1). The following categories of persons are allowed to draw books from the library for use at home after submitting a duly attested (by their head of the department) membership prescribed form. The application form contains a declaration of intention to obey the rules of the Library and to pay fines or charges which may be incurred in case of any violation of library rules by the applicant.
2). A card known as the Borrowers Card will be issued to each of the persons permitted to draw books from the Library under regulation 1. Such cards shall be strictly non-transferable and shall have to be presented at the counter at the time of drawing and returning books, etc. A borrower, who loses his card, should at once inform the Chief Librarian in writing. A duplicate card will be issued to him on payment of a fee of Rs. 100/- provided that no book will be issued to a student member unless he presents his Borrowers card in person along with his identity card or applies by post sending his card with the application.
3). Casual visitors as may obtain the special written permission of the Chief Librarian, will be permitted to use the Library for the purpose of reading and reference during good behaviour, but must be prepared to furnish the Chief Librarian with evidence of their identity.
4). A borrower of category (a) will be entitled to have in his possession at a time not more than six books. Each book shall be returned within a period of one month from the date of its issue. Provided that a whole time University Professor or Associate Professor may have in his possession a maximum number of ten books at a time and may return these within a period of three months from the date of their issue.
5). Borrowers of category (b) may have in their possession not more than 4 books at a time. Borrowers of class (c), (d), and (e) may draw three books at a time. Books drawn by borrowers under this rule shall be returned not later than two weeks from the date of issue. Borrowers belonging to out stations may, however, retain the books for a maximum period of one month.
6). Any borrower sub-lending books drawn from the Library on his card to any other person shall do so on his own responsibility.
7). Books not in great demand may be renewed on request at the discretion of the Chief Librarian.
8). Books shall be divided into three classes: A, B and C. Class A will include all specially valuable works, and all works permanently or temporarily reserved for reference use. Books in Class A shall not be removed from the Library except by special permission of the Chief Librarian. Class B will include all current numbers of periodicals. These may be borrowed but must be returned within three days. Class C will consist of all other books which may be borrowed and retained according to the provision of Regulations 4 and 5.
9). Books prescribed by the Punjab University (Text Books) for various examinations will not be issued without the special permission of the Chief Librarian. These when borrowed must be returned within three days.
10). Books for the summer vacation will be issued by special permission, and these must be returned as soon as the vacation is over. Books having their due date in holiday or some vacation shall be returned right after the end of the holiday or vacation if not possible before the holiday/vacation otherwise fine will be charged.
11). A fine of Re.1/- per volume per day will be charged for an ordinary book, in case books are retained longer than the period prescribed for each category of borrowers. The fine will in all cases be calculated from the date on which the books should have been returned. Provided that in the case of text-books, current periodicals and books issued with the special permission of the Chief Librarian, the fine shall be Rs.2/- per volume per day. Provided further that a borrowers right to draw books from the Library may be suspended during the period he does not return overdue books or pay the amount due from him. Provided also that the roll numbers of such student borrowers as fail to return the University Library books or pay their dues shall not be sent to their colleges until they have returned the books or paid the dues and have produced a certificate from the Librarian to that effect.
12). Books not returned on due date lay down under the regulations and reported to have been lost, shall be paid for immediately on the expiry of the prescribed limit of time, and this amount shall in no case be refundable. The amount payable to the Library shall be determined by the Chief Librarian.
13). Borrowers whom wish to have books sent out of Lahore must deposit the present postal charges of registered post.
14). A security deposited under any of the foregoing Regulations shall lapse to the University if it remains unclaimed for a period of three years from the date on which a borrower ceases to be a member of the Library.
15). Readers and members shall not damage, mark or write upon any book, periodical, map or manuscript, nor shall they trace or perform mechanical reproduction of any material belonging to the Library. Readers and members who violate this Regulation shall be required to pay the fine imposed by the Chief Librarian or to replace the damaged material, or to pay its price as determined by the Chief Librarian. If one volume of a set is injured, and it is not available separately, the whole set shall have to be replaced or paid for. A damaged book or set, which has been replaced or paid for by a borrower, shall become his property.
Borrowers and readers are advised to inspect books at the time of issue and to call the attention of the Librarian to any defects, etc.
16). The Chief Librarian may, at his discretion, reduce or remit the delay fine incurred by a borrower.
17). Such borrowers as abuse their privilege will be reported to the Library Committee for appropriate action.
In order to keep pace with technological advancement especially with the boom in Information Technology, an Internet Lab was started in December, 1999. With 65 PCs which were gradually increased to 150 and extended up to 350 till now. IT Lab of the Punjab University Library is one of the busiest labs of the University. Students from all departments come here. There are about 5000 registered members of Internet Lab and the numbers are increasing continuously.
Library holds manuscripts, newspapers, rare items and other documents of historical importance in its collection. These items need to be preserved for future use and to fulfill the research needs of researchers in country or from abroad. In all this process, intellectual property and copyright laws are keenly observed.
In this context, heavy duty relevant equipment is available in Preservation section. Relevant section heads receive requests of digital copy of a specific item through proper channel from researchers, receive charges as already decided by University administration and send the document in Preservation section.
In preservation section, first of all, physical condition of document examines and then decides about suitable scanner device. High resolution color scans are being made which further editing. These scans are edited with an image editor and exclude unnecessary details. After this process, scans are saved for computer reading or getting printouts.
Digitized material is being provided to concerned researchers after getting charges as decided by university administration. The details of these charges are as following:
The basic responsibility of the library administration is to ensure the safety and security of library materials, library users and its staff members. For this purpose, PU library has arranged both physical and electronic measures as following:
Library has security personnel for physical security of library building and its surroundings. These personnel remain alert on their duties 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week.
Contact Nos. of university administration, army, police, fire-brigade and other helping agencies are displayed at various places in the library. These nos facilitate library users and staff to contact concerned authorities in case of emergency.
Library users are restricted to take their large bags inside the library. A separate token counter is available in the library to put personal belongings of library users there. Counter staff remain vigilant about the submitted items there and issue a token to the concerned person. Library users get their belonging back after the submission of token.
Only library security staff is entitled to hold the keys of different locks in their possession. Library entrance gates get sealed after library closing and off sealed in opening hours in the presence of senior professional staff.
Library windows and doors are double protected with glass and iron net through which sunlight and fresh air passes and restricts library material to pass outside illegally.
Some original pieces and color prints of unique and rare items including manuscripts in library collection are kept in locked glass displays for the orientation and interest of library users.
A number of fire extinguishers have been attached with library walls to be operated by library staff and users if any case of accidental fire occurs. Library administration trains its staff members occasionally about the functioning of this equipment.
Library has deployed emergency sirens and emergency gates to evacuate library users and staff members in emergency condition.
UPS, power generator system and charging lights are available in the library to provide electricity backup in case of electricity failure.
Radio Frequency (RF) security system has been adopted by library administration to protect library material from their stealing. Implementation of RF security system has produce very positive results.
Library has controlled access system for library users to enter in the library. For this, library administration has issued barcode cards to library users which need to be scanned while entering the library. Same barcode card is further used for charging and discharging of library material. This arrangement helps library administration to keep record of library users and restrict non- members to enter in the library.
Library has deployed automatic fire alarm system in different sections. This system automatically alarms when it feels some sort of fire near around.
A surveillance camera system is functioning in the library. These cameras watch the movement of library users in inner part of library collection and building. Enough arrangements have been taken to record the video made by these cameras.
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan has implemented anti-plagiarism policy in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the country. The main purpose of implementing this policy is to develop a culture of production of original research in the research institutes. In this connection, HEC took the subscription of iThenticate anti-plagiarism software in 2007 and implemented it its recognized institutes. iThenticate was soon replaced with Turnitin anti-plagiarism and implemented in 2008.
Implementation of Turnitin produced very positive results and a culture of producing plagiarism free contents has been evolving. HEC has provided guidelines and training modules for convenience of researchers which can be accessed at
HEC plagiarism policy can be accessed herePunjab University administration has declared Chief Librarian, Punjab University Library (PUL) as focal person for Turnitin issues for HEC. The University has given the responsibility to Chief Librarian of issuing certificate to research works as plagiarism free. In this context, all M.Phil, Ph.D dissertations and faculty research publications are bound to get plagiarism free certificate before their submission in the University. To make this process convenient, Turnitin accounts have been created for faculty members and departmental librarians. Research scholars can contact to their supervisor or departmental librarian to pass through their research work from Turnitin before applying for final certificate.
The Digital Library Program is initiated to provide up to date information to the researchers within public and private universities of Pakistan. It is aimed that non-profit research and development organizations get access to international scholarly literature, high quality books. peer -reviwed journals, databases and articles across a wide range of subjects based on electronic (online) delivery/ retrieval system.
The program was initiated by HEC in the middle of 2003 and then on 27th February 2004 the Digital Library Program was inaugurated by Prof. Dr. Atta-Ur-Rehman , Chairman Higher Education Commission, Minister in-charge of Science and Technology, after an initial workshop on Digital Library Resources sensitization and Training the Trainers.
The resources cover both scientific and humanities I social science subjects. To cover almost every aspect of studies in Pakistan, Higher Education Commission has signed license agreement with various companies and publishers from all over the world. Initially the program started from the subscription of a collection of approximately 11,600 full text joumals, but right now the resources have crossed a number of 25,000 online journals and the number is increasing. It is worth mentioning that the number of journals available in Pakistan through the Digital Library Program is more than half of the world's total online journals.
University of the Punjab is a part of Digital Library Program since the inauguration and is providing these resources to its researchers, Teachers and M. Phil. Ph.D. Students.
Open your web browser that is commonly Microsoft lnternet Explorer installed automaticalty with your windows. Now press F4 or manually place the cursor in the address bar to write www.pulibrary.edu.pk and press enter. Now from the menu bar in the Punljab University Library website. click Services and choose HEC e-nooks/journals. It will open the page where links to all of the subscribed databases are provided. Select the appropriate one and search the database.
Copy1ight law exists to protect the intellectual standing and the economic rights of creators and publishers of all literary, dramatic, artistic, musical, audio-visual and electronic works. Electronic materials have copyright in the same manner as print materials.
Punjab University Library has launched an 'Information Resource Centre (IRC). This centre explores the digital resources provided by HEC and facilitates its users to pursuit their academic research.
Profiles of researchers, faculty members and M. Phil., Ph.D. students have been prepared in order to disseminate the digital resources of HEC. Online SDI service has been provided and the relevant information is then mailed to their E-Mails.
Students can access the entire Digital Library Collection on 200 Core I3 computers provided in the Punjab University Library, Digital Library Unit.
A separate Digital Library has been provided at Iranian Culture Centre for faculty members which works under the supervision of IRC.