Policies
The following members of the UP System may use the library resources subject to the rules and regulations governing their use:
- All bona fide students, faculty and employees, members of the Board of Regents and officials of the University
- Retired faculty members specifically granted off-campus-reading privileges by the Board of Regents
- Visiting scholars with university appointments
- Cross registrants from other colleges and universities, and special students
- Alumni, former faculty members and students honorably discharged from the University
- Undergraduate and graduate students from other schools, and students from science high schools
- Government and private researchers
Bona fide members of the University who register for library privileges shall be required to obtain the following:
- Student identification card valid for the current semester; or,
- Faculty/Staff identification card or appointment papers;
- Active UP WebMail account; and,
- Library clearance
- The ID of a student is issued by the Registrar.
- The duly authorized staff of the student’s college library countersigns his ID upon presentation of his Form 5 provided he has no outstanding account with the U.P. Library.
- The ID of a cross-registrant from within or outside the University and that of a special student and/or non-degree student is countersigned by the duly authorized staff of his college library (e.g. he was advised in that college or his Form 5 is signed by the secretary of his college). If however, he was advised by the Registrar his ID is countersigned by the Main Library of the Constituent University where he is enrolled provided he has paid his library fee and has no outstanding account with the U.P. Library.
- The ID of a student on residence will only be countersigned upon payment of his library fee as manifested in his Form 5. Otherwise, he is treated as an alumnus or former student.
- A student who has no ID (e.g. new student or one who has lost his ID) may be issued a temporary ID (Green) by his college library or, in the case of a cross-registrant, a special student, or a non-degree student, by his college library upon presentation of his Form 5 and receipt from the Registrar that he has paid for his ID and which should include a “1x1” ID size picture, provided that he has paid his library fee and has no outstanding account with the UP library. If however, he was advised by the Registrar, his temporary ID card is issued by the Main Library.
For alumni, former faculty members and students honorably discharged from the University the following procedures will be observed:
- Free use: Alumni, former faculty members and students honorably discharged from the University may be allowed to use the library for five (5) days free of charge within a semester. They are issued special permits by the duly authorized staff of the college/unit library they would like to use. Beyond five days, they will be asked to pay library fees.
- Fees: Beyond five days the following fees are charged : Php20.00 per day; Php450.00 per year. Upon payment of the fees, they are issued special permits by the duly authorized staff of the college/unit library they would like to use.
- Letter of Introduction or ID: The above users must present identification cards or letters of introduction from a University personnel or a U.P. Alumni Association ID when applying for a permit to use the library.
- Graduate students must present a letter from their librarian requesting privilege to use the UP Diliman Library, and their school/university ID.
- Consortium students/faculty. A consortium student who is also a student of UP may be issued a consortium ID and a consortium borrower’s card only by the library of the college which is a member of the consortium, upon presentation of his duly countersigned ID from UP; and after verification from the list of consortium students. The consortium ID and BC is valid only in the consortium libraries.
- Private researchers must present a letter of request to use the UP libraries from their offices, and their office IDs.
- Government researchers must present a letter from the head of their agency requesting privilege to use the library, and their office ID. They may be allowed to use the library free of charge up to five (5) days per semester. Beyond five days they will be assessed library fees.
- Fees: Graduate students and private researchers are assessed as follows: Php50.00 per day; Php450.00 per semester; Php350.00 per summer. Government researchers are assessed as follows: Php20.00 per day; Php450.00 per semester; Php300.00 per summer.
Undergraduate students
- 5 circulation books for 2 weeks
- 2 reserve books for overnight
- 10 circulation books for 2 week
- 2 reserve books for overnight
- 10 circulation books for 1 month
- Serials (non-current) for 1 week
- Said materials are renewal only once
- 10 circulation books for 2 weeks
- 5 circulation books for 2 weeks
- Room-use only
- Any student, faculty and staff who has a countersigned ID and an active UP WebMail may borrow circulation books from any UP library subject to its rules and regulations.
- A student who has a countersigned ID may reserve for overnight use, one or two materials, provided he is enrolled in the course(s) wherein said materials are required readings. He may take them out on or after the appointed hour.
- If however a student/faculty/staff has an overdue loan(s) he may not be allowed to borrow another item until he returns the book(s) and pays the fine(s) even if his total charges are less than the maximum (5 or 10) allowed.
Any book on loan may be recalled if:
- officials of the University have an urgent need of the book;
- a book is to be placed on “Reserve” for a course or is to be given shorter loan periods;
- it is overdue; or
- the libraries are conducting their mandated annual inventory.
Failure to Return a Circulation Book. Any person who fails to return any book open to general circulation on its due date or after recall shall pay a fine of Php2.00 a day, exclusive of Sundays and holidays.
Failure to Return a Reserve Book. Any person who fails to return a reserve book shall pay a fine according to the following schedule: For the first hour or a fraction thereof after the hour appointed for return, one peso (Php1.00); for each hour after the first, five pesos (Php5.00); for each full day, fifty pesos (Php50.00). A second offense within a semester shall automatically suspend/curtail this privilege for the rest of the semester or summer.
Withdrawal of a Reserve Book Without Reservation Permit. Any person who draws out a reserve book for overnight use without an approved reservation shall pay a fine of Php50.00. The library privilege to borrow from the reserve collections shall be suspended for two weeks on the second offense.
Failure to Return a General Reference Book and Other Restricted Materials Borrowed for Photocopying Purposes. An person who fails to return a general reference book and other restricted materials borrowed for photocopying purposes shall pay a fine of Php50.00, on the second offense the person shall have his library privileges suspended for one week.
Any bona fide member of the University who loses his identification card shall report the loss immediately to the College Library. An application for a duplicate identification card shall be made with the Registrar’s Office and presented to the College Library for proper validation.
Any person who falsifies the identification card shall, after due process, be suspended from the University for not more than one semester.
Any person who uses an identification card not his own shall have his library privileges suspended for not more than one semester.
Any person who shall deface, mutilate, appropriate for himself, or steal any library material or property shall replace it or pay its current replacement value and pay a fine of not less than three hundred pesos (Php300.00) but not more than fifty percent (50%) of the current cost of the book whichever is higher. This is without prejudice to the imposition, in appropriate cases, of an additional penalty of suspension or expulsion to be imposed after due process, by the Chancellor upon the recommendation of the University Librarian through the Dean.
Any person engaged in disorderly conduct such as drunken behavior, disruptive behavior, (e.g. excessive noise, loud discussions etc); or improper behavior, (e.g. smoking, eating within the library premises) shall be asked by the librarian to leave the library premises and shall be subjected to suspension of library privileges for not more than two weeks.
- Loss of a Circulation Book. Any person who loses or fails to return a book within seven (7) days after due date or recall shall either replace it with the same title, or pay its current replacement value, or replace it within thirty (30) days with another title to be selected by the librarian. In all cases, the borrower shall pay a fine equivalent to 50% of the cost of the book.
- Loss of Periodical. Any person who loses or fails to return a periodical after recall shall either replace it with the same title and issue number within thirty (30) days or pay its current replacement value, and pay a fine equivalent to 50% of the cost of the periodical.
Any person who after due notice shall refuse or fail without just cause to settle library accounts or obligations :
- shall not be allowed to register
- shall not be permitted to use the University libraries
- shall not be issued a University clearance