Borrowing Policies
Membership
The Library will serve all registered students of the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business.
Registered students of the University of the West Indies, visiting researchers, corporations, tertiary level institutions and alumni of the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business may be granted reading and reference privileges on recommendation of a faculty member and at the discretion of the Librarian.
The use of the Library may be denied for due cause. Such cause may be failure to return Library materials or to pay penalties, destruction of Library property, disturbance of other patrons, or any other illegal, disruptive, or objectionable conduct on Library premises.
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Loans
Full time students may have on loan up to 5 items at one time. Part time students may have on loan up to 3 items at one time. Academic staff may borrow up to 5 items at any one time and support staff may have up to 2 items on loan at one time.
Books may be borrowed for a period of 7 days and may be renewed on one occasion for 3 days if there is not a waiting list for the title.
Some items may not be removed from the Library, these include reference materials such as dictionaries etc. All such materials will be clearly marked.
Periodicals cannot be borrowed.
Audio-visual materials housed in the Library may only be borrowed by faculty members, or anyone delegated by him/her, for use in classes only, and must be returned to the Library at the end of the class. These items are not allowed to leave the compound.
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Renewals
Loans may be renewed for three (3) days providing that the material is not overdue or required by the Library or another user.
Items may only be renewed only once.
Renewals can be done via email, phone or in person.
Overdues
The Librarian is authorized to impose fines on all users who fail to return borrowed items within the designated period.
Materials are due on the date indicated on the date due slip, as stated when borrowed.
The Library is not responsible for notifying borrowers that materials are overdue.
Overdue items will incur fines of $5.00 for each day that the item is overdue. This fine will accrue from the date due until the item is returned.
Patrons who have overdue items will be denied borrowing privileges until those overdue items are returned or paid for if lost and/or damaged.
Patrons who have a maximum of $20.00 in fines on their record will also be denied borrowing privileges until the fines are paid.
Where items have been lost or returned damaged, the patron is required to pay the cost of replacement/repairs and any administrative cost incurred in addition to any overdue fines.