| GENERAL RULES |
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No person will be admitted in the Library unless the person is properly dressed. |
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Readers desirous of using the Library shall enter their name and address legibly in a Gate-Register which is kept for the purpose. Such signature shall be taken as an acknowledgement that the person agrees to conform to the rules of the library. |
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Readers may not write upon, damage or make any mark upon any book, manuscript or map belonging to the Library. |
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No tracing or mechanical reproduction shall be made without express permission from the Librarian. |
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Silence shall be strictly observed in the Library. |
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Before leaving the Library readers shall return to the assistant at the counter any book(s), manuscript(s) or map(s) which they had taken for consultation. |
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Readers shall be responsible for any damage or injury done to the book(s) or any other property belonging to the Library and shall be required to replace such book(s) or other property damaged or injured, or pay the value there of; if one book of a set is injured, the whole set shall be replaced. |
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Cases of incivility or other failure in the service should be reported immediately to the Librarian or in his/her absence to the senior member of the staff present. |
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Sticks, umbrellas, boxes and other receptacles and such other articles as are prohibited by the counter staff shall be left at the depository counter.
Spitting and smoking are strictly prohibited.
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Books which are out of print or not easily procurable shall be available only for reference. |
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Members are not allowed to sub-lend the book(s) of the Library to any other person. |
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Theses, Periodicals, Dictionaries, works which might be difficult to replace and such other works as may from time to time be considered necessary shall not be lent out. |
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Loans may at any time be terminated by order of the Librarian. |
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A member against whom any overdue or other charge is outstanding will not be allowed to borrow book(s) or withdraw the deposit until the member has paid the amount due. |
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The Syndicate may grant special loans on such conditions as it may prescribe. |
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Any infringement of the rules will render the privilege of admission to and of borrowing book(s) from the Library to forfeiture. |