Ramon S. Tirona Memorial Library - Borrowing Privileges and Policies

Circulation

1. Books for home use found in the Circulation Section are issued for a week and may be renewed for another week if there is no demand for the volumes.
2. Filipiniana, Library Science and Asia books may be borrowed for two days.
3. A student is allowed to borrow two books from the circulation collection, one book from the departmental libraries and one book from the reserve section.

Reserve Section

1. A student may borrow one book at a time from the reserve section.
2. Reserved books with several copies placed in the Reserve Section may be borrowed for overnight use only and over the weekend to be taken out at 5:00 PM and returned at 8:30 AM. the following day. An overnight slip may be secured from the library assistant/librarian.
3. Failure to get the reserved books made by the students deprive their borrowing privileges for one week.

Books and Other Materials "Not for Home Use"

Library materials stamped "Not for Home Use" such as General References, Theses, Rare Books, Philwomenian, Filipiniana books with one copy, and Vertical File Collection may only be used within the library premises.

Perodicals

Single and bound issues of current and retrospective periodicals are found in the periodical section. These are arranged alphabetically by titles. Current issues are displayed near the reference section. The periodicals and newspapers are not for home use and they have to be read only in the periodical section of the library

Fines

The fines imposed for overdue books are:

• Circulation Section
  • Php 5.00/day (excluding Sunday and holidays)
• Reserve Section
  • Php 5.00 - for the first hour
  • Php 3.00 - for the succeeding hours
  • Php 40.00 - for one day

Important Note: After the set deadline for returning all books before the final examination, an additional one peso (Php 1.00) will be collected each day aside from the fine rates of an overdue book.

Lost and Damaged Book

1. A lost book must be reported immediately to avoid accumulation of fines.
2. Book reported lost must be paid for or replaced with the latest edition of the same title not later than 2 weeks after the librarian has been notified of the case.
3. Books returned with missing pages will be the responsibility of the last borrower.
4. Books checked out must be scanned carefully. Missing pages, (if there is any) must be reported immediately to the library assistant/librarian so that it will not be the responsibility of the borrower.

Examination Week

Students will not be allowed to borrow books for home use two weeks before the final examination.

How to Borrow Books

1. Open-Shelf System - The PWU Libraries practice the open-shelf system. Borrowers are free to go directly to the shelves and withdraw books they need, except those found in the Reserve Section and Special Collection Sections.

   Books are arranged on the shelves numerically from 000-900 or by Dewey Decimal Classification (table below) and, further, alphabetically by authors in the same class.

2. Books not found on the shelves may be out with the students or faculty members. These can also be checked with the library assistant or librarian to determine whether they were transferred to another section other than the indicated place as recorded in the card catalog/OPAC

Dewey Decimal Classification - 10 Main Classes

NUMBER	SUBJECT
000	Generalities
100	Philosophy
200	Religion
300	Social Sciences
400	Language
500	Pure Sciences
600	Technology (Applied Sciences)
700	The Arts
800	Literature
900	General Geography and History