VSP Library User Rights and Responsibilities
This 'Honour Code' outlines the rights and responsibilities of users of the Economics Reference Library at the Villa San Paolo and the Villa San Paolino.
The Code was agreed between the Economics Department, Researcher Representatives and Library Staff in March 2004 and amended in February 2006 (due to the Villa San Paolino extension).
Overview
1. Every scholar is entitled to consistent, reliable and regular access to the books, dictionaries and manuals in the Economics Reference Library.
2. The location of the VSP RefLibrary and the necessity for constant access, implies a self-regulating check-in/check-out system. Because the VSP collection is a reference library, no books may be taken out of the VSP complex. All books must be returned to the Library shelving at the end of each working day.
3. Economists using the Villa San Paolino (the structure beside the VSP) are reminded that it is strictly forbidden to leave VSP Library books overnight at this location. All books must be returned to the VSP Library at the end of each working day.
Users Responsibilities
4. All users have a specific responsibility to respect the self-loan rules of the VSP Library (see below). There are no overnight or weekend loans – all titles should be available at the start of each working day.
5. Particular emphasis is placed on proactive, self-regulation among Researchers to reinforce the rules.
6. Researchers should cross-monitor their colleagues and be vigilant to abuses of the system.
Monitoring and Enforcement
7. By agreement with the Economics Department and the EUI Library – the Economics Information Specialist and the Economics Researcher Representatives are authorised to collect unattended VSP books, manuals and dictionaries from work-spaces.
8. The Information Specialist monitors the system and contacts researchers regarding overdue books.
9. A committee consisting of the Economics Department Library Liaison Professor and the Economics Representatives will impose appropriate sanctions on those who abuse the self-regulating system. The Head of Department, the Departmental Library Liaison Professor, the Information Economics Specialist and the Director of the EUI Library will be duly informed.
10. This Code took effect on the 1st of March 2004 (amended February 2006 on the opening of the Villa San Paolino).
11. The Economics Representatives and the Economics Information Specialist will brief future Economics Representatives of the system.
Rules of the VSP Reference Library
VSP readers must complete the Check-out / Check-in form for each book:
Check out: Remove the loan slip from the book endpaper; fill in the user name and loan date. Place the slip on the shelf where the book was located.
Check in: Take the loan slip from the shelf, mark the 'in' column, put the slip back in the book and replace the book on the shelf.
Books cannot be taken out of the VSP complex.
There are no overnight or weekend loans.
All books and manuals must be available at the VSP Library each morning.
Books used at the adjacent Villa San Paolino must be returned to the VSP book case each day.
These rules apply equally to Professors, TAs, Researchers and Fellows.
The Information Specialist updates the loan cards, conducts regular inventories and reports missing books to the Department. Missing books are not replaced. Abuses of the system should be reported to econlibrary@eui.eu .