Making resources available at the Library
Using University Library during the pandemic and Covid 19 restrictions.
Circulation Department and Check-Out Counter
1. In the Circulation Department area users are expected to keep space distance (at least 1.5 meters).
2. Strict sanitary safety precautions should be followed: face masks are required and must be worn completely covering the nose and mouth at all times. When entering the library or approaching library assistants, the hands should be disinfected with disinfectant or hand sanitiser.
3. Library registration or activation of the library account can be done online using Konto czytelnika (Reader’s Account). All payments should be done electronically.
4. Before placing your book request please check the status of your Reader’s account (Konto czytelnika). The account should be active (i.e. should have been activated this academic year, with no due fines, as it is outlined in the Rules and regulations for the Adam Mickiewicz University library system: http://lib.amu.edu.pl/rules-and-regulations/?lang=en.
5. Registered readers who have not yet settled their financial obligations, including fines for overdue books, imposed before March 12, 2020 are asked to make due payments electronically or with the card at the library.
6. Library users who cannot return library materials in person due to the epidemic are asked to arrange for them to be returned by somebody authorised, or alternatively to send them back by post to the following address:
Biblioteka Uniwersytecka
ul. Ratajczaka 38/40
61-816 Poznań
with the accompanying note:”Wypożyczalnia Miejscowa”.
The day of collection at the Circulation Desk will be considered the date of return of the library materials.
7. From July 13, 2021 fines for overdue library materials will be reinstated. In compliance with the List of fees and charges at the University Library – overdue recalled books incur a fine of 0.30 zł/day per item.
Reading Rooms
1. Before placing your book request please check the status of your Reader’s account (Konto czytelnika). The account should be active (i.e. should have been activated this academic year, with no due fines as it is outlined in the Rules and regulations for the Adam Mickiewicz University library system: http://lib.amu.edu.pl/rules-and-regulations/?lang=en/).
2. After entering the reading rooms, users are required to disinfect their hands and show their library card to the library attendant. Readers who do not disinfect their hands will not be able to use library materials from the stacks or from reference collections in the reading rooms.
3. Before using the computers, microfilm readers and scanners located at the library it is mandatory to disinfect the hands with antiseptic liquid.
4. Following sanitary precautions, users are asked to visit the library exclusively for research or educational purposes related to library collections.