Services

Borrowing of LRC Materials

JKLU Learning Resource Centre provides access to all reading materials. A full range of loan services is available for the materials that are in general stack. These services include circulation (check in and check out) and shelving of materials. Circulation staff in the LRC also assists in placing reservation and recall request on items that are issued out and help users in locating items in the stack area.

Membership

• Membership for JKLU Community
  All registered students, faculty members and staff of the University are entitled to register as members of the LRC and to use the facilities and services offered for the purpose of their academic, research and administrative work. Use of LRC facilities and services implies acceptance of LRC rules and procedures.
• External Membership
  Individuals and Organizations can become deposit borrowers. Borrowing privileges and refundable deposits for various categories are as follows.

Deposit Users:

Membership Category	Refundable Deposit	Borrowing Privilege	Annual Service Charges
Alumni	Rs. 5,000	1 Book for 10 Days	Rs. 500
Individual	Rs. 5,000	1 Book for 10 Days	Rs. 1000
Organization / Institutional	Rs. 20,000	03 Book for 10 Days	Rs. 5000

Note: The total price of the book/s issued to deposit borrowers shall not be exceeding 75% of the amount of deposit.
Non-Deposit Users

Up to three days	Rs. 50.00
For one week	Rs. 100.00
For one month	Rs. 500.00
For three months	Rs. 1250.00
For one year	Rs. 4500.00

Non-Deposit users have to pay as follows for regular reference only and not for loan:
Services Offered to External Members:

• Reference and consultation of resources.
• Access to subscribed online resources in the LRC premises.
• Number of books to be issued (Mentioned under borrowing privilege)
• Duration/Issue period: 10 days (One time renewable).
• Printout/photocopy of articles: Rs. 5/- per page + the actual postage / courier charges.

 

Visitor Information

LRC serves primarily the JKLU Community. However, visitors from other academic and research institutions, Government officials, prominent personalities, officials from JK Organizations and others associated with JKLU are welcome to use the collection and services of the LRC on the site for a short duration. No borrowing facility is available to Visitors. Visitor pass is issued on producing identification documents such as ID card, Voters ID card letter from the parent institution. Advance intimation about the visit is highly appreciated. Please contact the Circulation Desk on arrival.

Circulation Policies

Borrowing of reading material facility is available to the faculty, PhD Scholar, students, staff of the university. The registration to use the LRC and services is automatic for the faculty and staff on joining the University and for students on receiving list from respective Institutes. The rules are framed to facilitate and promote services in efficient manner, rather than to constrain the use of LRC collection and services.

Borrowing Privileges for JKLU Communities

Faculty/Visiting Faculty/Academic staff

• 10 Books - for 30 Days
• 1 Reference books- for 2 days
• 1 Bound volumes / 1 loose back issue of a journal for 2 days
• 2 CD/VCD/DVD/Video etc.- for 2 days

Administrative and Project Staff including Trainees

• 5 Books for 30 Days
• 1 Bound volume/ 1 loose back issue of a journal for 2 days

Students

Research Scholars (Ph.D. Scholar)

• 4 Books - for 30 Days

PG Students

• 4 Books for 10 days

UG Students

• 4 Books for 10 days

Late Fee - Rs.5.00 per day

General Rules (Circulation)

• Issue & return of LRC materials are handled from the Circulation Desk during working hours.
• Borrowers are requested to ensure that the books are properly issued or returned in the database.
• The borrowers will not be issued book/ material to which he/ she is entitled, if he/ she fails to return the overdue book/ material.
• LRC users are requested to bring their ID cards while coming to the LRC.
• The borrower is requested to check the books & other reading materials thoroughly for missing pages, chapters, any damages, markings etc. before borrowing.
• No book in damaged conditions may be accepted from the borrower. Mutilated or spoiled books may have to be replaced by the borrower.
• The borrowing facility can be restricted or suspended in case of misbehavior or misuse of the LRC facilities/ materials.
• Resource Centre materials will be issued/ returned, only if borrower shows the ID card at the circulation Desk.
• The ID card used for borrowing LRC materials is not transferable and must be produced whenever requested by LRC staff.
• Members are responsible for all items issued on their name, until they are returned by the respective members to the Resource Centre.
• Latest issues of journals/ magazines are not issued. They are meant to be referred in the LRC only.
• Materials designated as Newspapers are not issued. They are meant to be referred in the LRC only.
• Faculty and staff going on long leave, with or without salary, deputation, study leave, or extraordinary leave will have to return all borrowed materials before proceeding for leave.
• No material from the LRC should be taken out without proper issue/ recording. Any type of violation may lead to a disciplinary action.
• Materials issued from the LRC are to be returned at the Circulation Desk during the working hours.
• Materials issued have to be returned on or before the due date.

Reminders

• LRC usually sends reminders to members for the overdue items, However, not getting the reminders is no reason for returning books not on time.

Late fee

• Overdue/ Fine is charged to the members as per the details given in the Borrower Privilege Table.
• Members who have overdue item(s) outstanding are not permitted to borrow any materials until the overdue items have been returned and fines are paid.
• If the fine amount exceeds Rs.50.00, the membership will be blocked and new materials will not be issued.
• Maximum fine amount will be limited to the price of the book.

Renewals

• LRC materials can be renewed, if they are not reserved by other users.
• Same materials cannot be renewed more than once.
• Borrower has to bring the material physically to the LRC for renewal.
• Journals, reference books, CDs etc., (other than books) will not be renewed.
• No renewal will be entertained at the time of examination.

Recall

• Resource Centre staff may recall a book at any time before its due date. The overdue charges will increase in case member fails to return the book when it is due or recalled.

Reservation

• Members can reserve only those materials, which are already issued at the Circulation Desk.
• Book displayed on new arrival shelf can be reserved.
• One reader can reserve maximum two books at any given point of time.
• If book has more than one reservation it will be reserved on first come first serve basis.
• Reserved books will be put on hold at the Circulation desk for maximum two working days (inclusive of the day on which it is returned and hold period can be reduced keeping demand in view) from the date of return by previous borrower. If the member who has reserved the book fails to pick up the same within this period the reservation stands cancelled and the next member in the list will get priority.
• The availability of reserved items will be informed through email.

Loss of / Damage to Learning Resource Centre (LRC) material

• Loss of book(s) must be reported immediately.
• Overdue fine, if any will be charged till the loss of book(s) is reported.
• If the original book is returned after reporting it is lost, the fine will be calculated till the date of its return.
• Borrower will have to replace the book, if lost/ damaged with latest edition within 30 days from reporting, along with overdue charges.
• If the lost book is out of print and if the borrower is unable to replace it, he/ she will have to pay the double the cost of the book.
• If the lost book is a part of multivolume series, the borrower will be charged for the entire set.
• The price of the book/ document once received will not be refunded under any circumstances even if the original book/ document is recovered.
• The document once replaced with a new copy, will not be returned under any circumstances even if the original document is recovered.
• In case of loss of the book/ document whose value cannot be determined (price of book / document is not available or the book is rare) the penalty will charged by the library incharge / librarian after judging the value of the book on the basis of the preciousness of the material.

Photocopy / Print / Scan Service

Photocopy / Print / Scan facility is for the library materials only particularly for copying research papers published in journals, conference proceedings for academic and research work without violating the copy right act. Following charges are applicable for different user groups and service.

Category	Photocopy Charges	Printing Charges	Scanning Charges
Official	Free*	Free*	Free*
Faculty/ Officers & Staff (Personal)	Rs. 1.00 per page	Rs. 2.00 per page	Rs. 2.00 per page
Students	Rs. 1.50 per page	Rs. 2.00 per page	Rs. 2.00 per page
External users	Rs. 2.00 per page	Rs. 2.00 per page	Rs. 2.00 per page
*Please submit the filled up form approved by the competent authority which is available in Photocopy room. #A3 paper print, Photocopy and Scanning charges would be double.

User Orientation

In order to enable the students to use the LRC resources fully, the LRC initiates a User Education / Orientation activity by dedicating a session on LRC usage in the beginning of new academic session as well as in the LRC during the semester.
Reference and Information Services
Reference Service is to assist students, faculty, researchers and staff in locating the required information, or information sources available in the LRC or elsewhere. It is a personal service, which involves various activities, aimed at making information available to the users as easily as possible. In order to provide information, our professional staff makes use of resources of the LRC as well as those resources available outside the library. This service is provided personally or by e-mail.