FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
The number of loans varies according to membership status.
- Academic Staff: 10 books for 30 days, 2 extensions (each extension 30 days)
- Associate and Undergraduate Students: 3 books for 15 days, 2 extensions (each extension 15 days)
- Master's and PhD Students: 5 books for 30 days, 2 extensions (each extension 15 days)
- Administrative Staff: 5 books for 30 days, 2 extensions (each extension 30 days)
Members who leave the university due to retirement, resignation or other reasons cannot be dismissed without returning the borrowed information resources and paying the fine, if any.
Students are obliged to have the “dismissal document” approved by the library in case of graduation or deregistration. The “dismissal” documents of students who owe the library without returning the borrowed information resources and paying the fine, if any, are not approved.
A member who leaves the University in any way without returning the borrowed information resources is reported to the rector's office for legal action.
Resources with the following qualifications are not accepted as donations to the university library's collection:
a) Those banned by a judicial decision,
b) Those below the university level in terms of subject scope and language used,
c) Those that are outdated, except for manuscripts and rare printed works,
d) Copied (photocopies) and/or those with copyright issues,
d) Those available in sufficient numbers in the library collection,
e) Those who are requested by donors or institutions to request a special place that would disrupt the shelf integrity of the collection,
f) Artifacts in a physical state of disrepair,
g) Separate editions of book chapters and articles of journals, multi-volume works such as journals, encyclopedias, etc., and newspapers are considered within this scope.
The library can be used at any time during certain working hours. However, in case of borrowing information resources, it is compulsory to present an ID card.
Those who have lost their ID card or who cannot obtain it for a long time must bring a document from the personnel department of the university staff and students must bring a document from the student affairs department. Members who are not university staff can borrow resources within the framework of the specified rules, provided that they bring a document from the personnel departments of their institutions.
Reference resources in the reference room, resources in the reserve unit, master's and doctoral theses, rare works, reference works (dictionary, encyclopedia, index, etc.), periodicals, atlases, maps and slides, music scores, collection pieces, artistic materials, etc. Manuscripts and rare printed works, other materials determined by the department and other materials that are inconvenient to take out of the library are not lent. Readers can benefit from such materials only in the library and under the supervision of an officer when necessary.
Members of Izmir Bakırçay University (academic-administrative staff and students) are natural members of our library. However
- Loan-back service,
- Group study room, computer and chair reservation services,
- My Mobile Library' mobile application service,
- Off-campus access service,
- Our users who want to benefit from databases services should apply to the library desk with their staff/student cards and activate their membership.
You can search the library catalog or type your search parameter in the “Catalog Browsing” tab on our homepage.
Click here for catalog browsing.
Dictionaries, atlases, encyclopedias and almanacs are reference sources. Reference materials are not available for loan.
Periodicals cannot be lent, they can only be used in the library.
Daily fines for overdue materials aim to ensure that materials are returned or renewed on time. This ensures that more users benefit from the same resource. A daily fine of 2 TL is applied for each book.
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You can access detailed information about the library late fee through your library account. You can pay your late fee to the bank account below.
In the description section when making online payment: You are required to deposit “T.C. ID No” with the note “Library Service Delay Fee” and send the receipt to kddb@bakircay.edu.tr.
Izmir Bakircay University Department of Strategy Development
IBAN: TR62 0001 5001 5800 7306 3127 54
Academics and administrative staff can request books from other university libraries within the scope of “Interlibrary Loan Service”.
Click here for the Interlibrary Publication Request Form.
If the resource you want is on another user, you can enter the system with your library account and reserve the relevant resource. When the resource is returned to the library, you will be notified to your e-mail address in the system.
Group study rooms can be reserved by online appointment. This reservation period is 4 hours per day.
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You can follow the announcements and events related to the library on the library web page.
Click here to access the library web page.
You have the right to extend the book you have borrowed twice for 15 days each if it has not been reserved by someone else under your “My Pocket Library” or web-based membership transactions. You can also extend your book by using the self-checkout service. If your book extension right has expired, the system does not grant an extension. You can make a transaction by calling the library's information services or by contacting the library.
Information Services Phone Number
0(232) 493 00 00 Extension 11116
If you do not return the borrowed information resources within the due date, you must pay a fine of 2.00 TL per book per day as a late fee in accordance with Article 29 (1) of Izmir Bakırçay University Library Directive.
All reservations for group study rooms, computerized desks and study desks are made through the My Mobile Library application and on the web under your membership process. If there is a problem with reservations, you can get help from the library information unit. You can also access here for detailed information.
Information Services Phone Number
0(232) 493 00 00 Extension 11116
You can apply to the information unit for: loan-return, membership, password request, membership activation, reservation procedures, access problems, interlibrary resource request, transactions within the scope of Izmir Universities Platform, dismissal, use of the locker and other requests, suggestions and problems.
Information Services Phone Number
0(232) 493 00 00 Extension 11116
You can access detailed information about remote access with Vetis here.
You can access our current working hours here.
You can make your resource donations in accordance with our Donation Policy. You can access the Library Donation Policy here.
Izmir Bakırçay Central Library was established to serve the members of the university in line with the academic needs of the university. Due to the limited collection and lack of physical space, it can only serve its members by reservation method. It cannot provide service to people other than those determined within the scope of the protocol organized within the scope of the Izmir universities platform.
With plagiarism (similarity) programs: Plagiarism. Net, Ithenticate and Turnitin password and application processes can be accessed here.
The sanctions to be applied in case of delay, loss and damage are specified in ARTICLE 29- of the Library Directive as follows.
(3) Users who damage information resources inside or outside the Library for any reason are asked to provide a new one. In the event that the user is unable to provide the information source; if it is out of print, the provision of paragraph 5 is applied; if it is still in print, a 50% transaction fee is added to the current sales price of the information source and the cost is collected from the relevant person.
(4) In case a book borrowed from the reserve collection is lost, a 100% transaction fee is added to the current sales price and the cost is collected from the relevant person.
(5) In case of loss or damage to out-of-print books, if the market value of the book can be determined, the TL equivalent of the currency in which the book is to be obtained is calculated based on the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey's foreign exchange selling rate on the day of the Library's transaction, and a 50% transaction fee is added and collected from the person concerned. If the market value of the book cannot be determined, the price determined according to the provision of paragraph 8 shall be collected from the person concerned.
(6) In case of loss of CD-ROMs which are book supplements, the provision of paragraph 3 shall apply.
7) If the number of days of delay penalty exceeds thirty days, a warning letter is sent to the relevant user about the return of the material. If the material is not returned within ten days from the date of notification of the warning letter, these users will be treated in accordance with the Higher Education Law No. 2547, the Civil Servants Law No. 657 and the Student Disciplinary Regulation of Higher Education Institutions. At the same time, the membership of these users will be canceled indefinitely.
You can access the full directive here.