Part-time faculty
In order
to use the Library, Part-time faculty is expected
to present a current employee slip
from
the Campus
Director. After filling in the "Registration form"
at the Circulation Desk, you will then be registered as a Library member
and will be issued a University of Nicosia Library Card.
All materials loaned out can be recalled, if needed,
regardless of the borrower's status and the original due
date.
Click below to find information on:
Borrowing Information
Borrowing
Borrowing
Policy
Returning
Renewing
Holds
& Recalls
Loss
of Privileges (Fines)
Extension of
Privileges
For questions that deal with various library services
and research support, check the information provided
below:
Support Services
Services
Resources
Research:
Library
Research Assignment
The Library offers
Orientation classes & Tours for new faculty.
We make every effort to contact all new faculty early in
the semester to introduce the Library Services &
Resources by giving you a tour of the library and by
demonstrating resources relevant to your area of
interest.
Borrowing
Part-time lecturers can borrow 10 books for
one semester, with a fine
of 30c per item per day for late returns. Borrowing
privileges are suspended or renewed at the end of the semester and the
books that you have borrowed should then be
returned or renewed.
A list of lecturers who have not returned materials on
time or paid for overdue materials will be handed
in to your Dean's office at the end of the semester or
academic year. If you need to
extend your
privileges you must provide proof that you are
still a member of faculty.
As a part-time lecturer you are expected to present
your
current Library card or current
employee slip from the Campus Director’s Office. After
filling in the Registration Form at the Circulation
Desk, you will be given a Library card to be presented
every time you borrow materials.
Borrowing policies vary depending on the item type (i.e.
book, audiovisuals, music scores, etc.) and the user
group (i.e.
part-time or full-time lecturer, researchers, off
campus, etc.)
Also a due date may change if someone else recalls an
item that has been checked out.
Use the library catalog
to search for all types of items
in the library Collections.
When you enter our catalog
in "My Library card" you can
see how many books you have borrowed, when they need to
be returned, what your loan history is, etc.
Once you finish checking your
record be sure to exit to prevent anyone else from seeing your personal
information
When materials are checked out, a due date is stamped on
the back slip of the book that indicates the length of the loan period.
You may borrow books from any campus library. Loan
periods, dates and fines vary
among the campus libraries. It is your responsibility to
know the dates for materials to be returned / renewed. Familiarize yourself with the loan
policies of each library from which you borrow.
Borrowing Policy
Books
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Borrowing Category |
No of Items |
Loan Period |
Fines per Item
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Full-time Faculty |
25 items |
One academic year |
30c |
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Part-time Faculty |
10 items |
One semester |
30c |
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Researchers |
15 books |
3 months |
30c |
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Undergraduates &
Professional Students |
4 books |
10 days |
30c |
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Graduates &
Distance Learning Students |
6 books |
14 days |
30c |
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Off-campus Full-time faculty |
6 books |
14 days |
80c |
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Off-campus Part-time faculty |
4 books |
14 days |
80c |
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Off-campus Students |
2 books |
10 days |
80c |
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Alumni and External Users |
2 books |
10 days |
80c |
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Audiovisuals
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Borrowing Category |
No of Items & Loan Period |
Fines per Item per Day |
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Lecturers |
3 items for 6 days |
€1.70 |
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Students |
Library Use ONLY |
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Only
registered University of Nicosia/Intercollege students
can borrow books on Reserve
Only Music
department Faculty can borrow Music CDs and scores (for
one week)
Library membership is free for all users except for
External Users (20€ for 6 months and 40€ annually
non-refundable) and for Alumni (17€ annually
non-refundable).
Books in the following collections
do not go out:
Reference, Law Reference, Cyprus Reference, Rare
Periodicals, Dissertations and Government Documents.
Returning
Return your books to the Circulation Desk
before
or on the date indicated at the back of the book
otherwise a fine will be issued (click on
Loss of
Privileges/Fines).
Renewing
You can keep your books longer if you present an
employee slip from the Campus Director that you will be
teaching the following semester.
Holds
& Recalls
There may be times when a book you want is not in the
library and the catalog shows that the item is loaned
out to another user.
Once you search for the item on
UniCAT, and you find it,
make a note of the
Call
Number and ask the
Librarian at the Circulation Desk to put a hold on it or
recall it. If an item is recalled, the
current borrower is notified by phone or e-mail that the
book has been recalled and a new due date is specified
for the book to be returned (usually within two days) regardless
of the date originally stamped at the back slip of the
book. Only urgently needed books will be
recalled.
You should normally expect to collect recalled books
within three days of placing the hold, provided that the
borrower responds promptly to the recall notice. Items
awaiting collection will be kept at the Circulation Desk for three days only. After that, they will
be either returned to the first borrower if the borrower
still needs the book, or they will be returned to the
collection. If the current borrower fails to return a
recalled book by the new return date given, it will be
considered overdue and a fine of 1.70€ per item per day
will be charged for not responding to the recall. The
borrower's borrowing privileges will also be blocked (Loss of Privileges/Fines).
Loss
of Privileges / Fines
In the case where you do not return your loans by the due date, you will
receive a letter, e-mail or phone call reminding you that your items
are overdue. This reminder is a courtesy service that
the library cannot be held responsible for non-receipt by
post or e-mail service. Fines will not exceed the amount
of 50€.
Fines for items returned late are, per item:
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Standard Loan Books |
30c per day |
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80c per day for External Users, Alumni, Off-Campus
Faculty and Off-Campus Students |
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Reserve Books |
70c per hour, 5€ per day or
45€ per day during exam
period |
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Recalled Items |
1.70€ per day |
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Lost/Damaged Items |
Cost of item plus a processing fee of 17€ |
A list of borrower's names who have not returned
materials on time or paid for overdue loans, will be
handed in to the Dean's office at the end of the semester
or academic year. Borrowing privileges will be suspended
until materials are returned and fines paid.
In order to avoid fines and/or loss of privileges:
Make sure you
check the status of the items that you borrowed on our
on-line catalog on a regular basis (go to
My Library Card).
Return/renew
your loans on or before the due date stamped on the date
slip at the back of your book.
Avoid giving
your ID card to friends and avoid giving the books that
you borrowed to others to use or to return
since you will be responsible for any fines,
loss or damage that may occur.
Report the
loss of your card, or any change of address, phone
number or e-mail address to the Circulation Desk as
soon as possible.
Extension
of Privileges
In the case where you need to borrow materials
beyond the period that you are allowed, you may extend
you privileges by presenting proof at the
Circulation Desk, that you are still a member of
faculty.
Support Services
Services
Resources
Research:
Library
Research Assignment
Services
How can I borrow and for how long?
Check
under
Borrowing Information for your
borrowing rights and limits to see what you can borrow,
for how long,
for returns and renewals, and loss of privileges (fines).
How do I request items be placed on Short Loan
(Reserve)?
Before each semester, you can submit lists of
materials you would like your students to read.
You may place items that will be in high demand for your
classes, "on short loan" or "Reserve" for a designated
period of time, by completing the
Place a Book on Reserve form
or in person at the Circulation Desk.
Titles
from Recommended Reading lists may be placed on 3 day
loan. Make sure that the library is alerted to any
changes made to the original Recommended Reading lists.
Please
note that prescribed textbooks are automatically placed
on 3 hour loan.
Materials of your choice can also be placed on short
loan (3 hr, 1 day, 3 day).
How can I request that you obtain new items for the
Library?
If you are developing a new course or revising an
old one, you need to have the approval of the Head of
Department and your Dean.
An e-mail will be sent from the Library, at the end of
May and the first week in December, to remind lecturers
to inform all relevant departments for any updates or
changes that need to be made to course syllabi.
For
recommended textbook(s) for your teaching, you can
contact the Bookshop. As a Part-time lecturer you can
pick up your textbooks(s) from the Bookshop and return them at the end
of the semester. Materials will be renewed
after presenting a new employee slip from the Campus Director.
For
ordering materials for the enrichment of the
Library, either books or journals, orders have to go
through
the Head of Department for signature, and then handed in to the
Library Director. Books orders go in May/June or
October. Full bibliographic details should be provided with Author,
Title, Publisher, ISBN (see
Recommend a
Book/Journal to Purchase)
form.
Journal
orders, either in print or e-form, go through once a
year - October - and careful consideration must be
given for selecting the most relevant titles, as journal orders entail
commitment to an ongoing cost.
For
materials urgently needed, orders can be made through
on-line bookshops or local bookshops, after
consultation with the Library Director.
Orders
through local bookshops should be accompanied by special
permission from the Library Director and Head of
Department. On approval, the invoice should be issued to the
"University of Nicosia Library" with the name and
signature of the person who put the order through. Once materials
are processed through the library, they can be
loaned out. Multiple copies are only purchased in the case classes
exceed the number of 30 students or in special
cases.
How do I request purchasing of Audiovisuals?
For ordering
Audiovisuals,
special care must be given as these have a high
purchasing cost. Materials that do not exceed 30 minutes
duration will not be ordered.
Both the Library Director and the Head of Department
should be consulted. Allow at least two months for the
delivery of such materials.
What budgetary restraints exist and what are the
deadlines for orders?
Budgets run from
July 1st - May 31st the
following year.
For materials to be on the shelves
at the beginning of the Fall semester, orders have to be
submitted before the
beginning of August.
Orders are compiled depending on
the status of the existing collection, its level
(Bachelor, Masters, etc.), the
number of students and the cost of materials in the specific field.
Materials ordered will appear in
the catlog with the status "On Order". Once received,
the status will change to "In
Cataloguing".
Once
materials are cataloged, the library e-mails a list to
the relevant department.
Resources
How can my students or I find out what is available in
the library?
Orientation classes & tours
are offered at the beginning of each semester and
throughout the year. Call at the
Circulation Desk and make an appointment. For better results,
divide your classes into smaller groups.
Prior to
assigning topics, check our on-line catalog and other
sources on our Web Page, to see if there are adequate
materials on the topics you assigned. Make sure you read through
our
Library Research Assignments
page to avoid
unnecessary confusion and fustration for yourself and your
students.
Check
our various guides to resources, under
How to... . Refer your
student to
Reference Materials
(Pathfinders) for
guidelines to the various sources they can use for their research.
How to...
Start my Research
guides them
through the steps they can take for doing research, what plagiarism is and how
to cite and reference their papers
(Cite
your Sources).
Finally, check
Search our Databases
and
Evaluate Web Resources
for guidelines for better
use of these tools.
Vary
your topics so that not all students rush for the same
two books.
Supply
us with our bibliographical list to be checked against
our collection and discuss your topics with us.
Accompany your class during orientation - it helps your
students feel that what they are doing is important and
they
are not wasting their time.
Whom do I contact for information in my subject area?
The Cataloger is the
most appropriate person to assist you with your subject
area. For English materials you can contact
Carrie Rodomar.
For Greek Education materials you can contact
Ersie Neofytou.
What Electronic Resources are available for research?
Check
under
Databases & Articles
by subject area, for access to a number of
electronic databases with thousands
of journal articles in abstract or full-text which can be downloaded
in PDF or HTML format and sent to your e-mail
account.
Access
is available from anywhere on campus, or from home (find
information for connecting under
Off-Campus
Access
Under
E-Resources
you can find a selection of electronic journals,
books or other E-resources with valuable web
pages relevant to your subject area.
How can I obtain materials not available in
the Unic Library?
Materials from the other two campus libraries can be
requested through our Circulation Desk and picked up
within 3
days from the date of order. If not picked up they will be returned
to the library of origin.
For
materials not found in our catalog, you can check under
Cyprus Libraries Union Catalog
located on our web
page under
Other Libraries & catalogs,
with 300 000 records from 15 libraries within
Cyprus, including our own.
For
materials that cannot be located anywhere on the island,
you can use our Interlibrary Loan
Service (ILL)
for a
fee. Our library cooperates with the
British Library ant the
University of Utah (for
medical material).
Contact Christina
Papadopoulou
Research
How can I keep up-to-date with my research topics of
interest?
Many of
the Library databases have alerting services. Read their
guidelines for how to activate and use this feature.
You may
use our Interlibrary Loan Service
(ILL)
for a fee. Contact our ILL librarian
Christina
Papadopoulou
Library Research
Assignments
Why
give Library Research Assignments?
Once you, as a lecturer find yourself in front of your
class, you should realize that through the assignments
you give, you have the power to influence your students’
development as information seekers. Encourage them to
find out about the library as this will increase their
confidence and improve their ability to locate and
evaluate information.
Not all students who find themselves at university are
information literate. Coming from a background where their
only experience of libraries is a place where they are
sent for punishment, students find it hard to change
their view and treat libraries as places where
they can locate relevant information for their
projects. In addition they find it hard to think
critically about any information they come across.
Assignments given to them may be their only opportunity
to learn why there is a difference between surfing on
the internet and doing research through valuable
resources.
Assignments can be very confusing and frustrating. But,
a well-planned assignment can take a student through the
experience of learning valuable research skills which
can improve the quality of their papers. It is up to you
as a
lecturer to help the student to go through such an
experience to produce good results.
Below you will find
some recommendations as to what you can have in mind
when setting assignments that require library or
internet research.
Have in mind that through a library assignment you:
- Enable students to avoid unnecessary frustration and
enjoy the process of learning
- Familiarize students with materials, services and
sources available in the library
- Help students discriminate between scholarly and
non-scholarly information
- Help students refine their topics and aim at their
specific research goal
- Teach students that valid research takes time
Below we present some aids and reminders for you to
avoid unnecessary fustration and to teach your students
how to enjoy the process of learning:
Set up a strategic plan…
Get to know your students…
Don’t assume that your students know anything about
research or using the library regardless of what they
say. They often will not admit that they don’t know
much.
Provide clear expectations…
1.
A few lines with your objectives can help students
understand what you expect from their assignment.
2.
Discuss how many articles you want and how long they
should spend on it.
3.
Ask students to present their research steps (e.g. a
printout of their search strategy in a database or on
the internet).
4.
Explain to them what quality research is (newspaper
articles vs. scholarly articles; primary vs. secondary
sources)
and that not everything on the internet is
considered scientific research.
5.
Teach them specific terminology – do your students
understand what an “index” or an “abstract” is and how
you
expect them to use it?
6.
Indicate to them which
citation style manual you would
like them to use for their research assignment.
7.
Explain to them that not everything on the internet is
considered scientific research, this is why you don’t
want them to
use only one specific source.
Set specific timing…
If the goal is to have the students write a
well-researched paper for the end of the semester,
start
giving small assignments throughout the semester. For
example,
- Ask them to find background information in an
encyclopedia.
- Give them a list of relevant keywords and phrases to
search in the library
catalog; use the library catalog
to find books
on the topic.
- Use databases with abstracts to find more recent
information in magazines and journals. (
Databases & articles)
- Use other on-line resources selectively to locate
authoritative, high-quality web sites (
Other
E-Resources (by
Subject).
- Ask them to properly cite sources (Evaluate Web
resources).
Strategic placement of library orientation tours at the
point of panic can prove very effective.
Restrict resources…
1.
How many students are in your class? Is there a
sufficient
variety of topics and material to avoid students
competing
for resources?
2. Make sure that the library owns
recommended readings.
3. Let them know that they
are expected to use other libraries too, if our library
does not own specific materials (e.g.
University of
Cyprus Library).
4.
The library provides various leaflets with subscription
databases or other needed information (e.g.
Pathfinders). Feel
free to distribute these, or link
them to your courses related web page if your have one.
5. Specify resources you want your students to use for their
assignment (reference book, current journals, specific
databases). Resource lists give students a starting
point and help them go to the most useful information
source for a
certain topic.
6.
Limit the overwhelming universe of resources available
to them.
Consider developing an assignment with a librarian…
Collaborate with a librarian who can help you generate
assignments with sources that are actually available.
This also enables us to enrich the library with sources
not available at the time as you may need to order
specific items, or to create specific research guides
customized for you needs.
Spare us and the students the ‘unexpected tension’…
Call the Circulation Desk and inform them of upcoming
assignments and place materials on
Reserve or request
the purchase of materials we do not own.
- A class of 40 looking for one piece of information or
researching the same specific topic is especially
difficult when
printed materials are involved and have not been placed on Reserve ahead
of time.
- Students required using materials which the library
does not own.
- Students working from partial/incomplete/incorrect
citations.
- Students assigned vague or general topics, e.g.,
“women artists,” without guidance on narrowing that
topic as to what
kind of an artist.
- Students given obscure trivia questions or sent
hunting around the library for some vague information.
- Students encouraged going to the University of Cyprus
library before even exploring our own resources!
- Students encouraged using Interlibrary Loan when their
paper is due in 2 days.
Such assignments lead to resentment rather than
appreciation of library research.
Beyond this assignment…
Encourage your students to investigate other library
services that might be useful later in their life or in
their academic career.
Inform them that they can use:
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) – this service allows
students to request materials from out of the country
libraries.
Orientation Classes & Tours –
remind students that we conduct tours of
the library for the whole semester as well as on
demand throughout the semester, provided we have groups
of at least 10 – 12 people. All students, staff and
faculty are encouraged to join in.
For successful library instruction it is important to
keep the following in mind:
- Schedule your library orientation through
the Circulation Desk in advance, so that there are no clashes. Have
an
alternative date in mind in case the preferred date
is unavailable or in case there is an internet failure.
- Consider dividing your class into groups of 10 – 12
or 15 - 20,
if your class is too big. The library has only a limited
number of
computer terminals.
- Talk with the librarian ahead of time and provide a
copy of your class assignments so that the library
orientation will be
more relevant, informative and more
interesting to your students. Timing the orientation
around a specific assignment
can make all the
difference. Students find library orientation more
meaningful when it is relevant and course-integrated.
- Accompany your class to the library orientation.
Students are usually more motivated and involved when
their lecturer
participates and they are not left on
their own. The absence of the lecturer gives the
impression to them that the
orientation is not of much
importance.
- Encourage them to ask a librarian and not wander
around helplessly.
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