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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.

ACCESSING AND BORROWING:

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.

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.

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”.

INTERLIBRARY LOANS:


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 library.

 
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