CUVAS Library
 

Regulations and Policies

  1. It is mandatory that Employees/Student shall display their ID cards while visiting the library.
  2. It is mandatory to bring CUVAS ID cards for renewal/ borrowing books or other reading material. The member will be responsible for any book borrowed on his/ her card.
  3. Members must inform the library of any change in their phone numbers ID/ registration number or email address.
  4. Eating, drinking, gossiping, replacing library furniture, sleeping, smoking, phone calls and any action that may cause disturbance or damage to the library assets or material shall not be tolerated in any case and strict action shall be taken against the offenders of library rules. If necessary, case shall be forwarded to the registrar / director student affairs for disciplinary action. However, until final decision, entrance of such members shall be restricted in library and membership of the said members shall be suspended.
  5. Students must maintain absolute silence inside the library premises. Group discussions and lecturing in loud voice is not allowed in reading halls.
  6. Mobile phones must be turned off or turned on in silent mode. However, phone calls are strictly prohibited inside the library.
  7. Students are advised not to write on, tear off or deface library materials (books, furniture etc.) by ball point, marker, pen, pencil, knife etc. Moreover, Library staff can inspect any in use library material at any time.
  8. Damage of any library material shall be quantified by the Librarian concerned and the member shall have to pay the same through bank.
  9. If, library books or any other reading material lost, damaged or mutilated in any way by a member shall have to be replaced the same or latest edition from market, along with PKR100/= as library processing fees. If book is not available or out of print and current price cannot be determined from local market, then double of actual price as per record plus additional 25% as departmental charges shall be paid by the concerned member. The books paid for will be written off from stock register.
  10. However, in the case of multi volume set, if even a single volume of the set is damaged or lost. The burrower shall have to provide the same of latest edition of whole set or pay the amount of the complete set along with PKR 100/= per volume as the library processing fees.
  11. The books shall be returned back to the library within a week after the end of the examination, all the students shall get the library clearance at the end of each semester from the library on a prescribed form by returning the books or other reading material back to the library.
  12. Library security fee shall lapse to the university. It, it remains unclaimed by the students for a period of one year from the date of his / her graduation. The said amount of the library security fee may be adjusted against the price of missing library books.
  13. The price of rare material shall be determined by the librarian.
  14. If any borrowed book is urgently required in library, it may be called back by the librarian.
  15. Librarian may withhold of restrict the circulation of any book in the library for specific purpose.
  16. In the case member desires to take personal reading material in the library, the library staff shall stamp the same at the library entrance to differentiate that material from library materials.
  17. Students are not allowed to turn on / off electric and IT equipment and they are also not allowed to disturb the arrangement of furniture & Fixtures in the library. 
  18. The library defaulter will be reminded through email / SMS / phone call about his / her overdue material. In the case of non-compliance, the name of the defaulter will be displayed at library notice board and the same will be forwarded to the controller of examination office to withhold his/her result.