The subscriber must comply with the following conditions:

1. Fill the external circulation form, which can be obtained from the circulation division.

2. Pay a fee of 25 J.D. as a refundable deposit.

3. Pay a nonrefundable annual fee of 35 J.D.

4. The patron will obtain a subscription card from the library, which can be only used by him personally and shall not be used by any other person (individual subscription). The patron is ultimately responsible for all materials borrowed on his card.

5. Present the subscription ID each time when borrowing library materials.

6. Subscription in the external circulation cannot be issued in the name of corporations, ministries, or associations, etc.

Reserve shelf materials:
These are materials that faculty members are allowed to put on the reserve shelf; no more than 10 items can be reserved per faculty member. There are two types of reserve shelf materials:

· Closed reserve materials - such materials must remain in the library at all times. Any patron who wants to use these materials must submit his ID to the circulation employee who will retain it untill the patron returns the material.

· Open reserve materials - books may be checked out of the library for one night according to the following conditions:

1. The patron must reserve the material from the circulation employee in the morning.

2. Such material must be checked out one hour before the library closes, and are due back by 9 am the next working day.

3. The borrower's ID must be retained untill he returns the material.

4. Only one item can be borrowed per patron, taking into consideration the priority when requesting the material.

Borrowers' Status
The library serves 4 types of borrowers:

· BZU Students which includes:-

a. Undergraduate students

b. Graduate students

c. Diploma students

· Faculty members

· Employees

· External subscribers

Circulation period and the maximum number of books allowed to be borrowed
The circulation period and the maximum number of books allowed to be borrowed each time is determined by the borrower's type, as follows:

Borrowers' type	Maximum no. of books	Circulation period
Students - 1st year	4	14 days
Students - 2nd year	5	14 days
Students - 3rd year	6	14 days
Students - 4th year	8	14 days
Master students	10	14 days
Phd Students	14	21 days
Students - Diploma	8	14 days
Faculty members	15	30 days for regular books, and one semester for text books
Employees and workers	8	30 days
External Subscribers	2	14 days

Overdues (returning library materials late)
Any patron who is found late in returning borrowed materials is exposed to the following penalties:

· Will be blocked form borrowing any library material, even if the overdue period is just (the computer is programmed to do so).

· Must pay a fine of 1 NIS per book for each overdue day (if books borrowed were regular, textbooks, or Braille).

·  Must pay a fine of 1 NIS per every overdue hour (if the borrowed material was a reserve)

· Must pay a fine of 5 NIS for each overdue day (if the borrowed material was a Tablet).

· The fine will be calculated from the first day of the delay and exclude holidays, festivals and emergency holidays.

· The head of Department has the right to exemption from the fine  in the following cases: -
o Disease (medical report)
o Detention (with a report from Public Relations Department)
o If proven the existence of the book on the shelf in the library
o Street closures
o Public holidays and emergency

· Circulation Section sends formal written notices or through Retaj to all borrowers in case of delay in borrowed material for a long period longer than two months.

· Borrowing privileges are restored once the late items are returned, and the fine(s) has been paid.

Material loss or physical damage:

Any patron who losses a library material or returns it as physically damaged must take responsibility for the item as follows:

· If the material is a book:

o Buying an alternative copy of the lost or physically damaged book, or

o Paying the amount of money (if book replacement is impossible) that equals the book price plus binding and preparing expenses (the requested amount is according to an official voucher).

· If the material is a tablet, the borrower must pay an amount of money that is equivalent to the price of the device when buying it, which is equal to $200.

Notifications
The circulation division sends official notifications via internal mail, Ritaj for all borrowers in the following cases:

1. When borrowed materials are overdue

2. When borrowed materials are requested by another patron

Renewal of borrowed materials:

· Students and staff in the university can renew borrowed books for one time only, through their Ritaj accounts, two days prior to its due date provided that the book is not overdue or fined.

· Tablets cannot be renewed.

Reserving circulated materials:

· Library users can reserve a circulated book or tablet through their Ritaj accounts provided that the book or tablet is not reserved by another user.

· Library users can reserve a circulated book or tablet only prior to its due date.

· Reserving books and/or tablets through phone is prohibited.

Reports and Statistics
The circulation division prepares reports and calculates statistics at the end of every semester to ascertain the number of books that were checked out, checked in, and overdue. They also make financial reports for fines, lost and physically damaged books. All reports are submitted to the Library Director, and all accumulated money is sent to the University Financial Department, which deposits it into a specific account.



Circulation procedures

1. Any patron who intends to borrow a book should go to the computer laboratory to search for that book using the online catalog. The patron will need to write down its call number and floor location. When facing any problem, the patron should ask for help from the laboratory employee.

2. Proceed to the floor where the book is located, and ask for help from the Hall Control Employee.

3. Bring the book to the circulation desk for the computerized check out.

4. The patron ID must be present when borrowing any library material.

5. Standing up near the circulation desk is strictly prohibited.

6. All library patrons must remain quiet and not create any noise or disturbances inside the library. Any patron who violates the laws and regulations of the library will expose himself to penalties, the least being expelling him from the library if he does not comply with the warning directed to him by the Hall Control Employee. The penalty could include depriving the patron from using the library if he offended persons or destroyed any library properties, according to laws and internal library rules.