Services
Access and use of library services
The following can access the library facilities of the University Library System and use the related services:
- the members of the university community, indicated by art. 11, co. 1, of the University Statute, called internal users;
- those who are not members of the university community, called external users, only for justified study or research needs, subject to authorization by the head of the library structure concerned, within the limits set by this regulation.
Article 11, paragraph 1, of the University Statute states: «The university community includes: teaching, research, management, technical-administrative and library staff, students and all those who temporarily participate in the activities carried out within the University, such as subject experts, contractors, research fellows, PhD students and PhDs, scholarship holders, interns and in general all those who, in various capacities, spend periods of research or technical collaboration, training, teaching and study at the University».
Consultation
The bibliographic materials placed on open shelves are freely available for consultation.
The bibliographic materials placed in the warehouse can be consulted, upon request, in a maximum number of 12 books and 8 years of periodicals per day.
The consultation of: ancient, rare and valuable books; maps; drawings; degree, master's and doctoral theses may be subject to limitations.
Loan
Internal users can borrow up to 6 books for a period of 30 days. The loan is renewable, upon request before the expiration date.
External users can borrow up to 3 books, for a maximum period of 15 days. The loan is not renewable.
The following are excluded from the loan: codices; repertoires; dictionaries; encyclopedias; ancient, rare and valuable books; frequently consulted works; exhibition catalogues; maps; drawings; degree, master's and doctoral theses; multimedia materials.
The loan of texts for educational use is limited to 4 days and is not renewable.
The loan is personal. Borrowed books cannot be transferred to third parties.
Failure to return a volume by the due date will result in exclusion from the loan service for 30 days from the date of return.
The loss or destruction of a volume will result in its replacement, at the user's expense, with another copy of the same edition or, if not commercially available, of the first subsequent edition available.
Interlibrary loan
Internal users can request interlibrary loan for up to 3 books per month.
External users cannot use the interlibrary loan service.
The loan of books to libraries outside the University Library System is carried out on a free reciprocal basis.
Document delivery
The document delivery service allows you to find bibliographic material that is not present in the Libraries of the University Library System, by requesting it from other Libraries. The document delivery service is provided to Libraries outside the University Library System on a free reciprocity basis.
Who can use the service?
Internal users can use the document delivery service (supply of documents): teachers, researchers, research fellows, PhD students and students enrolled in ordinary courses and post-graduate specialization courses at the Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria and foreign students of the Erasmus Plus program.
What kind of material can be requested?
Articles published in periodicals and essays/chapters of monographs that are not present in the Libraries of the University Library System nor in the electronic resources to which it is subscribed.
Before sending the request, please check the availability of the material in the University OPAC and in the electronic resources to which the University is subscribed.
How many documents can be requested?
Up to 4 documents per week.
How much does the service cost?
The service is free.
What are the waiting times?
Waiting times vary depending on the Library from which the material is requested and its procedures for processing and sending the materials. The average waiting time is 5 working days. Once the material has been received, the University Library System will inform the requester by email.
How can I submit the request?
The request can be made on site or by completing the online form.
Reference
All users, internal and external, can use the reference service (support for bibliographic research). The request can be made on site or via email.
Electronic resources
Internal users may access electronic resources on-site and, under the conditions and limits established by the relevant publishers, remotely.
External users can access electronic resources on-site.
Acquisitions
Proposals for donations of bibliographic material with a value of less than €150.00 are accepted by the person in charge of the beneficiary library structure, subject to a positive evaluation of the relevance of the material to the scientific-disciplinary area of the structure in question and of its state of conservation.
Proposals for donations of bibliographic material with a value exceeding €150.00 are accepted by the Rector, upon proposal of the Coordination Committee of the University Library System. Acceptance is subject to a positive evaluation of the scientific relevance of the bibliographic material, its state of conservation and the availability of adequate space for its placement.
Proposals for the purchase of bibliographic material may be made on-site or by completing the form available on the University website. The purchase of the proposed material is subject to its scientific relevance and the availability of sufficient funds.
Donation proposal less than 150 euros
Donation proposal over 150 euros
Purchase proposals
The purchase proposal service allows you to propose the purchase of bibliographic material that is not present in the Libraries of the University Library System.
The proposals received are evaluated by the competent bodies of the University, taking into account the available resources and the interest of the users of the University Library System for the indicated material. The proposer is informed by email of the outcome of the proposal.
Purchase proposals can be made by filling out the appropriate online form. Before filling out the form, please check the availability of the bibliographic material you intend to propose for purchase in the University Single Catalogue and in the electronic resources to which the University is subscribed.
The following can use the purchase proposal service: teachers, researchers, research fellows, PhD students and students enrolled in ordinary courses and post-graduate specialization courses at the Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria and foreign students of the Erasmus Plus program.