Established at the 10th
administrative meeting on May 21, 1992
First amended at the Library Council meeting
on May 15, 1997
Second amended at the Library Council meeting
on June 17, 2002
Third amended at the Library Council meeting
on January 11, 2006
Fourth amended at the Library Council meeting
on June 17, 2008
Fifth amended at the Library Council meeting
on June 1, 2011
Sixth amended
at the
Library Council meeting on June 6, 2012
Seventh amended
at the
Library Council meeting on June 11, 2013
1.
The Regulations have been established in accordance with
article 5 of the National Kaohsiung Marine University
Library Management Regulation.
2.
Readers shall use a borrower’s card or student ID card to
borrow books in the opening hours of the Library, the only
exception is that readers may not borrow books 30 minutes
before the Library closes. The borrower’s card or student
card cannot be transferred to other persons. Anyone who
violates the rules will have their right to borrow books
within the current semester cancelled, and the reader will
be asked to return the borrowed books.
3.
Reference books, precious pictures, maps, course reserves,
journals, newspapers, audiovisual materials and other
materials designated by the Library shall be available for
viewing at the Library only.
4.
Rules for borrowing books:
(1)The rules for the total number of borrowed books and loan
periods are prescribed as following:
a.
Full time faculty, students, part-time
teachers, research assistants and temporary personnel: 30
books and 30 days.
b.
Retiree, alumni, trainees and volunteers: 5
books and 30 days.
c.
Other community institutions having interlibrary cooperation
with the Library:5 books and 14 days.
d.
Interlibrary loan: The total number of items is determined
in compliance with the contract, and the loan period is 14
days.
(2)Teachers may assign ten books from their total number of
borrowed books for teaching and research purposes. The
maximum loan period is 180 days.
(3)The loan period is from the second day after the
borrowing of the books to the return date. The loan period
is computed on a basis of 7 days a week, including
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
5.
Readers shall return library materials on time according to
the regulations of the Library. If the due date is on
holidays or closing days, the due date will be the next
opening day. During the winter/summer vacations, the due
date is the date announced by the Library.
6. If
the quota of borrowed books has been fulfilled, readers
shall not borrow other books before returning them. Readers
shall renew books on Webpac one day before the final day of
the loan period if no one else reserves for the book. The
number of renewals is limited to once, and the loan period
starts from the date of renewing books. The overdue books
cannot be renewed.
7.
Books checked out or displayed can be reserved on Webpac. If
the readers fail to check out the books within the deadline,
the reservation will be cancelled.
8. If
the materials checked out need to be inventoried, arranged,
bound, or appointed by teachers as course reserves, the
Library will ask borrowers to return the books or materials
in advance.
9. If
books/materials borrowed from the Library are damaged
(including markings, annotations, ink smudges or folding),
the Library shall claim compensation according to the degree
of damage.
10.
Readers who lose (books/materials with breakages or missing
pages are regarded as lost) materials borrowed from the
Library shall immediately register for lost books/materials
in the Library and pay the original price of the
books/materials, and the Library will purchase another copy
of the book. The calculation method for compensating lost
books is prescribed as follow:
(1)
If the prices of books can be found, readers shall pay
accordingly.
(2) If the prices of books cannot be found,
the replacement fees are calculated by the number of pages.
For books published in Taiwan, the replacement fees are NT$
2 per page. For books published in Mainland China, the
compensations are NT$ 5 per page. The replacement fees for
publications in other countries are NT$ 20 per page.
11.
Regulations regarding overdue books and the calculation
method of overdue fines:
(1)
If borrowers do not return the books of the Library before
the due date, the overdue books cannot be renewed and a fine
of NT$ 5 per book per day will be charged.
(2)
Borrowers’ rights to borrow books from the Library will be
suspended if the total number of overdue fines are
accumulated to NT$ 150. Books overdue for 30 days will be
considered as lost books, borrowers shall pay the overdue
fines of NT$ 150 plus the original price of the book. The
return of the overdue books/materials can only be accepted
before the Library buys and replaces the books.
(3)
If borrowers have some special reasons, they may do
voluntary service instead of paying the overdue fines with
the approval of the Library.
(4)
The overdue days are calculated on daily basis. The overdue
time less than one day shall still be computed as one day.
The overdue days are calculated with Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays included.
12.
Any full time faculty member, or students (including
trainee) shall return borrowed materials, pay overdue fines
and compensation before completing the graduation process or
leaving his current position.
13. The
Regulations are passed at the Library Council meeting and
implemented with the approval of the University President
Any amendments do likewise.