The Reader's Card

1. All the BUAA students and staff as well as teachers in promotion studies can obtain a reader's card at the circulation counter located at the 2^nd floor of library. The reader's card is required for borrowing or reading library materials. Other persons taking advanced courses or studies in BUAA that are not in the plan of national education committee must pay a certain fee for a reader's card.  

2. The reader's card can only be used by reader self and it is not transferable.  

3. Please keep the reader's card tidy. If the reader's card is damaged because of reader's cause, the library will change the card, and the reader should pay the card replacement fee.  

4. If a reader loses his/her reader's card, he/she should report the loss to the circulation counter immediately, and he/she has to be responsible for the books that he borrowed before the card lost.

The new card is issued after three weeks. The reader has to hand in one photo and a charge of 10-Yuan (RMB) for the new card for first time, for the second he/she has to pay 20-Yuan and so on.

 1. For entrance to reading rooms and request for services, the reader's card is required. Any reader using other reader's card will be persecuted.

2. Leave your bags and personal belongings not needed in the Library in the cabinet.

3. Any activities other than reading and searching for information are not allowed. Keep quiet, and switch off mobile phones and the beepers when entering the reading rooms.

4. Any loss or damage of library documents should be compensated according to the document value and damage degree.

5. The documents should be returned on schedule, overdue will be fined and marked.

6. No smoking, inflammable materials and food in library allowed. Please take advice of library staff.

7. Without the permission of the library, reader bringing the library materials out of the library or reading rooms will be strictly punished according to the cases.

8. The readers should pay attention to their appearance and be neatly dressed in the Library.

Loan Rules

1. Loan Quota & Period

2.Borrowing

The reader can borrow general books from the library. Reference books, dissertations and some other materials can only be read in the reading room.

3.Returning

Loans must be returned to the Library before due date. The loans must be returned if the library recall. Fines are charged for late return.

4.Renewal

Loans may be renewed once, and Renewal can be done only if the loans are not overdue or not reserved by another reader. Loans may be renewed before the due date.

5.Damages and Loss

Borrowers are responsible for all library materials found dirty and damage when it is returned. Borrowers should check and report any dirty and damages found in the Library materials before borrowing. Fines will be charged for any damages caused by borrower.

6. Withdrawal from the University

Borrowers must return all loans and cancel the reader's card before withdrawal from BUAA.

7.Interlibrary Loan

The service is to obtain books that are not available in the BUAA Library for academic purposes.

The user must obey the loan rules of related Libraries. Requests may be submitted at library homepage, and the requester should be responsible for any damage, overdue fines or loss of books borrowed on his/her behalf.

8.Overdue & Fines

Borrowers must return the loans on time. Fines will be charged for overdue as following table. If the fines exist, the borrowing right will be suspended.

Reading Rules 

1. All students and staff member of BUAA may use the reading service. The BUAA membership card, student card, reader's card or enrollment certificate for fresher are required to admission to reading rooms. The reader's card is required for External Reader. Others must get the permission

of Library office.

2. Normally all the materials provided in various reading rooms can only be read in the same

reading room. Please put your bag in the cabinet, and abide the library rules.

3. The reader must request to the library staff if he/she wants to copy documents and should copy

them at copy rooms inside the library.

Note:

1.         The library will modify the rules according to the changes of service items.

2.         The explanation right to the rule belongs to the library. Please abide by the library rule.