Library Reader's Handbook of Zhejiang University of Technology
1. Readers should swipe their valid campus card to get into the library; external staff should register at the library gate with a letter of introduction or their valid identification documents (student card, work permit or ID card) and contact the office to enter the library.
2. Keep quiet in the library. Don’t speak loudly or read aloud. Please adjust the phone to vibrate after entering the library. Please go outside for phone calls.
3. The library is a key fire prevention unit. Smoking and using fire are strictly forbidden in any part of the library.
4. Take care of the public property in the library. Please do not smear or deface it; do not post or distribute advertisements and other promotional materials inside of building without permission; do not take pictures or video without approval.
5. Keep the hall clean and hygienic. Do not spit or litter waste; do not bring any food or beverage into reading areas; do not bring rain gear into the library on rainy days.
6. Maintain order in the library. Do not occupy seats, and do not occupy the lockers overnight. Do not move any equipment such as tables, chairs, computers, etc. at will.
7. Be a civilized reader with clothes clean and neat. Do not wear vests, sports shorts or slippers.
8. If access control system alarm, please take the initiative to cooperate with security or staff to ascertain the situation.
9. Abide by the rules and regulations of the library consciously, and cooperate with and support the library staff to act according to the rules and regulations.
10. For those who violate the above regulations, library will issue warnings, suspend their borrowing service, and inform relative college according to the seriousness of the circumstances.
ZJUT Library: Rules for Borrowing and Returning Books
Ⅰ Issuance and Management of Library Cards
1. The opening of the campus card’s book-borrowing permission
The readers who use the library resources in the library should hold the campus card issued by the school management center of campus card and open the permission of borrowing books from the campus card before using it.
New undergraduate students through national ordinary college enrollment (including students in adult education classes) must study the "How to Use the Library" course and complete the online test in the "New Student Column" (http://xszl.lib.zjut.edu.cn /), and open the permission collectively by class;
2. Loss and reissue of campus card’s book-borrowing permission
(1) If the campus card is lost, please go to the school management center of campus card to report the loss and reissue in time; or report the loss of the campus card borrowing permission after logging in on the library homepage; or use the valid identification documents to report the loss of borrowing rights in the library hall. Otherwise, the card owner shall be responsible for the loss of the property of the book.
(2) After the replacement, the new campus card doesn’t need re-opening of book-borrowing permission. The borrowing record of the original campus card would be automatically transferred to the new campus card.
(3) If the original campus card is retrieved, the student card, the loss of the borrowing permission could be canceled with the student card, work permit or other valid documents in the library lending hall.
3. Logout of campus card’s book-borrowing permission
When a student withdraws from school due to transfer, dropout, graduation, or other reasons, he/she must return all the books, pay off the borrowing fees, and cancel the permission of book-borrowing of the campus card.
Ⅱ Book-Borrowing
1. Readers must use their own campus card to borrow books from the library. The library has the right to deduct the student’s campus card used for borrowing books or periodicals by someone else and the card will return only with student’s own valid identity card.
2. Book Borrowing and Returning Area: Borrowing Hall on the second floor of Zhaohui Campus Library; Borrowing Hall on the first floor of Pingfeng Campus Library.
3. Books that are allowed to be borrowed: books from the first to fourth floors of the main stack rooms of the Zhaohui Campus Library; books from the first to third floors of the Pingfeng Campus Library.
4. Books that are not allowed to be borrowed: books, periodicals and newspapers stored in comprehensive reading rooms, newspaper reading rooms, current and back periodical reading rooms.
5. Number of books borrowed: 20 for undergraduates
6. Allowed loan period and renewal: the loan period is 40 days for undergraduate students and other readers. Overdue books are paid for overdue usage fees per book per day (refer to “Measures for Overdue, Defacement, Loss and Violation of Library Borrowing Books in ZJUT”). For renewing books, apply for the renewal of the books before the deadline by coming to the library or logging on the library website and entering the “My Library” column before the book is overdue. The renewal is limited to one time and to one book every renewal period. If the borrowed books have been reserved, it will not be renewable.
7. When borrowing a book, please inspect the book on spot and the following cases should be reported immediately to the library staff who will then stamp the stained seal on: the book is dirty or defective; the content is inconsistent with the title of the book, etc. Otherwise, if any defiling or damage is found when returning the book, the borrower should be responsible for the compensation.
8. Readers shall not take the books out of the room without going through the borrowing procedures, which will be dealt as theft.
9. If the paper books cannot meet the needs, readers can refer to the Chinese and foreign e-books in the “Digital Resources – E-books” section of the homepage of the library; or download for reading in the “Digital Resources – Multimedia Digital Resources – CD-ROM with the book”.
10. When the collection resources of the library cannot meet the needs of the readers, readers could obtain the full text through Library Information Consultation Department by conducting inter-library borrowing or document transfer.
Ⅲ Book-Returning
1. The borrowed books should be returned as scheduled. In case of failure to return the books on time, the permission of borrowing books will be suspended and the overdue usage fees shall be paid (refer to the “Measures for Overdue, Defacement, Loss and Violation of Library Borrowing Books in ZJUT”).
2. The defacement of returned books and the loss of the borrowed books shall be dealt with according to the “Measures for Overdue, Defacement, Loss and Violation of Library Borrowing Books in ZJUT”.
3. Readers can return borrowed books to the library at the Zhaohui Campus or Pingfeng Campus.
ZJUT Library: Reading Rules for Stack Rooms, Newspaper Reading Rooms
2. Please deposit your personal belongings in the locker. All items brought into the reading room are for readers’ own safekeeping and readers shall bear the responsibility of any loss.
3. For effective use of books and periodicals, readers should take no more than 3 books and no more than one periodical from the shelves. After reading, they should be returned to the original place or designated place according to the regulations, and the books and periodicals on the shelves should be kept neat and orderly.
4. Keep quiet inside the room. And do not make any noise. Phone calls are strictly forbidden in the reading room to avoid disturbing others.
5. Keep the room clean and hygienic. Please do not spit, smoke, litter, eat food or drink beverage, etc.
6. Take good care of public property, do not hide, tear, and scribble on books and periodicals. Do not write or paint on tables and chairs.
7. For borrowing books, please go to the Borrowing Hall to handle the procedures (books from the comprehensive reading rooms, the literature retrieval rooms, the periodical reading rooms are not borrowable). Taking books and periodicals out of the library without going through the borrowing procedures are dealt as theft.
8. Please abide by the rules and regulations of the library consciously. Offenders shall be dealt with according to the “Measures for Overdue, Defacement, Loss and Violation of Library Borrowing Books in ZJUT”. Serious offenders will be reported to the relevant departments of the school and the reader’s unit.
Measures for Overdue, Defacement, Loss and Violation of Library Borrowing Books in ZJUT
In order to protect the books and periodicals of the library and safeguard the rights and interests of teachers and students, Library has formulated these measures for the overdue, defacement, loss and other violations of the collections.
Ⅰ Overdue
In order to guarantee rights and interests of most readers, readers who fail to return the books before the prescribed deadline shall pay the overdue usage fee based on following regulations:
1. Overdue fee of 0.1 yuan per day for each borrowed book which exceeds the deadline.
2. Books and periodicals only for reading in reading rooms are allowed for copying after finishing formalities and filling out copying documents. The book shall be returned on the same day, and the overdue fee will be charged for 2.00 yuan per half day after the first half day.
3. If the returning deadline is within the winter and summer vacation, the book is allowed to return within 10 days after the beginning of school term without overdue fee (refer to the annual winter and summer vacation notice for specific dates); after 10 days, over 10 days, the overdue fee is calculated together with that of the holiday.
4. Readers can choose to follow and bind the official WeChat account of school library, and log in to the Mobile Library of ZJUT, or log in to the "My Library" on the webpage to notice the book borrowing and overdue situation in time.
Ⅱ Defaced and Damaged Books and Periodicals
The defaced and damaged books and periodicals shall be compensated according to the degree of their defacement and damage, and seriously-defaced or damaged books and periodicals that cannot be used again would be dealt with as lost ones.
1. Defaced books and periodicals: Books and periodicals due to the contamination of liquid or solid substances start to have foreign colors, odors, wrinkles, deformations, etc., and compensation is as follows:
(1) Books and periodicals soaked in clean water, without wrinkles or deformation of the books after drying, the dyed part compensated by 1.00 yuan/page compensation.
(2) Books and periodicals polluted, but stains, odors and wrinkles can be removed and covered after treatment, and the font and image are not affected, the stained portion compensated by 2.00 yuan/page.
(3) Books and periodicals that are polluted in other forms are dealt with as lost ones.
2. Damaged books and periodicals: during the period of use, books are drawn with circles and points, written with comments, scribbled, dog-eared, bended, torn, separated into pages, cracked in ridges, broken in seals, or cut etc. are compensated as follows:
(1) If books appear to be drawn with circles and points, written with comments, scribbled, dog-eared, bended, but can be eliminated, covered, bonded without affecting the original font and images, the damage is compensated by 1.00 yuan/page.
(2) If books appear to be separated into pages, cracked in ridges, broken in seals, its compensation fee should be the actual repairing cost.
(3) For the above damage cannot be restored to the original affecting the use of readers, compensation shall be made as lost books.
(4) If the computer barcode is torn or defaced, it shall be compensated by 5.00 yuan/item.
Ⅲ Loss and Compensation
Any lost books and periodicals shall be repaid within one month with same International Standard Book Number (ISBN), and the document processing fee of 5 yuan shall be paid; if lost books and periodicals with same ISBN are unable to obtain, compensation shall be made according to following standards (newspapers and periodicals handled as multi-volume books):
1. Chinese books published before 1990 (including 1990) shall be compensated by 20 times of the original price, and for books whose original price less than 20 yuan, the compensation shall be 20 yuan; Chinese books published during 1990 and 2000 (including 2000) shall be compensated by 10 times of the original price; Chinese papers published after 2000 shall be compensated by 5 times of the original price.
2. Original foreign language books shall be compensated by 3 times of the original price. Foreign photocopied books shall be compensated same as Chinese books published after 2000.
3. Loss of one or several volumes of a set of multi-volume books, supporting reference books, newspapers and periodicals shall be compensated for the full set at the original price.
4. After the loss of books and periodicals, the formalities of compensation should be completed in a timely manner. If the lost books and periodicals are overdue, the overdue fee shall also be paid.
5. If the lost books and periodicals are retrieved within one month after the payment, the refund could be handled with the valid campus card, the original book and the receipt of payment. No refund is allowed after one month.
Ⅳ Book Stealing and Damaging
1. Taking books and periodicals out of the management area without going through the borrowing procedures are dealt as theft. The permission to borrow books will be suspended for one to three months depending on the seriousness of the case. The offenders shall be ordered to write a self-criticism and filed for future reference. If serious, the case shall be reported to his/her unit as well as school Security Office.
2. Concealing any documents, attachments, etc. without returning, or removing magnetic materials at will or cutting books shall be dealt as theft.
ZJUT Library: Learning Center Electronic Reading Area (Electronic Reading Room) Management Regulations
2. When entering the electronic reading room, please swipe the campus card. One person can only use one machine. The default user account and password are user’s student number.
3. The management system charges 1.0 yuan/hour automatically, and the printing charging standard can be found in the instruction of each printer client machine. For logout actions, please read the instruction in the doorway or on the computer desktop in the windows system carefully: keyboard should be placed inside the table and the seat put back to the original place before leaving. If users do not follow the operation instructions to exit the system or log out by swiping your card, the loss will be borne by the users.
4. Users should consciously abide by the "Regulations on the Security Protection of Computer Information Systems of the People's Republic of China" and the "Administrative Measures on the Security Protection of International Network of Computer Information Networks" issued by the State Council. Playing computer games, watching or spreading illegal materials that blemish national image, that violate the Four Cardinal Principles, involves obscene publication, etc. is strictly forbidden.
5. In order to keep the Electronic Reading Room clean and tidy, do not bring bags, rain gear, food, beverage, etc. into the room; do not talk loudly or litter anything in the room; phone calls are only allowed outside the room.
6. Take care of all the equipment in the room. Do not disassemble, plug in and change any power cords, sockets, headphones, mouse, etc. when using computer; do not arbitrarily modify the system settings and passwords, delete any files and install any software without permission. If there is a malfunction during use, please contact the service desk teacher immediately.
7. Users who violate the above rules or have other uncivilized behaviors will be refused to enter the room, or be claimed compensation according to the seriousness of the cases, and will be reported to the relevant colleges and punished accordingly based on the "Student Handbook" of ZJUT.
ZJUT Library: Discussion Space Management Regulations
2. It can be used during the opening hours of the library, except for the closure due to the statutory holidays stipulated by the country.
3. Users must be teachers or students of the school. Borrowing is only allowed with the number of users more than three (including 3), less than 15 (including 15). The number allowed for using the cultural lecture hall is 15-40.
4. A default of 2 times in one month deprives the right of making a reservation (The failure to cancel the appointment which cannot be fulfilled is considered as default).
5. Please cancel the reservation at least 2 hours in advance. Failure to cancel the appointment which cannot be fulfilled is considered as default.
6. The Discussion Space can be reserved one week in advance.
7. Applicants are not allowed to exchange or lend the seminar room without permission. Any violator will be disqualified from using the seminar room for one month.
8. The applicant shall be responsible for the supervision and management of the seminar room, and shall consciously protect all the facilities in the seminar room. In case of facilities failure, please report to the staff of the learning center on the fifth floor (85290131).
9. Please keep the room clean and tidy. Smoking, eating and drinking, making noise or other improper behaviors are strictly prohibited. The violator will be disqualified within a certain period of time according to the seriousness of the case.
10. When leaving the seminar room, please make sure to keep the tables, chairs and the ground clean and tidy, and take away the garbage in time, arrange the tables and chairs neatly, close the doors and Windows, and turn off the power.
11. For other matters, please follow the relevant regulations of the library.
Terms of Use for Electronic Resource
In order to protect the intellectual property rights of electronic resources, maintain the reputation of our university, and to guarantee the legitimate rights and interests of users, all units and individuals are required to use the electronic resources ordered by the library reasonably, and pay attention to and abide by relevant regulations of the intellectual property rights of electronic resources.
1. Downloading the electronic resources in batches purchased by the library by using any automatic download software or intelligent robot download tool is strictly forbidden.
2. To download, browse, and retrieve full-text databases in a continuous, systematic, centralized, and batch manner is not allowed (exceeding normal reading and browsing speed, such as downloading more than one hundred articles in a short period of time, downloading e-books as a whole volume, downloading journals and conference papers as a whole issue, etc.)
3. It is not allowed to provide the obtained documents to the personnel outside the university (such as downloading the full text to the local hard disk and giving it to the users outside the university for illegal use); it is not allowed to provide the personal network account to the users outside the university; it is not allowed to make illegal profits by using the obtained documents.
4. Setting up a proxy server to read or download electronic resources is not allowed. If any campus unit needs to set up a proxy server due to special needs, permission of the library should be obtained in advance, and ensure that IP outside the campus cannot access the electronic resources purchased by the library through the server.
5. If any violation is found, the library will cooperate with the school network center and relevant departments to investigate and deal with it as follows:
(1) Upon verification, the unit to which the violator belongs shall be notified, and the violator shall be instructed to accept the investigation at library and submit a written inspection;
(2) The relevant personnel of the library, network center and the department where the violator belongs shall be present to supervise the violator to delete the data through malicious download;
(3) The permission of the violator to borrow books shall be suspended for half a year;
(4) The library shall issue a notice throughout the school;
(5) If the circumstance is serious, the online account will be frozen for two months and reported to the school for disciplinary action in addition to the above treatment;
(6) In case of disputes over intellectual property rights, the violator shall bear the legal liabilities arising therefrom.
