Where is the Library?
The library is located at the center of the College. Mkungudza hostel is to its north-east, Basic Science department to its east, and Lecturer Theatre to its south.
How do I access library materials?
Your Student Card is a multi-purpose card:
- you use your card to borrow books and other items from the Library.
- It identifies you as a LUANAR student.
Look after your student card! If you lose your card, report the loss immediately to the Loans Desk staff so that they can prevent anyone else from using it to take out books in your name.
Never lend your student card to someone else. This is against University rules! It could land you with hefty library fines incurred by the person using your card.
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Just take the book to the Loans Desk also known as the Circurations Desk or Issueing counter together with your student ID card and the Loans Desk staff will issue it to you. The date when you must return it will be stamped on the date sheet at the front of the book.
How many books may I borrow at a time?
Undergraduates may borrow up to 6 books (General Collection) for 21days and 2 books (Short Loan) for 2 hours.
Postgraduates may borrow up to 8 books (General Collection) for 21 days and 2 books (Short Loan) for 2 hours.
Academic and Administrative Staff may borrow up to 20 books (General Collection) for the entire semister.
Non-Academic Staff may borrow up to 4 books (General Collection) for 21 days.
External members may borrow up to 2 books (General Collection) for 21 days.
Yes, you can renew your book loans by:
Take the book and your student card to the Loans Desk and ask for the book to be renewed.
Note: If another library user has requested one of the books you have out, you will not be allowed to renew that book.
Can I request a book that is on loan to someone else?
Yes, you can request books that are out on loan … it’s really easy. Just get the details of the book and consult the Loans Desk staff on duty.
Where and when must I return books?
The date when you must return your books will be stamped on the date sheet at the front of the book. You return your books to the Loans Desk where they were issued to you.
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Yes, we must ensure that our books are equally available to all, so library users who fail to return their books on time will be fined. Ordinary books incur a fine of MK500.00 for every day they are late.
Short Loan books are in heavy demand, so they incur heavier fines. For these books, the fine is MK100.00 for every hour (or part of an hour) they are late.
Back to topThe Short Loans Centre is a section of the Library where we keep books and other items that are needed by large numbers of students.
To ensure that these books are accessible to everyone who needs them, they are issued out for short loan periods, usually 2 hours, or overnight.
Short loan books are kept behind the Issueing counter in the Short Loans Centre. To take a book out, just ask for it at the Short Loans' counter.
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Yes! The library subscribes to a sea of elecronic information resources, most of which can be accessed on the internet via our Journals Tab, and download, save, or print the articles.
Back to topPlagiarism is the act of copying ideas, words, images, or other creations, and passing them off as your own. If you use another person’s words or ideas in your assignments or essays, you must acknowledge the original author and indicate the work from which you took the material. This is known as referencing. There are many different conventions for referencing and creating bibliographies—e.g. the Harvard referencing style, the APA referencing style, the MLA referencing style, etc.
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