Circulation and Reserve Section Services
The Circulation and Reserve Section houses and circulates an adequate collection of books covering a wide variety of subject areas and titles prescribed by the Library Committee and other faculty members as textbooks, side readings and references in their particular subject courses and areas.
COLLECTIONS:
Circulation Books
Circulation books support the curricular offering of the university. All subject fields are covered by the collection. These books are arranged in the stack area according to the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.
Two (2) circulation books can be borrowed by students for three (3) days and can be renewed for another three days, unless needed or reserved by other library users.
Faculty members, on the other hand, may borrow five (5) books for one (1) week and can be renewed for another week unless needed or reserved by other library users.
A penalty of P6.00 per day will be imposed if a book is not returned on the due date, inclusive of Saturdays and unannounced holidays.
Reserved Books
Reserved books are required collateral readings for a particular subject or course. A book becomes a reserved book when a faculty member requests it to be put on reserve, as this is the designated textbook for his particular subject.
One (1) book can be borrowed for one (1) period and can be renewed for another hour / period, unless needed or reserved by other library users.
Reserved books may be borrowed for overnight use starting 7:00 p.m. and should be returned on or before 9:00 a.m. the following school day.
A fine of P2.00 per period is charged inclusive of Saturdays, and unannounced holidays.
SERVICES
- Readers’ assistance service provides assistance to users in locating needed materials.
- Current Awareness Service showcases newly acquired books that are displayed for some time, so that students can see what is new as far as their material needs are concerned.
NOTES:
1. Loan period for books that are brought home use closes one (1) week before the final examination.
2. Loan desk services cease fifteen (15) minutes before the closing time of the library to clear the desks for the next library day service.
BORROWING AND RETURNING OF BOOKS
Circulation and Reserve Books
How to Locate books
To find a book, use the Online Public Access Cataloging (OPAC) and check if the book is available in the library.
Find the call number of the book you need. The call number is the access point to find a particular book in the shelves. A call number has two parts:
1.) the Dewey Decimal Number based from the subjects of the book and
2.) the Cutter’s Number based from the author of the Book..
Ex. 150
A42
3.) In a slip of paper, copy the call number and the location of the book
4.) With the call number as a guide, proceed to the stack area, passing through the control desk.
5.) Before entering the stack area, present your student ID with barcode to the student assistant in the statistics desks.
6.) If the book is neither on loan nor on reserve, fill in an “on trace card” for a thorough search of the book. Inquire for results the following day.
How to borrow books
If the book is found, write your name legibly on the book card and present the book and your valid student ID at the counter.
Before leaving to the counter make sure you know when to return the book.
How to return the books
Return the book on or before the due date to the desk assistant at the counter.
If the book is overdue, present the official receipt at the desk assistant and check that your payment is properly indicated in the computer.
How to renew or re-borrow books
To renew or to re-borrow a circulation or reserved book, upon return, request the librarian-in-charge or any desk assistants. If not needed by another user the book will be issued again to you.
The Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme
The Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme is used in the MSEUF Library to classify & arrange materials on the shelves. Books with similar subjects will be found in the same place. Knowing the exact call number of the book is the best strategy to locate the books in the shelves.
The books are arranged on the shelve according to the Dewey Classification Scheme.
000—099 – General Works
100—199 – Philosophy and related disciplines
200—299 – Religion
300—399 – Social Sciences
400—499 – Language
500—599 – Pure Sciences
600—699 – Technology (Applied Sciences)
700—799 – The Arts
800—899 – Literature
900—999 – General geography & history
Location Symbols
Location symbol is found in the upper part of the call number. The Symbol represent the location of book or where the book is available.
Ex.
Fil
899.211
S59
2001
Using the OPAC
An Online Public Access Cataloguing (OPAC) lets patrons search the library collection quickly and easily. It provides the use of the different searches, results, and tools available in the OPAC.
Steps in Using the OPAC
The Online Public Access Cataloguing (OPAC) allows you to search the library collection quickly and easily. To conduct OPAC searches, follow these three easy steps.
1.) Enter all or part of a word or phrase in the search box. Click the Title Button for the title search, the Author Button for author search, and the Subject Button for subject search.
– Wait for your search results to appear on the screen
2.) From the selection lists of the search results, choose an item and double click it, or highlight it and click select button to see more about the item.
– The records of an item will appear showing the Title Information Box containing the bibliographic data of the item; and the Copy Information Box containing the call number, status, number of copies and the location of the item.
3.) Note down the call number of the item. Go to the
collection/location where the material is and checkout the material in the nearest circulation desk.
-The text interface allows the user to enter a term and choose one of the many indexes in the database. The user can narrow a search to find a topic belonging to a reading program or meeting Boolean search criteria and set on his/her searches. The search results are detailed and contain hyperlinks that allow the user to expand or refine the search
LOST BOOKS
Books damage beyond the normal depreciation while on loan should be replaced upon the recommendation of the Circulation Librarian or be paid, the amount of which will be determined by the Circulation Librarian.
Missing pages in any borrowed library material should be reported immediately to the section where the book was charged out, otherwise it will be charged to the last borrower.