Circulation rules
All registered members with valid Punjab College, Okara are entitled to borrow library materials. The borrowing privileges may differ depending upon the membership category. The borrowing privileges for different membership categories are:
Sr. No.A)
B) C) D) E) F) G) | ClassFaculty Members (Regular) Faculty Members (Visiting) B.Com Students I.Com Students I.C.S & F.Sc Students Administrative Staff Others not covered above | No. of Books03 books per course 03 books per course 02 books each 02 books each 02 books each 02 books each 01 book each |
- Valid PGC identification card is necessary to borrow library materials.
- Books borrowed by any patron can be reserved.
- Reserved books may be collected within 3 days from the circulation desk.
- Book(s) borrowed by any patron can be renewed for a period of 14 days as long as the same is not reserved by another patron.
- Non-circulating materials such as reference books, current journals, journals and newspaper archives, text books, and cannot be borrowed.
- Non-circulating materials can only be used within library premises.
- Any of the borrowed library materials is subject to recall as and when needed by the library.
- If any the patrons misplace any library material and is unable to find them, it is recommended to report at circulation desk immediately to avoid overdue fines.
- Any of the library materials not returned within 30 days after the due date will be considered as lost.
Library fine
Certain fines are charged for overdue (not returned on time) library materials. This is an effort to provide patrons an equal opportunity to make use of library materials and to maximize sharing of library collections.
- Overdue fine is charged from the first overdue date/day.
- Overdue fine on general books would be PKR10 per book per day.
- Overdue fine on temporarily issued materials would be PKR50 per hour.
- Loss of library materials would be charged three times the current price OR replacement of the material(s) with PKR100 additional as processing charges.
- PKR500 in addition to the current price would be charged in case of stealing library materials.
- In case of any disciplinary violations PKR200 would be charged on the first violation and PKR500 on second violation. In case of continuation of violations, the issue may be referred to the disciplinary committee.