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This is Your Library

The Library is established to serve the University community in supporting and fostering teaching, learning, and research activities. Each and every one of you can help make our Library a quiet and welcoming place conducive to reading, studying, and research activities. Be thoughtful of others, please:

	Keep your voice down;
	Refrain from smoking, drinking, or eating in the Library;
	Switch off beeping features of mobile phones and pagers;
	Leave wet umbrellas outside of the Library or place them in plastic umbrella jackets before bringing them into the Library;
	Protect library books and other materials from being mutilated or damaged and;
	Respect the rights of other library users.

Protect Your Personal Belongings

Although the Library makes every effort to ensure a safe environment for everyone, it is still important for you to be cautious. Please do not bring valuable items into the Library. You should always guard your personal belongings such as wallets, purses, and mobile phones. NEVER leave them unattended. In case of theft, please report to the library staff on duty immediately.

Demerit Point System

Keeping the Library Clean and Quiet Starts with Me
潔靜環境由我做起

To promote a pleasant, clean and quiet environment for the protection of library materials and conducive to study and research for all users, you are advised to take note of the following issues:

Please refrain from the following undesirable activities in the University Libraries:

	Eating, drinking beverage, and /or displaying food and beverage;
	Using mobile phones and/or pagers, in open area and causing disturbance to others;
	Borrowing University I.D. card or library ticket from others;
	Lending University I.D. card or library ticket to other;
	Making loud noise and/or causing disturbance to others;
	Defacing and intentionally damaging library materials, equipment and furnishings;
	Taking library materials out of the library with the intention of not checking them out;
	Other improper behavior that may cause annoyance to other users and staff members in the Library or disruption of the normal routine of the Library.

The Library implements a demerit system and action will be taken when a library user's demerit points reach a certain level. Details can be found below:

Improper user behavior such as those listed in the Demerit Point Table will result in demerit points recorded and accumulated in the user's library record.

Issues	Demerit Points


Using mobile phone and/or pager in open area and causing disturbance to others	5
Eating and/or drinking beverage	5
Borrowing or lending HKBU ID card or library ticket	20
Stealing of library materials	20

Repeated improper user behavior will result in the following series of penalties. Action will be taken when a library user's demerit points reach a certain level.

Demerit point will be reset to zero after reaching 20.

The Library reserves the right to modify the demerit point system. For enquiries, please contact the Duty Librarian at the Reference Desk.

Cumulative Points	Actions Taken by the Library


5	Name recorded.
10	Name recorded and issue of warning letter to student.
15	Name recorded and banned from borrowing Library materials for 2 weeks.
>=20	Name recorded. Notify School / Department / SA when necessary. User will be banned from entering the Library for 4 weeks.

Links to other local university libraries' guidelines on similar practices for reference: 1. Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library 2. Hong Kong Polytechnic University Library 3. City University of Hong Kong Library