Policies & Procedures
Violation Management
Violation Management
● Late Return materials
If a book is not returned by the due date, the borrowing privilege will be suspended until the late item returned to library. Late return books will be charged NT$5 overdue fines for each item per day. The fines will be cumulated until the late item returned to library. The maximum of overdue fines is NT500 each item.
The overdue policy of interlibrary loan cards is the same as the general materials.
The overdue policies vary according to each lending library.
● Late Return materials – Library use only
Overdue materials which can only be used in library such as assigned textbooks and audiovisual materials will incur suspension. Your exact overdue hours will be doubled and changed into days as your suspension time. Late return less than an hour will still be counted as one hour.
● Management of Lost / Damaged Materials
Any lost or defective books should be reported to the library immediately. Readers are responsible for paying a replacement as same as the original one with processing fee NT50. Readers should complete the Chinese books replacement procedure within 30 days, and the western books within 60 days.
If the material cannot be purchased, reader have to pay the 3 times of cash of the original book’s price. If the original book’s price cannot be verified, overdue fines should be counted according to the amount of pages. The overdue fines that materials published in our country is NT$5 each page, and materials published out of our country is NT$10 each page.
● For those who lose Interlibrary Loan Cards will be fined NT$500.
● About reserved items
Readers should check out the reserved books after notices been released within 8 days.
● Stealing
Taking the collections out privately without proceeding borrowing procedure or approved by library is regarded as stealing. As has been found, the privilege will be suspended for 1 month.
● Facilities
Readers are responsible for any damage without correct use. Library will fix it or purchase a new facility, but readers should pay the whole bill. The overdue fines of facilities is NT$100 each day. Late return more than 30 minutes will still be counted as one day. Private materials or non-public materials cannot be used at audiovisual facilities in the library.
● About Spaces
User who loses keys which borrowed from library should pay the charge of copy making fee and NT$50 of service fee.
The reservation privilege will be canceled if registering the reserved spaces is late more than 20 minutes.
The privilege of using spaces in the library will be suspended for 1 month if you reserved it without use.
The privilege will be suspended for 2 days if using computers on 1st floor without proceeding borrowing procedure.
Computers in the Library can only be used for checking online library catalogs, databases, or academic Web sites. Browsing pornographic web sites or playing video games is strictly prohibited.
● About Reading in Library
In order to keep the environment a good quality, drinks and foods are prohibited in the library. As has been found, privilege will be suspended for 2 weeks. Smoking is prohibited in the library. Cellphone should turn to the silent mode in the library. Speaking loudly is prohibited in the library.
● School-leaving Procedure can not be proceeded if books are not be returned or fees are not be paid.
- Source:南華大學圖書館
- Date:2015-10-27