Administrative Staff
Membership
Administrative staff become natural members of the Information Center after they are given the ID card by the University.
Recommendation for Information Resources
Administrative staff may request information resources of any type in any format for the Information Center Collections.
Reference & Guidance
Administrative staff can utilize the orientation programs, and they may request orientation programs with specific subjects.
Circulation & Borrowing
Borrowing: Administrative staff may borrow 60 books for 60 days, borrow 5 multimedia for 7 days, borrow 2 bounded serials for 7 days, and unless they are requested by others, books can be renewed unlimited times for the same period.
Renewing: Processes related to the renewal of borrowed items and reserving information resources can be done over the web site.
Reminder Notices: For information resources, a reminder is sent to the user a week before the due date. In order to see notice emails which are interested in checked out resources, please check them on SPAM email box.
Overdue Fines: Fine processes are applied to those which are returned later than the due date, in compliance with Overdue Fines Document and borrowing services shall not be available until the fine is paid. Overdue fines are not applied to periods when the Information Center is closed.
Lost & Damaged: For information resources that are lost or damaged, fine processes are applied in accordance with the "Document for Lost and Damaged Information Resources", and borrowing services shall not be available until these processes are completed. Upon request, the possession of the damaged item may be given to the user.
Claimed Retuned: Administration is informed of information resources that are claimed to be returned but not found in their places. The user cannot utilize the borrowing services until the final decision of Administration.
Recall for the Student Reserve Collection: Return of information resources which are requested to be put in the reserve collection but are already borrowed may be requested even if the borrowing period is not over. If it is before the beginning of the semester, it should be returned within 10 days, during the semester should be returned within 3 days. For those information resources that are not returned within the requested time, fine processes are applied in compliance with the Overdue Fines Document. Borrowing services shall not be available until the fine is paid.
Collections: They may utilize the following collections within the Information Center only;
"Reference Collection" which is organized for reference purposes,
"Serials Collection" which is a collection of current and back issues of journals.
They may utilize; "Rare Collection" which consists of rare information resources.
Off-Campus: Electronic journals and databases are open to in-campus access for 24 hours a day.
They can also have access to them from outside the campus by using the User ID and password provided by the University.
Any questions, feedbacks and suggestions can be mailed to circulation@sabanciuniv.edu.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Administrative staff may request information resources that are not available in the collections of the Information Center from other institutions.
Requests are made by filling out the Document Delivery / Interlibrary Loan (ILL) form over the web site.
Requests are limited to 2 books at a time.
Document Supply
Administrative staff may request documents that are not available in the collections of Information Center.
Requests are made by filling out the Document Delivery / Interlibrary Loan (ILL) form over the web site.
Processes are maintained in accordance with Document Supply Fees Document. Documents are delivered after the document fees are paid.
Requests with incomplete bibliographic data are cancelled and reported.