Library Regulations and Services

All library users must be aware of the rules and regulations for our library. Access to the library is granted by a badge-based access system.
 

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Loans

Material, Duration, Renewals and Restitutions. The books and the journals may be borrowed by the employees of Sincrotrone Trieste and by fellows and resident research associates affiliated to the Collaborationg Research Groups.

  • Books: maximum 3 at the same time; duration 1 month; renewal, by e-mail, for 1 more time of the same duration; loan is not possible for documents with clear indication on book spine.

  • Journals: maximum 3 issues at the same time; duration 1 week; renewal, by e-mail, for 1 more time of the same duration; loan is not possible for the 2 latest issues.

In case of urgent requests of consultation of loaned material, the library personnel may ask for its return. It is forbidden to transfer the loan to other people without previously informing the Library personnel who will update the registration and keep trail of the book. In case of lack of this information, the liability for the loan remains on the loaner. In case of loaner's absence on the loan expiry date, the loaner not capable to give back the book/journal will have to inform by e-mail the library staff, and indicate the name of a person in charge of the material.

Facilities in the library room

1 photocopying machine, 1 paper cutter, 1 bookbinder, 2 PCs with Internet connection and Cd-ROM driver are available in the library.


Retrieval and Loan Services

  • Article retreival:  twice a month the librarian provides a service of articles retrieval in other libraries (I.C.T.P., SISSA, University of Trieste, etc.). To have access to this service it is sufficient to send a mail to with the biographical data of the requested article.

  • Download from Refdoc: another means to retrieve articles is the Refdoc.fr service (INIST - CNRS). Please  send a mail to  with the biographical data of the requested article. The Librarian will verify the availability and the cost of the document and after the authorization will send the order to INIST.

  • British Library loan. Articles may be retrieved and loaned also at the "Centre for Documents' Supply" of the British Library, with which a recent agreement has been signed. To have access to the service it is necessary to send to the Library a supply request signed by the Group Responsible. The library personnel will verify the availability, cost and code to inform the Director and will send the request by fax directly to the British Library.

     



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Last Updated on Friday, 16 November 2012 14:19