Library Loans
The CIAT Library offers loan services for books, documents, and
other bibliographic materials, held in its General Collection.
Lending policies
The right to a loan
Persons connected with CIAT and Colombian institutions with whom the CIAT Library has an
inter-library loan agreement have the right to use this service.
Materials that may be borrowed
Any book of the Library’s General Collection may be borrowed for a maximum of 30
days, with the possibility of renewing the loan when the borrowed book has not been
reserved for another user. Materials found in the Reference Collection can be consulted
only in the Library. These materials include reference books; journals; serial monographs;
documents belonging to the specialized collections on cassava, beans, and tropical
pastures; audiovisuals and audiotutorials; electronic documents; and maps. Only under
exceptional circumstances will these materials be given on loan, and then only for a few
hours up to one day.
Number of documents that may be borrowed
CIAT employees may borrow up to 20 books. CIAT thesis students and visiting
scientists may borrow up to 5 books. Institutions having an inter-library loan
agreement with the CIAT Library may borrow up to 2 books.
Requirements for borrowing
All loans are processed through the Circulation Desk located at the Library entrance. For
every loan, the user must present his or her current CIAT ID card. All loans must be
signed by the cardholder. CIAT ID cards presented through third parties can be
received according to the following procedure: the loan is first registered, and a form
for signing is sent to the cardholder. When the completed and signed form is received, the
material to be borrowed will be delivered.
Reminders for return
About every 3 months reminders will be sent for expired loans.
Note: The Library loan application does NOT permit the loan of books
to users with expired loans.
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