1. Permission to Enter the Library Stacks
 
Commensurate with these “General rules” and under limited and specific circumstances, guests may upon application be granted written authorization to directly access the Library stacks and periodicals room in addition to their general access to the reading room.  (Note - rare books are excepted from this procedure).  Such authorization is generally limited to a three month period.  When justified, a continuing period of access may be granted.
 
2. Non-Transferable, Personally Limited Right of Access
 
This written authorization entitles the guest to an electronic identification card (a “yellow card”) which allows access to the Library stacks and journal rooms between 8:00 and 18:50 and the reading rooms from Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 21:00 and on Saturday from 12:00 to 18:00. Guests issued a yellow card must acknowledge: “I have been advised that it is prohibited to give this electronic ID to anyone else or to provide unauthorized individuals with access to the Library stacks or other restricted areas of the Institute.” This authorization does not allow bringing third parties into the Institute or the Library stacks.

Failure to adhere to these rules will result in a revocation of this special authorization and in severe instances may result in the loss of all Library privileges. Library personnel and all members of the Institute have at all times the authority to require guests to present their yellow card for inspection.
 
3. Direct Book Loan from Library Stacks
 
Guests with Library stacks authorization may, in principle, self-check books for their use in the reading rooms and do not need to order materials.  As such, guests with direct access to the Library stacks will be provided with a personal user password from the Head of Reader Services (Room 2).  Upon the removal of any volume from the Library stacks, guests are required to register possession of the book in their corresponding user account.  Several self-check computers are located in the stacks and multimedia room for this purpose.  Guests must open their user account on the Library’s online catalogue and then enter the book with the assistance of a hand scanner.  In cases where an electronic check-out cannot be completed, guests should immediately contact Library staff.
 
Bound journals, law reports and commemorative volumes should promptly be photocopied and in no instance may be checked out for more than three days.
 
Single journal issues and newspapers may not be removed from their Library location for any purpose other than their immediate photocopying.
 
Upon removal of a book from the mobile compactus units, bookends should be adjusted and firmly reset in order to prevent materials from falling out.  
 
4. General Information on the Loan and Return of Books
 
See General Rules I, Paragraphs 9(a) and 9(b)

• Last update: 22 Nov. 2011
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