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The library will be open through out the year except on three National and six festival holidays.
The working hours are from 9.00 A.M to 7.30 P.M on week days and 9.30 A.M to 6.00 P.M on Sunday.
No person under age of seventeen will be admitted except with a special order from the librarian.
Readers may not write upon, damage or make any mark upon any books manuscript or map belonging to the library.
Readers may not lay the paper on which
they are writing on any book manuscript or map.
Copying extracts is permitted but ink
must not be used nor is tracing allowed without express permission from the
librarian
Silence must be strictly observed in
the library.
Unauthorized removal of books or other
property from the library will be dealt with according to law.
Readers shall be responsible for any
damage to the book used by them in the library and shall replace any such books
or any other library property for which damage or injury caused by them , they
should pay the value thereof.
No book shall be issued which in the
opinion of the librarian is not in sufficiently good condition to be safely
handled by the borrower.
Cases of failure in the service or
incivility on the part of library staff should be immediately reported to the
officer personally in charge of library at the time.
Umbrellas, Handbags, printed books not
belonging to the library and any other articles to which the officer personally
in charge of the library at the time
may object, must be left at the door. Smoking and spitting are strictly
prohibited. Pet animals will not be admitted.
No member of the staff is permitted to
receive gratuity of any kind.
RULES FOR LOANS TO PERSONS RESIDENT
IN THE CITY OF MADRAS AND ITS IMMEDIATE VICINITY
Any person of seventeen years of age or upwards , resident with in the limits of the city of Chennai or in such places in the its immediate vicinity as may be approved by the librarian may be permitted after depositing Rs.100/200/300 to borrow not more than Two/Four/Six books for a period not exceeding two weeks from the date of issue.
Annual subscription of Rs.50
is collected from each
A week’s notice must be given before
a deposit is withdrawn. No deposit will be repaid until all books out standing
against the depositor and all his borrowers tickets have been duly returned.
Depositors may not sublend the books
of the library.
Periodicals, works of reference
such as dictionaries and maps, works which may be difficult to replace and such
other works as may from time to time be
classed with them for the purposes of this rule shall not be lent out.
Books which are temporarily in special
demand may be lent for such shorter period as many be necessary or may be
temporarily declared reference works may at any time be
terminated by order of the librarian.
If a book is not returned when due a
fine of
Books may be renewed for a period of one fortnight provided;
a.The renewal application reaches the
librarian three clear days before the date on which the books are due;
b.No other reader has applied for the
books in the mean time; and
c.Not more than three consecutive
renewals are allowed for the book with out its production in the library for
inspection.
In case condition (b) is not
satisfied the librarian shall cause a letter to that effect to be posted to the
borrower concerned and the books must be returned on the due date.
The librarian may refuse any application for the privilege of borrowing books without assigning any reason therefore.
The librarian in consultation with his assistant may grant special loans on such conditions as he may prescribe.
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