Rules of the Human Sciences Libraries.

The Human Sciences Libraries Unit aims to provide students and University staff: the access to the resources necessary for the achievement of educational and research objectives; the development, organization and preservation of Library collections in order to ensure optimal use of resources, and to set up an effective system of access to remote resources; to offer services related to learning and research needs, also through the use of appropriate technologies and the adoption of innovative solutions.

- Arts and Performing Arts Library

- Economics Library

- Modern Languages Library

- Psychology and Socio-pedagogical Library

- Paolotti Humanities Library

In the Human Sciences Libraries there are three catagories of users:

1. Institutional users of the University of Parma: students (including international students); teaching, research and technical-administrative staff; holders of research grants and fellowships; scholars.

2. Persons resident in Parma and the provincial territory.

3. Non-residents persons in Parma and the provincial territory.

The Human Sciences Libraries ensure the widest range of opening hours of the libraries according to the staff on duty. The opening hours are brought to the public attention by posting and publishing on the web pages. Any temporary reductions in hours are promptly communicated, ensuring maximum efforts for the full resumption of the service.

In the Economics Library, access is regulated by turnstile gates, so it is essential to have the student card to access. Those who, not enrolled in the University of Parma, need to consult books or periodicals for documented study and research needs, must request temporary access authorization from the Person in charge of the U.O. Human Sciences Libraries.

Access to the libraries and reading rooms is free, while the conditions to access services vary according to the category of users, as specified below.

The student card is a strictly personal document and cannot be given away.

The Libraries are places dedicated to study and research. Users must respect the rules and adopt appropriate behavior in the fruition of bibliographic materials, services and spaces. In the Library it is forbidden to:

- give the student card away to another person to access library services

- use other person's student card to access library services

- damage materials and equipment in any way and changing their arrangement

- leave on tables or throwing litter or plastic bottles on the floor

- underline or write on library books and documents

- disturb, in any way, the study and work

- use mobile phones to make and receive calls

- tamper with equipment and hardware or software components of the libraries computers

- eat food and drink beverages inside the reading rooms; water bottle is allowed

- carry out advertising or propaganda activities by any means

- leave books and personal belongings unattended, with respect to which the libraries disclaims any liability in case of theft or loss

- reserve seats by occupying them for other users 

- smoke cigarettes and electronic cigarettes

- introduce animals

- introduce scooters

The Library staff is allowed to clear study seats in case of absence for more than 30 minutes. If the user engages in gross misconduct and disrespectful behavior towards people, materials and equipment of the libraries and, when reminded of the regulations by the staff, does not comply, he/she may be temporarily suspended from all library services.

All printed bibliographic materials owned by the libraries can be freely consulted during opening hours. For the Economics Library, see Section 4.1. In all libraries, material stored in external depots or otherwise not available on open shelves must be requested in advance. All information on how to reserve materials are available on the libraries web pages and in the online catalog. Access to e-journals, e-books, databases and other online resources purchased by subscription is restricted to the University users.

An orientation service is available at the libraries in order to provide basic information on the use of the catalog and the organization of services and collections. Bibliographic information and referene service, particularly in the use of databases and electronic periodicals, is available by appointment and reserved for institutional users.

Institutional users and persons residing in the municipality of Parma or in the provincial territory (see point 2.) are admitted to borrowing. The non-resident peolple in the municipality of Parma or in the provincial territory may be admitted temporarily upon request and authorization of the Person in charge of the U.O. Human Sciences Libraries. If granted, the authorization expires at the end of the current year.

In all libraries, the following are materials excluded from lending: old, rare and valuable books, exhibition catalogs, art books and theses; reference works (encyclopedias, dictionaries, glossaries, directories), collections of laws, tests, periodicals, deteriorated books, special and non-print materials, volumes not yet inventoried, not cataloged, or without shelf mark. Volumes in examination programs may also be excluded from loan if they are owned in a single copy.

The service can be accessed by registration to be done in the University Libraries. At the moment of the registration:

- students must show their student card and communicate their university registration number or tax ID numbers;

- external users must present a valid ID and communicate a telephone number and e-mail address.

Any changes of residence and/or domicile, telephone number and e-mail address must be communicated to the Library. All libraries protect, by law, the processing of personal data. In order to be able to receive a book on loan, front office staff may ask for a student card, or, in its absence, IDs. Books in the examination program that are eligible for borrowing may be lent for seven days. Borrowing books using other people's callsign is not allowed. Responsibility for borrowing is individual: penalties for late return, loss or damage are always charged to the person who registered the borrowing of books on his or her name. If you are unable to pick up the book, you are allowed to delegate another person, but you must notify that by e-mail to the library. The number of loans and renewals allowed and the duration are given below.

STUDENTS AND UNIVERSITY STAFF

Volumes: up to 6 for the Paolotti Humanities and Economics libraries. Up to 3 for all other libraries

Duration: 30 days (7 days for books in examination program)

Renewal: 30 days + 30 days (2 renewals allowed)

 GRADUATING STUDENTS AND PHDs

Volumes: up to 10

Duration: 30 days

Renewal: 30 days + 30 days

PROFESSORS AND RESEARCHERS 

Volumes: up to 20

Duration: 90 days

Renewal: 275 days

OTHER USERS

Volumes: up to 3

Duration: 30 days

Extensions: 30 days

Extensions: 30 days

The user can reserve documents that are temporarily unavailable, because they are already out on loan, through the appropriate option in the libraries catalog, or by contacting the front office staff. When the reserved document is returned, the user will receive an e-mail from the system and will have 3 working days to pick it up: at the end of the 3 days, the uncollected material will be considered free and readmitted to circulation. Through the loan request, which is made directly from the catalog where permitted, the user, on the other hand, has the option of securing a two-day priority on books that are available on the shelf.

You can renew the loan of each document, according to the number of extensions provided, from your personal space of the online catalog, or by contacting the Library via phone or e-mail. For 30-day loans, renewal can only be requested during the last seven days of the loan's validity, including the day of expiration and no later than two days after that. For 7-day loans, renewal may only be requested during the last three days of the loan's validity including the day of expiration and no later than two days from it. It is not allowed to renew the loan of reserved documents.

Borrowed books, in the absence of a request for renewal, must be strictly returned to the Library by the due date. Those who return the borrowed books late, after the tolerance period of 2 days, will be suspended from service for a number of days equal to the amount of the delay. Return by mail is allowed as an exception and must be via registered mail with return receipt. The borrower is responsible for any postal loss or damage.

For materials that cannot be borrowed, except for journals and valuable materials, there is the night/holiday loan, by which a maximum of two documents may be requested one hour before the library services close, with the obligation to return them by 10:00 a.m. on the first day the library reopens. In the Library of Economics, night and holiday borrowing does not apply to books in the examination program and books included in bibliographies for the bachelor's degree examination.

If a volume is lost or damaged, the borrower must give the library an identical copy of such volume, or purchase another one of equivalent value specified by the library.

The Human Sciences Libraries Unit acquires and makes available to institutional users ebooks related to its subject areas. Digital lending of ebooks normally has a duration of 7 days. The procedure, by which users download the book to their reading device (computer, tablet, ereader, etc.), requires prior authentication with University credentials.

The purpose of this service is to provide books and articles not available in Parma's libraries by requesting them from other libraries, as well as to borrow books and provide copies of articles owned by the Human Sciences libraries to other libraries upon request. The material requested through this service must be used for study purposes and in accordance with current copyright law. At the Human Sciences Libraries, interlibrary loan is centralized and divided into three service points: the Paolotti Humanities Library, the Business Library and the Language Library.

The service is reserved for students, teaching staff of undergraduate courses in the fields of economics and humanities at the University of Parma, and staff of related departments. Materials owned by the Humanities Libraries are sent only to libraries and not to private citizens.

The service is free for users, except for a possible refound to the lending library: for libraries with reciprocal agreements, the sending of materials is free of charge; in other cases, a refound may be required. Details of how the service is provided are on the page about interlibrary loan and article supply.

Users may reproduce materials owned by the libraries in compliance with current copyright law; in case of violation, they are personally liable. In the libraries, with the exception of the Library of Arts and Entertainment, multi-function printers are available, connected to the PCs in the reading rooms. The service is accessed by authentication; each user has a small daily non-cumulative credit available for free.

The service, reserved for institutional users, allows them to use the libraries computers for study and research purposes by authenticating with university credentials. Two computers reserved for consulting specialized databases are available at the Economics Library with a single license. Reservations are required for access. In all libraries, computers dedicated to consulting the libraries electronic catalog are free access.

All libraries are covered by the University WiFi: institutional users can access the Internet directly from their mobile devices by authenticating with university credentials.

The Human Sciences Libraries organize training activities on the use of information resources and services offered.