Service Hours

Starting August 08, 2022, all study zones are now open and the collaborative rooms are bookable for the internal stakeholders to use during the LIB phase 4 reopening hybrid services.

The Library onsite business hours are as follows:

Remote/off-site:

• The Library Virtual Assistant (VirA) is available for realtime assistance during office hours from Monday to Saturday. Outside office hours, you can just post or leave your messages or queries. We will respond to them the following workday.

Collections

Library Use

Loan Periods

6YP Resources

Notices

• First-reminder notices are sent to all employees three days before the due dates.
• Second-reminder notices include overdue fines.
• After three days with no response, a third notice will be sent requesting permission for salary deduction.
• Recall notices are sent to all employees one week before the end of classes every semester and summer.

Accountabilities

• Electronic letter notification for overdue fines and fees are auto-generated to remind students of their outstanding library accountabilities periodically.
• Consolidated overdue fines and fees of the students are posted on the Bulletin Boards every 1st and 3rd weeks of the month.
• For an overdue library material, the following fines are charged: 
  • Php 10.00 per day for books in the general collection and other library materials that circulate weekly.
  • Php 5.00 an hour for books on reserve.
• No delinquent library user is allowed to borrow unless all library accounts are settled.
• Every semester and mid-year term, all students with accountabilities are encoded in the Library Accountability Systems (LAS) one week before enrollment time.
• If the amount of overdue fines goes beyond the current price of the book only 50% will be charged.
• Employees must settle their accountabilities either in cash or by salary deduction.

Loss/Damages

• A lost or damaged library book must be replaced with another copy with the same author, title and edition or must be paid for at the replacement cost, plus a processing fee of Php 400.00. A newer edition or title of the same discipline is accepted.
• A lost or damaged multimedia material must be replaced with another copy with the same format and title, plus a processing fee of Php 400.00. A lost/damaged duplicate copy of multimedia materials is charged Php 500.00 inclusive of processing fee of Php 400.00.
• Book donations cannot offset for lost or damaged materials.
• Readers who find a major damage in the materials they intend to borrow must report it at once to the librarian; otherwise, they will be held responsible for the damage. Reimbursements for returned lost and paid materials are refunded within the school year, excluding the processing fee.

AV Material

For Faculty & Staff:

• All A-V materials are strictly for instructional use only.
• Regular employees (administrative) may borrow a documentary video recording   for three days with one time renewal.
• Full time faculty members who need specific video recording in the preparation and delivery of classes may borrow these for one semester without renewal.
• A CD-ROM as accompanying material of a book can be borrowed on the same terms as the book.

For Students:

• All A-V materials are strictly for instructional use.
• Viewing of video recording in the library by students is allowed upon presentation of a request letter, which states its specific educational use and is noted by the professor.
• Upon presentation of a request letter from a faculty member, students may view the chosen title.