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Graduate Catalog > 17. Facilities and Services > 17.2 Library Policy, Procedures and Regulations > 17.2.1 Borrowing Eligibility, Privileges

17.2.1 Borrowing Eligibility, Privileges

Faculty, students, alumni, staff and members of the community have privileges for accessing remotely library online resources or borrowing from the library, upon the presentation of a valid ID card.

• Faculty members can borrow up to 12 books at a time for the period of 60 days (long term loan period) and the textbooks (instructor copy) can be borrowed for an entire semester.
• Undergraduate and graduate students can borrow up to 6 books for the period of 25 days (normal loan period)
• Staff members can borrow up to 4 books for the period of 25 days (normal loan period)
• Privileges for all other eligible borrowers (such as community users, MoU signed university students etc.) are approved by the Manager of the Library.

The loan period of materials placed on reserve is overnight, public holidays or weekend only. This is because to enable a wider use of reserved materials by students and other community patrons.

Renewal of borrowed material can be done once for the same period, provided that no one has placed a reserve request on the same whether online or physically through circulation librarian. The reserved and short loan period (3 day or 1-day period) materials cannot be renewed by phone, email or online through system.

Audio-visual materials such as Compact Discs (CDs), Digital Video (Versatile) Discs (DVDs) have overnight or weekend loan period. Those audiovisual materials that accompany books can be circulated for the same period length of time as the books. These are kept at the circulation audiovisual cabinet.

Reserve: A requester may place a hold on any library item that is on loan, on order ore on process. The patron will simply tag the item through Library Management System (LMS or catalog) or through librarian at the circulation desk. Reserve request prevents the patron from renewing the item and assures that the reserved item will go on hold for the requester as soon as it is returned to library.

Placing a hold does not change the due date of the item any way. If an item is due to back 10 days or more from the date the requester wants it, the librarian will place a recall; if it is due back in less than 10 days, the librarian will place a hold.

All on loan materials are subject to recall by the librarian earlier than their due date. If an item is recalled right after someone has checked it out, they will get the allotted two-week loan time first. If the borrower holds the recalled item beyond the due date, it will be considered overdue and a fine is charged (one dirham per day). Short loan items cannot be recalled. To request those items, the requester will need to place a hold online or through circulation librarian. Recalls take precedence over holds. All patrons have the right to recall checked-out item.