Guidelines for Faculty Members and Personnel
- The Medicine Library is for exclusive use of faculty members, personnel, and students of the West Visayas State University College of Medicine. To use it, members of the COM faculty and staff should present a validated university ID. This will enable them to borrow and use library collections in accordance with library rules.
- Faculty members and staff may loan out five (5) books at a time.
- The loan period for library materials is one (1) month subject to renewal for another month if the collection borrowed is not in demand. Borrowed materials will be recalled when it is demanded for use by other clients.
- Periodicals, reference collections, and research papers are to be used within the library premises only.
- The borrower should repair any damage he has done to the materials borrowed from the Medicine library. If he fails to do so, the library will charge an amount based on the extent of damage. If irreparable, the borrower will be required to buy a new material with the same descriptions as the collection borrowed.
- Lost collections should be replaced with exactly the same material. If the lost collection is off the market/press, a material with same subject may be accepted upon appraisal by the Librarian. If the borrower opts to pay for the lost item, the cost is based on the current market value plus 10% for freight, handling, and processing.
- All borrowed library materials should be returned before the semester/term ends. If the material will still be used, renewal is mandatory but may be done only upon physical presentation of the collection/s to be renewed.
- Signing of clearance requires the borrower to return/replace/pay the borrowed/lost collection at the Medicine library.