Part VI. Part VI. CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS
3. Penalties etc
Films and video may be borrowed by staff only for a period of one ( 1) week.
Audio-visual loans are not normally renewable.
2.6 Limited Access Collection
2.6.1 Only QIT students and staff and other persons approved by the Chief Librarian may use the Limited Access Collection.
2.6.2 No items borrowed from the Limited Access Collec- tion may be removed from the Library, except as specified in Clause 2.6.4 below.
2.6.3 Only one item at a time may be borrowed from the Limited Access Collection.
2.6.4 The normal loan period is two (2) hours. After that time the borrowed item must be returned, but if no one else has reserved it, the item may be renewed for a further two (2) hours.
Overnight loans are permitted from half an hour before closing time until half an hour after opening time the next day.
2.6.5 Students and staff must leave their QIT Identity Card as a deposit before being permitted to remove any item from the Limited Access Collection.
2.7 Non-loanable Materials
Non-loanable materials are as follows:- (a) Reference works;
(b) Maps and Charts;
(c) Theses;
(d) Bound volumes of periodicals;
(e) Newspapers.
3.1.3 Penalties (as specified in 3.1.2 above) may be waived by the Chief Librarian in special circumstances.
3.2 Reprimand
3.2.1 Failure to observe these Rules may incur a reprimand from the Chief Librarian or the senior Librarian on duty, together with a warning against repetition of the offence.
3.3 Fines for Late Returns
3.3.1 Fortnightly, Four (4) Week and Extended Loans (i) When a loan is overdue, an overdue notice
will be sent to the borrower;
(ii) If an item is returned late, a fine will be imposed at the rate of $1.00 for each week or part thereof that the item is overdue from the date due, up to a maximum of $20.00. Fines are to be paid within 14 days of date of fines notice.
3.3.2 Limited Access Collection Loans
A fine of 50¢ per hour will be imposed for each hour or part thereof that the item is late, up to a maximum of $20.00.
3.3.3 Short Term Loans (3 days or 1 week)
A fine of 50¢ per day, per item, will be imposed for each day the item is late, up to a maximum of$20.00.
3.4 Loss of Borrowing Rights
3.4.1 If a book or other Library material is not returned within five (5) weeks of the date stamped on the date due slip, the item will be presumed lost, and the user's borrowing rights may be withdrawn for a period not exceeding one semester.
3.4.2 Subject to 3.4.1, borrowing rights will not be restored until all overdue loans have been returned to the Library and all fines are paid.
3.4.3 Failure to pay fines in accordance with 3.3 will result in user's borrowing rights being withdrawn for a period not exceeding one full semester.
3.5 Lost Library Material
3.5.1 If an item appears to be lost, the loss must be reported to the Lending Services Desk Clerk or the Lending Services Librarian. If after a reasonable search by both Librarian and borrower the item cannot be found and proof of return cannot be shown, the borrower shall be responsible for the replacement cost plus a processing charge of $5.00, up to a max- imum of $100 per item, to be paid within 14 days of date of notification.
3.6 Exclusion
3.6.1 Any person who fails to observe these Rules or who disfigures or damages any document or other Library facility may be excluded from the Library for up to one semester and shall be responsible for any damage caused.
4. Appeals
4.1 Any person upon whom a penalty (as defined in 3.1.2 hereof) has been imposed may, within fourteen (14) days of the imposition, challenge the imposition of the penalty and/or appeal against the imposition of the penalty, and any action which may be taken under Section 3 will be suspended pending determination of the challenge or appeal.
4.1.1 Any challenge or appeal should in the first instance be made in writing to the Registrar.
4.1.2 An appeal against a decision of the Registrar must be made in writing within seven (7) days to the Director.
4.1.3 On appeal, the Registrar or the Director, as the case may be, if there are extenuating or exceptional circumstances, may allow the appeal or reduce or waive the penalty.
5. *Library Copying and Copyright 5. 1 Permissable Copying
For "purposes" of Research and Study it is necessary that the copying be restricted to a reasonable proportion of the work and that only single copies are obtained. A 'reasonable proportion' will be interpreted in this Library as a Chapter or 10 percent of a book, whichever is less, and one article from a periodical. Exceptions to these guidelines may be approved only by the Chief Librarian, Lending Services Librarian or those acting in these capacities.
5.2 Non-Copyright Material
There is no restriction o.n the copying of non-copyright material. Aside from personal papers, readers may be required to establish that the copies they have made are non-copyright matter. In some cases a statement is made on a pub I ication permitting copying. Otherwise readers should assure them- selves BEFORE making copies that they have the necessary authority OR are actingwithinthe exclusion of theCopyright Act 1968 (CWTH).
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Under Review 6. NoticesAny notices to be given to a person under these Rules shall be deemed to be sufficiently given if sent to him or her by mail at his or her address registered with the Library and shall be deemed to have been received by the person to whom it is addressed in the ordinary course of the post.