• Long Loan
• Short Loan
• Borrowing with Protocol
• ILL (InterLibrary Loan)
• Periodicals
• Reference
• Personal Study Rooms (Carrels)
Long Loan
· Academic staff and PhD students 25 books 30 days; Graduate students 20 books 30 days; Undergraduate students 15 books 15 days; Administrative staff 15 books 30 days; Retired academic staff can borrow 15 books for 30 days, retirement administrative staff 5 books for 30 days.
· If long-lent books are not returned on the date of return, the daily delay penalty is 30 Kr between 1-7 days, 60 kr after 8 th day.
· Readers can extend the duration of books that are borrowing time to borrow. For more information, see Renew Guide.
· Readers can book books borrowed by another reader. For more information, see Hold Guide.
Contact
For questions and suggestions, please contact the Circulation Office by e-mail or call (+90.312) 2102785 / (+90.312) 2102768.
Short Loan
· Academic and administrative personnel and students can borrow materials from the Reserve Unit according to the lending period determined by the nature of the resource.
· The "A" group books are borrowed for 3 hours, and the "C" group books for 3 days and the Braille Display for visually impaired users for 1 week after 1:00 pm after 16:00. PCMCA and USB wireless networking cards are only borrowed for 3 hours for use within the Reserve Unit.
· A maximum of 2 materials are lent.
· Borrowing time is not extended.
· Materials borrowed from the reserve collection must be returned to the Reserve bank.
· A penalty of 60 Kr per hour (14,4 TL per day) is charged for delinquent material.
· Reserve material borrowed by a reader cannot be reserved for another reader.
Only the ODTU academic staff can use the book addition form to the Reserve Unit.
Contact
For questions and suggestions, you can contact the Circulation Office by e-mail or call (+90.312) 2102784 / (+90.312) 2102768.
Borrowing with Protocol
According to the protocol signed between ODTÜ Library and Ankara, Ankara Social Sciences, Atılım, Başkent, Bilkent, Çankaya, Gazi, Hacettepe, TED, TOBB Economy and Technology, Turkish Air Agency and Yıldırım Beyazıt Universities, MTA, Court of Accounts, TENMAK ( Turkish Energy, Nuclear and Mineral Research Agency) and TODAİE Libraries; Academic staff working full-time at Middle East Technical University can borrow books from these libraries.
Responsibilities of Users
· Applications are made in person by the Borrowing Unit.
· In order to receive the protocol form, the METU ID card is displayed.
· With the protocol form, 5 books can be borrowed for 30 days. If no reservation has been made by another person, extension may be made 1 time.
· Magazines, reference sources, rare works, books borrowed for a short period of time and visibility materials are not borrowed.
· The protocol form must be delivered to the library to be used within 10 days after receipt from the ODTÜ Library.
· The protocol form is renewed three times a year - 1 March, 1 July, 1 October.
· The user is responsible for the security of the borrowed material and for timely delivery to the borrowed library.
· The borrowed material is delivered by the user to the library where it is borrowed.
· All criminal liability belongs to the user.
Contact
For questions and suggestions, please contact the Circulation Office by e-mail or call (+90.312) 210 71 88.
ILL- InterLibrary Loan
Current Rules for the Personnel of Other Universities and Research Institutions
! ILL requests can only be made by ILL librarians.
The staff working full time in the universities and research institutions in Turkey can borrow books or provide photocopies of articles from the Library of the Middle East Technical University via the librarian responsible for the ILL in the library of his/her affiliated institution.
Responsibilities of Users
· ANKOS member libraries make borrowed book requests through the KITS (Inter Library Cooperation Tracking System). Libraries without ANKOS membership can borrow books by completing the ILL Book Request Form.
· The librarian responsible for the ILL operations must notify their e-mail address and any temporary or permanent changes of duty by using the "Contact" field on the KITS page.
· Articles can be found on the Article Supply Service page for photocopying fees and payment terms.
· Before the request is made, the Library Catalog must be checked and confirmed that the book is in our collection and is available for borrowing. Books with a note "DUE ..." in the "Status" field of the catalog record can only be requested when they appear on the reader, but again when the "AVAILABLE" notice appears.
· In the "Location" field of the catalog record, you can use the notes "ML Serials", "ML Reference Collection", "MS Collection", "EDC Collection", "MSI Collection", "NCC Collection", "ML Reserve Collection" With visible resources and visual materials and electronic resources are not borrowed.
· Up to 5 books for a user are given to libraries of universities and research institutes for 30 days. The maximum number of books an institution can borrow is 25.
· The borrowed books will not be extended.
· When a library that wants to borrow books has an overdue book on its account, new requests from the library will not be processed. If one of the books that appears on the account of the library is delayed more than 10 days, the book will not be loaned to this library for 1 semester.
· A delay of 30 Kr between 1-7 days, 60 kr after 8 th day is charged from late returned books. The delay penalty should be paid to the account of TC Ziraat Bankası - METU Branch - IBAN TR750001001537089807005024 and the debit note must be sent to the Library by e-mail. If the total amount of the penalty for the Institution's account exceeds 10 TL, books will not be lent to this institution until the entire debts have been paid.
· Libraries claiming an invoice for late payment are required to pay 18% VAT on the penalty fee.
· A reminder letter is sent by the automation system to the library, which has a delayed book on its account. If the book is not returned despite the automatic reminders sent by the system, the lost book procedure will be applied and the requests from this library will not be met until the penalty is paid for it.
· The claimant library is responsible for any damage that may occur during the use of the books, late refunds and losses (including loss of cargo).
· The Library which wishes to borrow books from the METU Library is deemed to have accepted the amendments to the Regulations on delay penalties and book losses.
· Borrowed books are sent to the requesting library by cargo and the replies must be made by cargo. All costs related to shipping are reserved by the requesting library.
Contact
For more information, you can call (+90.312) 2102785 or send an e-mail.
Current Rules for ODTU Personnel
Academic and administrative staff working full-time at the Middle East Technical University can borrow books from libraries in other research institutions in Turkey through the Inter Library Loan Service.
Responsibilities of Users
• The Library Catalog must be checked and finalized before the request is made and the book is not in our collection.
• Periodicals, rare books, books borrowed for a short period of time and reference materials and materials are not borrowed.
• ODTÜ academic staff who wish to borrow books from other research institutions transmit the ILL library librarian request.
• The borrowing period, the maximum number of books borrowed and how many times the borrowing period can be extended depends on the policy of the library to be borrowed.
• When and where the borrowed book arrives at the Library, the information will be forwarded to the requesting reader by telephone or e-mail.
• Shipping costs belong to the reader.
• Any criminal responsibility belongs to the reader.
Contact
For more information, you can call (+90.312) 210 27 85 or send an e-mail.
Periodicals
Current editions cannot be borrowed.
Only ODTÜ academic staff can borrow two volumes of magazines for one week at the same time.
Contact
For more information, you can call (+90.312) 21027 86/ 210 27 98 or send an e-mail.
Reference Collection
The books, theses and standards in the reference collection are not borrowed. These sources can be used in the Library by photocopying.
Contact
You can forward your questions and suggestions via (+90.312) 2102793 or by e-mail.
Single Study Rooms (Carrels)
There are 24 carrels on the Block side of the library. 1-8 numbered carpets on the 1st floor, 9-16 numbered carpets on the 2nd floor, 17-24 numbered carpets on the 3rd floor.
• Our university academic staff, doctoral students and graduate students can benefit from ODTÜ ID cards and carrels.
• The curtains are borrowed from the long-term lending bank (Desk) for 3 hours; the refund will be made from the same bank.
• The user who has delayed carrel return for 2 hours or more cannot use the frames for 1 month.
• Carrel key at the latest 15 minutes before the library closes. It must have been returned before.
• More than one person cannot use the same square.
• Food and drink cannot be consumed on the square, and phone calls cannot be made.
• Non-borrowed resources should not be left in carrels.
Contact
For questions and suggestions, please contact the Circulation Office by e-mail or call (+90.312) 2102785 / (+90.312) 2102768.