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ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (DATABASES):
Electronic (Digital) Library users are
expected to respect publishers’ copyrights. The Eastern
Mediterranean University Library, in accordance with the common
license agreements between
ANKOS (Consortium of Anatolian
University Libraries) and publishers, forbids the downloading of
a journal in the electronic medium in its entirety. In case of
infringement of this rule, Eastern Mediterranean University may
see its right to access the relevant database revoked.
Downloading a full-text journal as a whole can only be done for
educational purposes and the downloaded text may not be used for
commercial or other purposes. Our electronic resources can be
classified under two categories: online full-text journal
access and bibliographic data access. The wishes, opinions, and
recommendations of faculties and departments form the basis of
decision-making in the selection of electronic resources. In our
current technological era, electronic resource formats are
continuously diversifying and increasing in number, and it is
becoming increasingly important to conduct in-depth research in
the area of data selection, as information is becoming more and
more digital. Consequently, as is the case for the selection of
any other kind of material, cooperation between the library and
faculty is of essence when the task at hand is the selection of
electronic resources. We, as the Library, view the transfer of
information onto the electronic medium from the printed medium
as a sound and desirable exploitation of technology, especially
in the case of periodicals.
Our
collection is at the disposal of not only the university
personnel, students, and faculty, but also of the whole
community. However, borrowing books is a privilege reserved for
our main audience; namely, members of university personnel,
students, and faculty. Users are expected to return books on
time and to comply with regulations and procedures regarding
borrowing. Thus, readers will have contributed to the effective
functioning of book circulation services provided by our
library.
We aim to increase
and develop our facilities for the use of the public so as to
help expand resources of information and culture in the country
and to encourage lifelong learning habits among all members of
our community.
CATALOGUING AND CLASSIFICATION:
In our
library, all resources are catalogued and categorized (shelved)
according to standard professional scientific systems. We apply
Anglo American Cataloguing Rules 2 for cataloguing, and the
Dewey Decimal Classification
System
for classification purposes.
COPYRIGHTS:
Our
library respects the copyrights of authors and publishers. We
take particular care not to include documents in violation of
copyrights into our collection. Our regulations also prohibit
the duplication of any item in our collection for commercial
purposes. Thanks to our databases, copyright laws also apply to
the accessing of online full-text journals. The license
agreement between our library and ANKOS (Anadolu Üniversite
Kütüphaneleri Konsorsiyumu—Consortium of Anatolian University
Libraries) and publishers prohibit the downloading of a journal
within the database in its entirety. A violation of this
interdict may entail the cessation of our accessing the database
involved.
SECURITY:
The security of all equipment and resources in our
library is ensured through an electronic security
system coupled with visual monitoring by cameras. Each
user is
responsible for preserving the resources used. Members are
required to return any item borrowed in good condition and
without writing in it. Each individual user is expected to
contribute to ensuring that our collection remains available to
future generations in its entirety and to demonstrate the
required sensitivity and responsibility in this respect.
INTERNET USE:
Our readers are able to make use of our Internet access
facilities, provided that this utilization serves education and
research purposes. Our main objective in making computers with
Internet capabilities available in the Databases and
Audio-Visual Materials Section is to allow access to our
electronic resources (databases, CD-ROM, floppy disks, etc.) and
to provide training to users to facilitate the use of these
resources.
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USER TRAINING, GUIDANCE AND
INSTRUCTIONS: |
Our library provides customized training and guidance to assist
readers in making use of library services easily and
conscientiously. These services are implemented by our staff and
further supported with written instructions and web pages.
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COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT and "DONATIONS" : |
The main mission of EMU Library is to meet the information needs
of the faculty and students. To this end, we are constantly
updating our library collection. As a matter of fact the demands
coming from the Faculties and Schools act as a determinant in
our policy pertaining to the enhancement of the collections
(Collection Development).
In order to enrich our collection, we try to obtain materials by
means of “Donations”.
All materials donated to our library are
carefully evaluated, and those found suitable are added to our
collection. Materials that are not found suitable to be
included in our Library are classified according to the audience
they address, and then they are donated to libraries accordingly
(elementary schools, junior and high schools, and public
libraries.) If the donated materials, like photocopied
materials, pamphlets, magazines, etc are not feasible for any
kind of classification so as to be placed on our shelfs or not
even suitable to be donated to other institutions, then they are
made available at the Library Entrance for all readers, and who
ever pleases may “Take One”.
This service provided by our library consists
of gaining access to books and/or articles currently unavailable
in our library from other institutions, be they foreign or
domestic.
‘Interlibrary Loan’ is an invaluable process by which
researchers are able to access information at a distance as
rapidly and comprehensively as possible. Consequently, we
attach great importance to collaborating with other institutions
worldwide and to contributing to the ‘increase of information
through sharing’.
Contact address for more detailed information, either at the
institutional or individual level:
e-mail:
incilay.gurakar@emu.edu.tr
Tel.: 630 1502
COOPERATION:
As our library considers scientific development a universal
gain, it seeks to cooperate with other institutions of
information and to share its own resources with the rest of the
world as much as circumstances allow. Such collaboration makes
it easier both to promote our university’s publications
throughout the world and to
access sources of information available
elsewhere.
STUDY AREAS:
Study spaces are available in all parts of our library. Thanks
to approximately 1,000 seats, our readers are able to find a
suitable space for studying as the need arises. Naturally, a
quiet atmosphere is maintained in all study areas. Group study
sessions and other behavior interfering with silence are
absolutely not tolerated. In order to ensure silence, users are
invited to refrain from disturbing the peace both through
announcements and through written instructions placed around the
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