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 2. The Regulations regulate general procedure for organizing Library and information services to users in the Library, the rights and responsibilities of the Library and its users. 

3. Students, faculty, research staff and other employees (hereinafter referred to as users) of the educational institution “Vitebsk State Order of Peoples’ Friendship Medical University” (hereinafter referred to as the University), as well as practical healthcare and pharmacy workers of the Vitebsk region (hereinafter referred to as practical healthcare and pharmacy workers) have the right to access Library collections and electronic information resources.

4. The Library's collection, premises, equipment, and technical devices are the property of the university. The collection is accessible to users through a system of reading rooms, loan desks, and department delivery desks. Electronic information resources generated in-house (including the institutional open-access repository (hereinafter referred to as the repository)) are accessible remotely via the Library's website. External (subscription) electronic information resources are accessible in accordance with concluded agreements.

5. Basic types of library services are provided for free. 6. Additional services are provided for a fee.

7. Filming, photography and video recording of the premises and the Library are carried out only with the consent of the Library administration.

8. The Library serves users according to the established work schedule in accordance with the Library Provision.

10. Students transferred from other universities or returning to classes after an academic leave, register upon their first visit to the user registration point based on an extract from the order of enrollment or reinstatement.

11. Students of the Faculty of Pre-University Training (hereinafter referred to as the FPT), postgraduate students, applicants, master's students, clinical residents, faculty, and staff of the university register and receive a Library card with a barcode at the user registration point.

12. Students of the Faculty of Advanced Training and Retraining (hereinafter referred to as FAT&R) and the Faculty of Advanced Training and Retraining in Pedagogy and Psychology (hereinafter referred to as FAT&R in P&P) register at the user registration desk upon their first visit to the Library. A barcode is assigned to the student's ID card. 

13. Healthcare and pharmaceutical professionals register at the user registration point during its working hours after introducing their passport. When users contact the Library after the end of the registration point’s working hours, user registration takes place in reading room No. 1 (an electronic account is created and a registration card is filled in).

14. Registration of users in the Library is carried out upon presentation of the following documents: passport and staff e-card – for staff workers of the university; passport and ID card – for clinical residents; passport and certificate from graduate school – for graduate students; centrally, in accordance with the enrollment and reinstatement order – for full-time students and trainees of FPT; a student's ID card – for students enrolled in FAT&R and FAT&R in P&P; passport – for healthcare and pharmaceutical professionals.

15. When registering at the Library, the user must familiarize themselves with these Regulations and confirm their commitment to comply with them by signing the registration card.

16. Personal data provided by users during registration is strictly confidential and not used for purposes other than scientific and the Library purposes.

17. Registration cards are placed in the card index. Registration cards are kept for three years (after signing the bypass sheet and leaving the university).

18. The Library users re-register annually presenting all documents issued to them within the Library's established deadlines. Users who fail to re-register will not receive library services.

- for students – student ID-card; 

- for FPT and FAT&R students – student’s card with a barcode;

- for staff members – library’s card with a barcode;

- for adjunct faculty members and healthcare and pharmaceutical professionals – part-time Library card with a barcode. 

Replacement for a lost Library card can be acquired at user registration point.

37. Users may not take home any item out of the reading rooms.

38. Encyclopedias and other reference editions, rare and valuable books, and the books that are in a single copy are available in the reading-rooms only.

39. Unpublished materials including theses and dissertations are given in the reading room under prescribed manner.

40. The items lent out to the reading room from the main book storage can be assigned to the user for the acquired period. In case the user doesn’t call for the requested items within 3 days, the items are returned to the book storage.

41. The items unavailable in the Library can be obtained from other libraries via InterLibrary loan (hereinafter referred to as ILL) to work in the reading-room. The articles from unavailable journals and conference proceedings in the University Library can be obtained via Electronic Document Delivery (hereinafter referred to as EDD).

access all information media and all types of equipment provided for individual use;

receive free, comprehensive information about the components and content of the Library collection;

receive free, consultative assistance in finding information sources;

receive documents from the collection for temporary use free of charge, in accordance with the established procedure;

access the Library's electronic information resources and use the Library computers for working with electronic information resources;

receive documents or copies of them through the InterLibrary Loan and Electronic Documentation Delivery from the collections of other libraries;

participate in socio-cultural events held by the Library for users;

use personal portable devices (mobile phones, laptops, tablets) with powerbanks switched to silent-mode in service areas, no photo- and video-coping of the Library collections’ documents is allowed;

use mobile phones outside user service areas; use Library services, including paid ones;

take part in the work of Library user associations;

contact representatives of the Library administration with suggestions and comments on all issues related to the maintenance, acquisition and organization of information resources and services;

appeal illegal actions (inaction) of the Library officials to a higher authority, the university rector, and/or the court;

other rights in accordance with the law. 

determine the procedure to lend the items, amount of the items to lent, terms to use the borrowed items in service areas for different types of items and users;

obtain the information from relevant university divisions about enrolled and expelled full-time and FAT&R students, faculty members and other employees;

carry out activities that generate income, including the provision of paid services;

provide no service the user who is not re-registered;

lend no Library items to the user who fails to return an item on time until the full compensation of dept;

handle materials on violation of the Library Regulations to the dean’s offices;

temporarily restrict the right of access to information resources of the Library service departments;

take measures to compensate for damage caused by the user to the Library and its employees in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Belarus;

apply to court if the user inflicts damage on the Library property or staff, financial or moral/ emotional.

48. The Library must: 

maintain library, information and reference service for users;

inform the users about all kinds of information resources and provided library services, explore and fully meet their information demands;

provide advisory assistance to users in finding the necessary information and selecting documents;

provide computers for users to work with electronic information resources;

not use information about users and their information requests for purposes other than scientific and the Library purposes;

monitor timely return of borrowed items;

provide other lending procedure only after obtaining previously borrowed items from users when their loan time is over;

take measures if any marking or damage is detected in any Library item on return;

promote users’ reading culture, to create necessary conditions for work in the Library and to provide high service culture; 

monitor users' compliance with these Regulations, as well as local legal acts related to the Library's activities.