Our professional team of staff offers wide range of services to all students, staff and visitors at Riphah International University.
Borrowing Policy:
- All faculty members, students and staff are eligible users.
- Alumni of university are eligible to apply for reader’s card at the ISD circulation counter. Alumni may also apply for borrower’s card by paying an annual fee of Rs 1000/- plus a deposit of Rs. 5000/- refundable upon termination of borrowing rights.
- Borrowing privilege may differ depending on the membership category. The borrowing privileges are as under:
Borrowing Privileges
- 2 books
- 3 books
- 4 books
- 5 books
- 2 books
- 4 books
- 6 books
- 8 books
- 10 books
- 15 books
Membership Category
- Staff
- Teaching Assistants
- Corporate Members
- Research Associates
- Undergraduate students
- Graduate/Post graduate students
- Faculty (Assistant prof./lecturer)
- Associate Prof.
- Professor
- Deans/HODs
Days
- 14 days
- 14 days
- 14 days
- 14 days
- 14 days
- 14 days
- 1 month
- 1 month
- 3 month
- 3 month
Renewal of Books
- Library material can be reissued to Patrons.
- Users will be unable to renew the library materials if their borrowing privileges have expired or another user has placed a hold on the items.
OPAC Features:
Patrons can search material from anywhere
- Login account: Patrons can create their own account on the OPAC website
- Circulation History: Patron can check the circulation history
- Fine: Patrons can see their fine detail from the site
- Hold the material: If patron’s required book is issued to other member then patron can hold the book which will prevent the book to be reissued to the same patron.
- Purchase Suggestion: Patron can suggest books for purchase through this system.
- Students Alert: Alert messages are sent to patrons for overdue items or on arrival of new items.
Book Bank Service:
- Wide range of books is available in book bank and a patron can borrow the books for a complete semester
Short Term Borrow Material:
- Newspapers and journals/magazines can be borrowed from circulation counter for short term for sake of photocopy.
- Theses and project reports can be obtained from the circulation counter to read it with in the premises of ISD.
Resource Sharing:
- Resources from all of the campuses are pooled to make union catalog. Our patrons can issue and return material from any of the campus; then campus head will make arrangements to transfer the material to the parent campus.
E- Resources
- Users should either visit the library physically or send request through email (especially of other campuses) or just place a phone call or by QMS.
- The concerned staff will search the e- book or requested material and reply accordingly.
Clearance:
- In the end of term, students get clearance signed from the circulation counter
- Faculty and staff members are also required to get clearance signed from the circulation
