Library Rules
✓ Students are required to carry their (P.A. Menon College of Legal Studies) student ID Card for entry and use of the library.
✓ This card must be used only by the student in whose name it is issued.
✓ Students are advised not to leave their valuables at the Circulation Desk or in the Reading Hall.
✓ The library is not responsible in case of damage to or theft of personal property.
✓ Entry in the Entrance Register is mandatory in order to maintain library statistics for better services.
✓ The use of mobile phones in the library is prohibited. Phones should be either switched-off or set on silent mode. Failure to
comply with these requirements may result in a fine and/or expulsion from the library.
✓ Users are responsible for material borrowed on their cards and will be required to pay for any damage to, or loss of, material
borrowed at replacement cost, in addition to an administrative charge.
✓ The library is also monitored by Closed Circuit Cameras.
✓ There will be overdue charges of Rs.10/- per day for General Section books. All items are subject to recall, if another library
user requires them.
✓ The library computer is not for non-academic use.
✓ Any violation of library rules will result in strict disciplinary action. Kindly cooperate with the library staff for serving
you in a better way.
✓ Books in the Reference Section such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, periodicals, university handbook, question papers etc.,
will be issued to a student against his/her identity card only for reference purposes in the library.
✓ These must be returned within an hour prior to the closing hours of the library.
✓ The books, thus issued, must not on any account be taken out of the Library Hall, failing which a fine of Rs.50/- or more will
be charged in such cases.
✓ Current periodicals as well as past numbers and bound volumes of periodicals will be available only for reference in the
library. Students should return the same to the spaces assigned to them in the library.
✓ On return of borrowed books to the library, students should ensure that they reclaim and verify their identity cards.
✓ Library transactions, such as issuance and returning of books close half an hour before the closing time.
