POLICY STATEMENT

Central Library provides printing, scanning, and photocopying facilities free of cost to its users. Machines are placed at both the libraries and are available for use on self-service bases.

BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION

The purpose of this policy is to provide a set of rules governing the use of library scanners, printers, and photocopy machines.

PRINCIPLES OF THE POLICY

• PSU credentials are needed to login to photocopy machines and computers.
• Printing and photocopying limits for faculty, students and staff is governed by ITC.
• Staff at Central Library provide help on using the machines. Staff will not do scans, photocopies and print out for users.
• Users are encouraged to print and photocopy only the necessary pages considering environmental effects.
• Violating copyright laws is an offence. Printing, photocopying and scanning activities must be in line with the local and international copyright laws.
• A machine may fail to print, scan or photocopy due to technical/not technical reason. Please report the problem to the nearest staff member.
• If multiple users intend to use the service simultaneously, users may be requested to reduce their scans and photocopies to limited pages.

DEFINITIONS

Copyright: The legal rights that the authors, creators and publishers have over their literary and published works.

PSU Credentials: The username and password that PSU affiliates use to check their official emails and LMS.

USB Flash Drive: A removable device with flash memory to store the data.

ITC: Information Technology Center - a non-academic department at PSU that provide computer facilities to faculty, staff and students.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES

Libraries at Men’s and Women’s campuses are responsible for this policy.

For the implementation and compliance of the policy, it will be published online for the access and understanding of library users and staff.

PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING POLICY VIOLATION

Users bear the responsibility of any legal implications of their use of scanned, printed and photocopied material. Central Library will not be held responsible for any infringement of copyright laws by users.

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