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facilities available, the following main services are rendered:
1. Electronic literature Search:
On the library CD-ROM workstation, list of books, list of
articles with abstracts and list of documents with digests are provided from the current
and back issues of CD-ROM databases.
2. Catalogue and loan:
The Library offers an author, title, and subject divided card
catalogue. The Catalogue gives access to information on the stock by author, title and
subject. Staff and graduate students may borrow up to 15 items for 5 months.
Undergraduate students may similarly borrow up to 2 items for 2
weeks. The staff and students are required to return them on the time or renew their
loans, as fines are imposed.
3. Reference and Reserve:
Reference, periodicals or Journals, and some document Collections
are kept in the open access stack of the main library and Graduate Library. Dictionaries
are available at corners of Reading Halls. In addition, rare reference materials and some
textbooks which are small in number compared to the number of user students are reserved
in the circulation desks. All the above collections are organized to be used only in the
library.
4. Inter-Library Loans:
Materials which are not available in the library can be borrowed
from Addis Ababa University Libraries, British Council Library and British Library
Document supply center (BLDSC) for graduate students conducting their research, and for
the staff.
5. Photocopying:
The library provides a photocopy service to the staff and
students who intend to have copies of some library materials at reasonable prices.
6. Library publicity/ Publications:
The monthly acquired and catalogued lists of books, Periodicals
and Documents are provided in the monthly Book Accession Lists, and Periodical and
Document Accession Lists. Guides on how to use the catalogue, Guides to periodicals and
Descriptions of the available CD-ROM databases are provided.
7. Acquisition:
The library provides current and back issue catalogues of
journals, books, and equipment. The catalogues are acquired from 25 publishers and
distributors around the world. Catalogues of books are available on CD-ROMs as well as on
hard copies. Users may suggest list of books, journals, documents and CD-ROMs to the
Librarian. The newly acquired books, the latest issues of journals, Documents, Series and
pamphlets are displayed upon their arrivals.
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