LIBRARY RULES

GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS:-

1.     Strict silence, decorum and discipline must be maintained in the Library.

2.     Students will enter the Library in queue along with a Pen and a Diary/Library Notebook.

3.     Go through the Guide Chart and be familiar with the arrangement of Documents.

4.     Don’t shelve the Documents if their locations are not confirmed.

5.     Read the Newspapers at the Newspaper Stand only, don’t remove them.

6.     Replace the Periodicals at their specified places after reading.

7.     Not a single Document is allowed to take out of the Library without getting it issued.

8.     Users’ belongings, Personal Books/ Periodicals, or even issued books are not allowed inside the Library for any purpose unless for returning.

9.     Computers are for educational use only. The use of the Internet in the Library is for reference work. Accessing unauthorized sites, playing games, chatting etc. are strictly prohibited.

10.  Do not install/uninstall any program/services and don’t change the settings on the Computers provided in the Library.

11.   On leaving the Library, all users are required to produce every issued document for Checking.

12.   When documents are issued, ensure the condition of the document and inform the Librarian, at the time of check in if any kind of damage is found the last Borrower shall be held responsible for the same and shall accordingly be fined.

13.   During power/system failure the Circulation Services will be suspended.

14.   Search the availability and location of the Documents through the Search Module of the Software by Author, Title, Publisher, etc. before going to concern shelf.

15.   No Document shall be returned on the day it has been issued.

16.   Any kind of damaging (underlining, making notes, scribbling, folding, tearing of pages, dog’s ear, mutilation, etc.) of Documents is punishable.

CIRCULATION RULES AS PER LIBRARY POLICY, KVS (under Article 137 and 138 of the Education Code).

1.     Issue of books for home use - Each student would be issued two books at a time for a period of one week. Staff members, including Principal, would be issued maximum five books at a time for a maximum period of one fortnight. Failure to return books on time would compulsorily lead to penalty of Re. 1 per day for all (students & staff).

2.     A recall system for overdue will be achieved by sending an overdue note to the concerned student through the Class Teacher. In case of staff the note can be sent through the school office.

3.     Reissue of books by a user may be allowed maximum twice more after first issue.

4.     Newly purchased books should not be issued to any user for at least one month but should be displayed separately as new arrivals.

5.     Issue of subject reference books - Only subject reference books from reference section would be issued for home use on those days when the successive day is a holiday. The book will have to be returned on the next working day. Dictionaries, Encyclopedias etc would not be issued.

6.     In case a user loses a book he/she would have to either replace the book or deposit three times the price of the book in the library.

7.     Each user would be provided with library cards for issue of books.

8.     Magazines and periodicals may also be issued for a week only. However, it must be ensured that at least two previous issues are available in the library.