Policies and Rules of Rajshahi college Library (As per Ordinance)

1. The use of the Library with all its Sections shall Ordinances be subject to Rules made by the Syndicate on the recommendation of the Library Committee and the Academic Council. The Library Committee shall consist of the following:

  1. Chairman
  2. Member
  3. Member
  4. Member
  5. Member
  6. Member
  7. Member
  8. Member Secretary

2. The General Library shall be opened from 7.30 A. M. to 9 P. M. while the college is in session and from 7.30 A. M. to 8. P. M. during vacations. It shall be wholly closed on college holidays and will not be closed during the Annual Inspection. No books shall be issued to students for use in the Reading Rooms within the last half-hour previous to daily closing.

3. The Librarian is empowered to close the General Library or any section or Sections when he thinks circumstances justify it; particular of every such case must be reported to the library Committee at their next meeting.

4. Members of the classes hereinafter mentioned in Rule 10 (i-vi) may consult books in the Reading Rooms intended for them.

5. Students of the college who have obtained the necessary admission card shall be entitled to have not more than two books at one time for use in the Reading Rooms set apart for them, but they shall not bee allowed, except as hereinafter mentioned, to take books outside the Library premises.

6. Students who have completed a course of study in the college and are eligible to appear at any college or Government Competitive Examinations shall be permitted to use the college Library under the same conditions as those applicable to regular students on deposit of a sum of TK. 25.00 by the students in the Faculties of Arts, Social Sciences, Commerce and Law and TK. 50.00 by the students of the Faculties of Science and biological Sciences as caution money in each case provided that the Provost concerned certifies that they are resident at Rajshahi and are preparing for college or Government Competitive Examinations.

7. The Librarian is empowered to permit persons other than those previously mentioned, to use the Library on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit subject to report by him periodically to the Vic-Chancellor.
The maximum number of the external readers allowed to borrow books from the Library is fixed at a number ranging from 20 to 25 per session. Such readers are allowed to borrow only one book of which a second copy id available in the Library against a Caution Money deposit of TK. 40.00 per volume for books on Arts, Social Sciences, Commerce and Law subjects and TK. 50.00 per volume for those in Science and Biological Sciences subjects.

8. Books which are rare or books of reference shall not be issued from the Library but they may be consulted in the Library under such conditions as the Librarian may determine. Costly books shall not be issued save with the special permission of the Library Committee. A list of books falling under this Section shall be drawn up by the Library Committee after report from the Librarian and Chairmen of Departments.

9. Persons other than members of the Syndicate and Officers and members of the Teaching Staff of the college shall not have access to the shelves unless accompanied by a college Teacher or a member of the Library staff.