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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