Library Services - School of English Library, AUTh

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Borrowing Books
Reading Room
IT Facilities
Multifunction Machine
AUTh Central Library Services

BORROWING BOOKS

Borrowing / Renewing Books

All Aristotle University Library card holders are entitled to borrow books as follows:

User Category	Numbers of Items	Loan Period	Renewals	Subscription
Undergraduate Students	4	15 days	2	none
PhD Candidates, Postgraduate Students	15	30 days	2	none
Adjunct Lecturers	15	30 days	2	none
Faculty	20	60 days	2	none
Administrative Personnel	4	15 days	2	none
Hellenic Open University Students	3	15 days	1	none
Non-AUTh Faculty and Students (Greek Universities only)	3	15 days	1	30 € annual 20 € 6 month
External Users	3	15 days	1	50 € annual 30 € 6 month 20 € 3 month

To renew books users may either call the Library or come to the Library in person having their library card with them.

Library Card

School of English members (students, teaching staff, administrative personnel) and external users can issue a library card in the Faculty of Philosophy Subject Library which is located in the New Wing of the Faculty of Philosophy.

To issue a library card users need to present their academic identity card, their identity card or passport and fill in an application form on the spot. For members of the academic community who are not entitled to issue an academic identity card and external users a recent passport-size photograph is also required.
Hellenic Open University students can issue a library card only in the Central University Library.
External users can issue a library card in the Central University Library as well as in Subject Libraries of the University.
The library card is strictly personal and is required for every transaction with the university libraries.
All information kept by the Library concerning users is confidential.

Requesting / Recalling Books

Users can make a request for a book only if it is already checked out to another user, and they wish to borrow it as soon as it is checked in to the library. Requests can only be done electronically by the library staff. To make a request for a book, users will need to have their library card with them. If a user wishes to borrow a book already checked out to another user earlier than the due date, then she/he must make a request as well as a recall, filling a recall slip at the reference desk.

Overdue Books

Overdue books are fined with 0,30 euro per book per day for all user categories.

Borrowing Restrictions

Books On Reserve with loan type "3 days" can only be borrowed by postgraduate students.
Books On Reserve with loan type "3 hours" cannot be borrowed. They can only be used inside the library.
Reference Books with loan type "non loanable" cannot be borrowed. They can only be used inside the library.

READING ROOM

School of English students have a priority in using the reading room. Students from other departments may also use the reading room if there are free seats.
Drinking, eating and smoking are not allowed in the library.
Mobile phones should be kept switched off in the library.
Wireless connection to the university network is available in the reading room of the Library. For more information please visit IT Center of AUTh website (in Greek)

IT FACILITIES

All terminals in the Library are connected to the Internet and can be used for searching the electronic sources of the University.
The Library workstations can be used by:
- all university members for searching AUTh Online Catalogue (OPAC).
- students of the School of English for research on the World Wide Web.

MULTIFUNCTION MACHINE

There is a self-service multifunction machine in the library in which users can copy and scan printed material and print electronic files. Contact the library staff for more information and instructions on how to use the machine.

SERVICES OFFERED BY AUTh CENTRAL LIBRARY

Aristotle University Central Library offers a range of services to all university members.