Registration
New students
are required to register with the library at the beginning
of the
Academic year.
Continuing students are asked re-register in order to update
any change of name
and other details.
Lending Services
The lending
department is located on the ground floor of the Library.
In this
Department is the circulations desk where items can be borrowed
and returned.
Other activities carried out in this department are:
(a) Registration of students
(b) Borrowing and returning of books
(c) Renewal and reservation of items
(d) Request for 48 hours, overnight and other reserved materials
(e) Request for assistance with catalogue use
(f) Other book and information request
Regular
loans
Two readers’ tickets are issued to every student at
the beginning of the academic
year for the borrowing of two items or other loans. These
books may be renewed
for a further one (1) week period, unless they are reserved
by another reader.
Staff members of the college are issued with one ticket
each which permits them
to borrow a number of books.
Teaching
Practice Loans
In addition to the two (2) readers’ tickets which
can be used for the regular or
other loans, each student is issued with another ticket
to borrow a many as twenty
(20) books and other teaching aids for the duration of the
teaching practice.
The teaching practice loan is subjected to the following
rules:
- Teaching Practice
loans are for class use.
- All books
and materials borrowed must be returned to the Library
- Teaching aids
may include maps, phonograph records, puzzles, word cards
and pictures.
Forty-eight (48)
hours, One (1) Hour and Overnight Loans
The forty-eight hours loans must be borrowed at 16:00 hours
on the day requested
and must be returned at 09:00 hours on the day due.
Overnight night loans must be borrowed at 16:00hours on
the day requested and
returned at 09:00 hours on the day due for Pre-Services
and by 16:00 hours on the
day for In-Services.
One (1) hour loans are designed to facilitate namely Photocopying
Service. These
will be not be granted during the half hour before the library
closes.
Borrowing
and Returning of materials.
(i) Students
who are desirous of borrowing books are asked to checked
at the Circulation Desk fifteen minutes before closure or
as soon as the first bell rings.
(ii) Students
are required to fill out the prescribed borrowing slips
before borrowing items from either the Lending or Reserved
Department.
(iii) Students
must remain at the desk until all slips for items borrowed
have been cancelled.
Reservations
Books which are not immediately available must be reserved
at the Circulation Desk. Please collect reserved books promptly.
Renewals
An item may be renewed for a further one (1) week or other
loan period if it is not
requested by another reader.
Overdue
books and fines
Lateness of returning of library books and other materials
will result in fines.
Overnight loan - $ 50.00 per hour
One-hour - $ 20.00 per hour
Forty-eight hour - $ 20.00 per hour
Regular Loans - $ 50.00 per day
Reference
and Collection Services
Reference and
Service Collection
This department houses materials that are out of print or
rare, single copies of books, a Caribbean collection and
general reference books such as Dictionaries, Encyclopedias
among others and studies submitted by the final year students
of the college.
The Reserved
Book Collection
This is housed in the reference department and contains
books that are in demand or which are single copies. These
books are generally not for loan but can be borrowed for
a restricted period at the librarian’s discretion.
Books in this department are also are also loaned for a
two (2) hour period to facilitate photocopying services
General
Rules and Regulations
- All students
must register with the Library before borrowing books.
- Users are
required to leave all bags and other items in the bag
bay. All valuables must be removed as the Library will
not be responsible for any loss of items missing from
bags and other receptacles left at the bag bay.
- Only files,
papers, exercise books, notebooks and personal text-books
are allowed in the Library.
- The dress
code of the college applies to the library. No one will
be allowed to use the library wearing strapless tops or
dresses, short pants or flimsy clothing.
- No eating
in the library.
- All users
leaving the library must show to the security guard (or
other staff member if there is no security) all books
and other materials in their possession whether they belong
to the library or not. They may also be required to open
their belongings for the inspection of any receptacles
carried out of the library.
- No loud speaking
will be allowed in the library.
- Radios and
cell phones are not to be used in the library
Library
Prize
A
Library Prize is awarded at Graduation for the best Library
User.
Created
by Richard Williams
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