The following shall constitute library offenses
- Failure to return borrowed books and related materials on due date.
Sanction:
- General Collection: offender shall be liable to the payment of a fine of $0.50 per day up to the time the book is return.
- Special Reference Collection: Hourly charge of $ 1.00 plus loss of borrowing facilities until books returned
- Loss or misplacement of books and related materials.
Sanction:
Offender will pay twice the current price of the book including shipping and handling charges, plus a processing charge of GH₡ 100.00.
- Unlawful acquisition of library materials / stealing
Sanction:
- Ordinary books - Rustication for 21 days. In addition , the member shall lose borrowing rights for one semester.
- Reference books - as in one (i) above plus possible dismissal.
- Rare books - dismissal.
- Mutilation of books and related materials.
Sanction:
A member who commits this offence shall be dismissed from the university.
- Failure to return books and other materials on demand. (I.e. when a book is recalled)
Sanction:
Suspension from the University plus any overdue fines.In the case of a faculty member who commits any of the above offenses, a report shall be made to the Vice-Chancellor and the registrar for appropriate sanctions to be instituted against him/her. For non-university staff, use of the library will be denied plus other appropriate sanctions.
- With regard to the General Rules of the Library Regulation, the flouting of any of them could result in the imposing appropriate sanctions on the offender(s), including the suspension of the use of the library.
Reserved Books
Books recommended by lecturers to their students are removed from the shelves and kept behind the circulation desk. Such books are available for use in the library only. A reader must return books borrowed from the reserved collection to the assistant at the counter before leaving the library.
Books used in the library
Books should be left at the reading tables. Readers should not attempt to shelve any book after use.
User Education
User education in the library takes the form of introducing new students to the resources of the library, at the start of a new academic year. Again, familiarizing users who have little or no information seeking skills at all with a broad range of library resources in order to develop library skills. Also, educating users on how to find materials manually or electronically using on-line public access catalogue (OPAC) and other library tools.