• The Library Authority has discretion to restrict certain categories of material held by the Library from being borrowed, such as standard reference documents, theses, manuscripts, items of special value or rarity, and loose issues of periodicals, and bound volumes of journals, maps/atlases, special collections, data documents and damaged documents etc.
• All books are issued till the date stamped on the date label or official receipt of issue. If no next day is given, books are due by the closing time on the same day.
• It is essential to submit bar-coded Library Card during checkout and check-in transactions of library items.
• Books borrowed by one member must not be passed on to another but must in all cases be returned to the Library.
• A borrower should not borrow documents in other’s name.
• The borrower will be held responsible for all materials until they have been returned in good condition.
• The Library may recall a book on loan at any time, and the book must then be returned to the Library on or before the closing time on the date given in the recall notice/message.
• Books and other items borrowed by the Library from other Libraries on behalf of a fulltime student and/or staff of the Institute is subject to Library Rules & Regulations 2009 of the Library and also to the conditions imposed by the lending library.
• Members should inform the Library as soon as possible of any circumstances (such as illness or hardship), which might affect their use of the Library and their ability to comply with the Rules and Regulations. The Library Authority has discretion to grant special privileges on compassionate grounds.
• Member must report any mutilation found in books before borrowing, otherwise the last borrower is liable to pay for damages when the books are returned and/or the Library Authority finds the mutilation.
• Members who fail to respond to reminder for overdue documents and/or fail to return the documents within 60 days from the date of borrowing, will be billed the replacement cost including the administrative charge.
• If a member does not pay off the Library dues, or returns overdue documents, the privilege of borrowing library resources and /or access to other library services may be suspended till he/she deposits the requisite amount.

Renewals

• Borrowed documents can be renewed for a maximum of two times only.
• Users have to renew their checkout library resources before the last day of the loan period.
• Already overdue item will not be renewed.
• Already reserved item cannot be renewed.