Client Engagement
Circulation
LIBRARY OPERATING HOURS DURING COVID-19MAIN LIBRARY
BRANCH LIBRARIES
WHO MAY BORROW BOOKS?Any current student, faculty or staff of the University of Zimbabwe with a valid University of Zimbabwe ID. HOW TO BORROW LIBRARY MATERIALSSubmit a list of your book requirements at Circulation Desk. Books are borrowed at Circulation Desk and returned at the same place on due date. Your University of Zimbabwe student or staff ID serves as your Library card. Bring items and valid University of Zimbabwe ID to the Circulation Desk. Please check out materials at least 15 minutes before closing time.
LENGTH OF BORROWING PERIODS
OVERDUE FINES
Users with outstanding fines will not be allowed to borrow books. LOST AND FOUND Ask at the Reference Desk for lost materials |
Library Rules
LIBRARY RULES AND REGULATIONSLibrary users:
SPECIFIC FINES ARE IMPOSED FOR BREACH OF ABOVE RULES AND REGULATIONS |
Membership
StudentsUndergraduate and post graduate, part-time and occassional students with a valid ID card are registered to use the library in the Reader Services Division. StaffAcademic staff,visiting researchers and contract staff with valid UZ ID can be registered for borrowing in the Reader Services. Approved Reader MembershipThese are non-University customers. Membership comes with a fee paid in the bursar's department. This membership is vetted by the Head-Reader Services. Academic staff and all staff spouses and children and emeritus professors, ambassadors can be registered as Approved readers without paying the designated fees. An Entry Pass is given upon registration at the Reader Services Reference Desk. This membership does not come with borrowing previleges. |
Services
ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICESThe UZ Library provides electronic access to a wide range of Electronic Information resources including full content journals, Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD), Database of African Theses and Dissertations (DATAD) abstracts only, Online Past Exams, Institutional Repository database (IR), full-content databases, indexing and abstracting databases. These resources can be accessed via the library website. The subject resources databases are links created by faculty subject librarians. These are gateways to resources in the various subject areas. Here you will find details of journals available through the Programme for the Enhancement of Research Initiative (PERI) programme as well as others in various subject areas. INTERNET SERVICES
The library also offers the following Internet services
READING ROOMSThe UZ library offers pleasant and inviting reading environment for the purpose of study and research. These include lower and upper reading rooms, carrels and adjoining reading rooms in the stack rooms. BINDING MATERIALSThe Library offers binding services for students’ Theses and Dissertations at a fee. At a cost of $12.00 per copy equivalent to prevailing RBZ Auction Rate. INFORMATION DESKThe Information Desk is located on the ground floor and is manned by Library professionals during the day and in the evenings. Do not hesitate to consult the desk on:
THE ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS (OPAC)The catalogue is a large database listing most of the material in the Library. You can use OPAC from any of the computers in the Library or from any PC with access to the campus wide network. You can find books by author, title, key word and or subject. The entry will give you the location and full bibliographic record. The map in the Main Hall will tell you where to find that location number. If you know how to use the OPAC you will make better use of the library and also save yourself a great deal of time. |
Disability Support Services
What Library services are available for Persons with Special Needs?The UZ Libraries is committed to providing services and facilities that support access to library resources by all users including persons with special needs. There are assistive devices and services for users with special needs available in the Main and Disability Support Services (DSS) Libraries.
Retrieval of Information For users whose condition prevents them from using the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) machines in the library, to search and retrieve library materials, library staff can assist to locate required items. Library staff can also assist in retrieving known library items from the library shelves. Visit or contact the Main Circulation Desk in the Main Library on Extension 12012 for assistance.
Special Needs Corner The Main Library has a Disability Support Services Corner (DSS) with a Desktop Magnifier and five desk
For assistance on accessing the Special Needs Corner, contact the Circulation Librarian (call Extension 12011, or mailto: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
DSS Library This is a branch of the UZ Libraries established to provide more customised services for people with special needs in the form of assistive technologies, support services and training. The Library is located in the DSS Building at the UZ Main Campus and it hosts an assortment of assistive devices, computers and laptops equipped with software that empowers the blind and the low vision to independently access information in the Library. For details on services and materials available, visit the page Disability Resource Centre Library. |