Rules and Regulations:
- Any violation against the following rules and regulations will be punishable per
Mapúa Library sanctions (Standard Practice Guide LIP 01-01):
- Library users are not allowed to use ID or CM of other patrons to gain library entry.
- Students are expected to maintain silence at all times in the library premises.
- Eating (including chewing gum), drinking, sleeping, smoking, defacing library furniture,
writing on the walls and tables, and other forms of misbehavior are prohibited.
- Vandalism (writing on books and other library facilities, defacing library furniture,
mutilating or tearing off pages of a book and removing security tags ), stealing
and unauthorized use of any library material or property not intended for public
use are major offenses and are therefore subjected to disciplinary measures.
- Electronic gadgets such as cell phones, alarms, iPods, MP3 should be switched off;
in “silent mode” or tone done in the case of iPods and MP’s before entering the
library. Making/answering calls should be done outside the library.
- Courtesy to library personnel, other patrons and the guard on duty should always
be maintained.
- Photocopying, taking digital snap shots of departmental exams, theses, case studies
and feasibility studies are strictly prohibited.
- Seats in the library may not be reserved.
- Bags, diskettes & or external drives, blue prints, food, bottled water, case or
parcel are not allowed to be brought into the library.
- Library users should not leave any valuables at the baggage counter. The library
will not be held responsible for the loss of personal belongings of clients. Library
patrons should claim their bags at the baggage counter upon leaving the library
premises.
- The library staff reserves the right to: 1) ask users to leave the library if they
are inappropriately dressed or are causing disturbance and; b) remove any book,
file, bag, food, or any other personal belongings left on the reading tables.
- The following are required to secure library clearance: a) Faculty members and non-teaching
employees who apply for leave of absence, resignation or separation from the Institute;
b) Students who apply for honorable dismissal; c) Graduating students.
General Loan Policies
Students, Faculty members and Non teaching personnel are entitled to borrow a maximum
of 5 library materials.
- FICTION BOOKS
- Two weeks loan period
- TA maximum of three (3) books may be borrowed at a time.
- TOverdue fine: PhP10.00 a day/book (including Sunday)
- GRADUATE SCHOOL BOOKS
- One week loan period (for graduate/double degree students only))
- Room use and photocopying purposes (for undergrad students))
- A maximum of three (3) books may be borrowed at a time.)
- Overdue fine: PhP10.00 a day/book (including Sunday)
- FILIPINIANA, AR-ID AND CIRCULATION BOOKS
- One week loan period.
- A maximum of three (3) books may be borrowed at a time.
- Overdue fine: PhP10.00 a day/book (including Sunday)
- RESERVE BOOKS
- One (1) reserve book may be borrowed for overnight use, but must be returned not
later than 10:00 AM the next school day.
- Overdue fine: PhP2.00 / hour or 20.00 a book/day (including Sunday)
- GENERAL REFERENCE COLLECTION (e.g. encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, almanacs,
manuals, handbooks etc.)
- For library use only.
- Photocopying of selected book pages will be handled by the reference section staff.
Allowable period of time for photocopying is 30 minutes only.
- Overdue fine: 10.00 per hour.
- PERIODICALS (JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, ETC.)
- Current periodicals: Room use only.
- Bound periodicals: two day check-out [fine: 10.00/day]
- Photocopying of articles will be handled by the periodical section staff. Allowable
period of time for photocopying is 30 minutes only.
- Overdue fine: 10.00 per hour.
- NON PRINT MATERIALS (CD’s, VHS, ETC.)
- Two-day check out.
- A maximum of three (3) materials may be borrowed at one time.
- Overdue Fine: P50.00 a day/material (including Sunday)
- THESES, FEASIBILITY STUDIES and ARCHIVES
- For library use only.
- Any person who consults an academic exercise or research study must not quote from
them without due acknowledgment.
- Photocopying, taking digital snap shots of these materials are strictly prohibited.