Library Rules

Rules for Benefiting from Akdeniz University Central Library

 

1) GENERAL RULES

 

1.1) Akdeniz University students, academic and administrative staff can use our library with AKDENİZ UNIVERSITY corporate identity card. By registering to the automation (YORDAM) system with AKDENİZ UNIVERSITY corporate identity cards, they can borrow publications and study in the Study Halls.

 

1.2) It is forbidden to consume any kind of food or drink other than water (tea, coffee, soup, soft drink, ayran, etc.) in the library.

 

1.3) Users are obliged to protect their personal belongings. The library management or staff cannot be held responsible for theft, damage or loss of their belongings.

 

1.4) It is not allowed to leave items on the study desks to occupy space during exam periods. The unclaimed belongings of the person who does not come within 30 minutes are placed in the safety locker. Lecture notes that are not received for more than 30 days are returned for recycling, and valuables are delivered to the Security Unit.

1.5) When the library is open, do not leave books, lecture notes and personal belongings in the library for later use. The Library cannot be held responsible for the loss or damage of these items.

 

1.6) Architectural drawing projects, models etc. designs can be made in the private area on the ground floor. However, these works cannot be left unattended. At the end of the project, the wastes on the tables and floors should be collected. The responsibility of the works left on the desks belongs to the students who use it. The library cannot be held responsible for the loss or damage of the abandoned works.

 

 1.7) Mobile phones should be kept off or silent in the library.

 

1.8) No publication can be taken out of the library without any action. Legal action will be taken against those who attempt to publish without permission.

 

1.9) Except for the special sections reserved within the library, group work cannot be done or spoken aloud.

 

1.10) Persons other than Akdeniz University students and academic and administrative staff cannot borrow publications or study in the Reading Halls.

 

1.11) Reference sources, periodicals, printed theses, manuscripts and published rare works, reserve books and standards are not loaned but used on site.

 

 1.12) No loan is given to members with fines and overdue publications.

 

1.13) University identity cards; cannot be used by anyone other than the owner. The card used or damaged by someone else is confiscated and legal action is taken by filing a criminal complaint against the person using it.

 

2) USE OF THE LIBRARY

 

2.1) Akdeniz University Students, Academic and Administrative Staff

You can use the library with your corporate identity card. He can borrow literature, do research and study in the Study Halls.

 

2.2) Akdeniz University Graduates

 

Our graduates from Akdeniz University can do on-site resource research in the book halls between 8.30 and 17.30 with their guest access cards. Graduate students cannot borrow books, download electronic resources, or use study rooms. (In the 16th article of the Directive on the Working Procedures and Principles of the Library and Documentation Department dated 04.06.2014 and numbered 10/80, the phrase “external researchers can benefit from the libraries by showing their ID” is stated by these users with their “Guest Identity Cards” obtained from the University Entrance Gates and on-site resource. enables them to do research.

 

2.3) Other University Students, Academic and Administrative Staff

 

University students and employees other than Akdeniz University can conduct on-site resource research with the “Guest Identity Cards” they receive from the University Entrance Gates between 8.30 and 17.30. However, they cannot borrow books or use the reading rooms. Students and academic and administrative staff within this scope can request publications from our library through the Inter-Library Loan -ILL system from their University Libraries (ILL).

2.4) Other Researchers

 

 Considering the capacity of the study halls, the increasing number of students at our University and the related security measures, other students or people from outside the institution cannot borrow books from our library and cannot study in the study halls. However, within the scope of providing contemporary and universal opportunities for the society to access information; other researchers can do "on-site" resource research. These researchers can leave the "Guest Entrance Cards" they received from the University Entrance Gates to the Security Officers at the entrance of the Library, and can scan the sources from the book and periodicals halls.

 

3) Dismissal

 

3.1) Students, upon graduation or in case of being dismissed from the school for any reason, are required to obtain a "no relation" certificate from the Central Library and the faculty library to which they are affiliated, by returning the borrowed publications and paying the delay fee, if any.

 

3.2) Personnel who are retired, transferred to another institution, left due to resignation, or have been away from the University for a certain period of time due to assignment or military service, returning the borrowed publications and pay the delay fee and has to take   the "unrelated" document from the Central Library.

4) Databases and Electronic Publications

 

4.1) Akdeniz University students, academic and administrative staff can access the databases. Users can access, make fair downloads, and obtain a limited number of hard copies or soft copies to meet their information needs.

 

4.2) Downloading, sharing, duplicating and transferring documents from databases to other computers is prohibited, except for copyright license agreements.

 

4.3) It is forbidden to copy a large number of publications from databases for commercial purposes or systematically with robots and similar software.

 

4.4) It is forbidden to sell databases to third parties and distribute their content.