issued by the university |
Borrowing up to a limit of 5 books for 3 months |
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Technical officers in the Faculty of Science | Letter of appointment issued by the university |
Borrowing up to a limit of 2 books for one week |
Category | Venue of Registration | Documentary evidence required | Entitled facilities |
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Full-time undergraduates of the Faculty of Science (participation at the Library orientation programme is compulsory for registration) | Library Counter |
Student ID (small brown book) issued by the Faculty of Science / Name in the class list of the Faculty of Science. |
100, 200 & 300 (general) level students – facility to
borrow one lending book and one SR book |
Post Graduates students of the PGIS |
Student identity card issued by the PGIS and payment of library fees Rs. 1500.00 and refundable library deposit of Rs. 1000 per library ticket up to two |
Borrowing period is one week |
Category |
Venue of Registration |
Required documents / Fees |
Entitled facilities |
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Researchers
|
Science Librarian’s Office in the Ground Floor |
Letter of introduction and Rs. 250.00 per week |
Reference only |
Researchers
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Science Librarian’s Office in the Ground Floor |
Letter of introduction and Rs. 2000.00 per week |
Reference only |
Books borrowed by users can be renewed for another one week if not required by another user. To renew such a book the user should produce the item at the circulation counter before the due date. If the user is unable to be present in person at the Library for renewal, he/she could send a letter or an e‒mail with the following details pertaining to the book;
Renewal of material will be done only once. Overdue books or the materials from the reference collections will not be renewed.
Reservation facility is available for books which are in demand and new additions to the library. An entry for reserving a book should be made in the file kept at the circulation counter during the specified time for reservations.
Requesting for books which are not found on the shelf - This is a service provided by the library to its users when a particular material is not found on the shelf.
A check slip needs to be filled at the circulation counter and a staff member will take immediate steps to locate the book.