Library Policies

  1. All IBML users shall wear KIU identity card and shall bring with them their KIU Smart Card when coming to use the library.
  2. IBML reserves the right to refuse entry to any intending library user in the interest of other library users.
  3. No coats, rain coats, laboratory coats, sleepers and boots shall be allowed in the library except for health reasons, with proof from a medical officer.
  4. All handbags, paper bags, personal textbooks and other similar personal items SHALL BE left in the cloak room at the entrance of the library.
  5. Any library user who carries the said items in Clause (4) above shall be entirely responsible for their safety. For avoidance of doubt, IBML/KIU shall not be responsible for the loss of any item belonging to any library user.
  6. A provision shall be made at the entrance of IBML for lockable drawers for users willing to pay a fee that is determined from time to time by the Senate Library Committee.
  7. Permission shall be sought to take into the library specialized dictionaries such as Arabic Dictionaries which are not available in IBML collections.
  8. No library user shall carry any type of food or drink within the library premises.
  9. All library users shall exercise utmost silence when using the library and no cell phone or its accessories shall be allowed in the library.
  10. No library user shall smoke while within the library premises. .
  11. No library user shall be allowed to enter restricted areas without permission from the University Librarian.
  12. All library users shall respect the sitting arrangement in the library.
  13. No library user shall mark or mutilate or tear any library item. Any mark or damage found in any library item must be reported to the library staff on duty at the time.
  14. No library discussion room shall be used for other purposes apart from group discussion.
  15. Every library user shall be permitted to use his/her personal laptop as long as the use does not pose a nuisance to other library users.
  16. No personal item shall be left unattended by any library user. All unattended personal items shall be retrieved by the library attendant and handed over to the library security for custody. However, in the event of any loss, IBML/KIU shall not be responsible for the loss of such items. 
  17. No library user shall use abusive language or force to any library staff or user at any time. Any person behaving contrary to this rule shall be forced out of the library by management without prior notice and other university Rules and Regulations shall apply thereafter.
  18. The Librarian on duty shall have the right to request a library user to leave the library premises if he/she is found to be violating any of IBML rules.
  19. No library user shall take any library material out of IBML without going through proper borrowing procedures.
  20. A warning bell shall ring twenty minutes before closing time and all library users shall start to vacate IBML premises after handing over borrowed items to the library staff in respective sections.
  21. Every library user shall comply with all the provision of relevant KIU statutes.
  22. On leaving the library, all library users including staff shall subject themselves to the Library Security Personnel at the exit before they depart for purposes of checking all items in their possession being taken out of IBML.
  23. At the completion of the study, every student shall be required to clear with all sections of the library before graduation, failure of which that said student shall not be allowed to graduate.
  24. Failure to comply with any of the above Rules and Regulations shall lead to a disciplinary action against the offender and the punishment shall be as per KIU Rules and Regulations.