Services
Library Services
The College Library provides its services to its community of beneficiaries, which consists of students, faculty and administrative members, postgraduate students, and a number of members of the local community, including researchers and scholars who wish to benefit from its services. These services include the following:
Lending
Library lending services are available under the following procedures. Books available for loan are issued using the student's university ID, by the student in person. A student may borrow (3) books for a period of three days, and may renew the loan once only, for a further period of three days. A faculty member may borrow (5) books for one academic semester, and is required to return them to the library or renew the loan at the end of the semester.
A specified fee is charged to the borrower for each day a book is returned later than its due date.
The library has a reserve section, where prescribed course books that are in demand may be reserved based on the recommendations of the College's faculty members. Reserved books cannot be borrowed. The library reserves the right to refuse to lend any book if it deems that the need requires placing it on the reserve shelf. Reference materials such as encyclopaedias, dictionaries, reference books, Master's theses, graduation projects, research papers, periodicals and indexes may be used only inside the library and may not be lent out. Non-printed materials must be used inside the library.
Photocopying Services
The library provides photocopying services for library materials that may not be lent out, such as periodicals and reference works that are not normally lent, for a nominal fee per page. Faculty members are exempt from these fees.
Guidance and Reference Services
A library staff member provides guidance to beneficiaries and responds to their enquiries and questions regarding the library system, how to use references, the location of periodicals, or sources on a particular subject. The staff member also trains students in the use of the automated catalogues and in accessing electronic databases via the Internet and other automated catalogues.
Current Awareness Service
The library informs students and other beneficiaries of new activities and of new acquisitions added to the library through the announcement screen and the monthly lists of new additions.