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• Library Services and Facilities
  • Information Services
  • Interlending
  • Electronic Resource Centre (ERC) / Media Centre
  • Discussion Rooms
  • Photocopying
• Hours
• Collections
  • Open Shelf
  • Short Loan
  • Reference
  • Audio-Visual
  • Continuing Resources
• Library Contact Detail

Library Services and Facilities

Information Services

Information Librarians are responsible for the following services:

• Library Orientation and Training
• Collection development
• Liaison with Academic Departments
• Literature Searches, including Online Searches
• Current Awareness
• Reference Queries

Contact Numbers for Information Librarians:

Economics and Finance

• Jeffrey Luvhimbi @ (012) 382-0515
• Willy Shesoka @ (012) 382-0567
  
  

Interlending

• The ILL service is intended to enable users to gain maximum access to the information sources available in other libraries and information centers
• This service is only available to University staff and postgraduate students
• The loan period of publications obtained via the interlending scheme have to be strictly adhered to as the Library has to return these items to the library from which it was borrowed
• Publications obtained via the interlending scheme should be handled with the same care as the library's own publications
• All library rules are also applicable to this service
• Contact Detail:
  • Jan Moeketsi @ (012) 382-0676

Electronic Resource Centre (ERC) / Media Centre

This unit contains audiovisual material and equipment that can be used to supplement teaching, learning and research programs. In this unit clients are able to access Internet , fax, type, save and/or print documents

Contact Detail:

• Mmuso Makwati @ (012) 382-0674

Discussion Rooms

This facility is available to library clients and bookings are done at the Public Access Area

Photocopying

Photocopying machines are available for use by library clients

Hours

Monday to Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Public Holidays / Long Weekends
Academic Terms
08:00-22:00	08:00-16:00	09:00-17:00	Closed when the Friday is a holiday
TUT Holidays
08:00-16:00	08:00-16:00	Closed	Closed

Collections

Open Shelf

This collection comprises of books that may be borrowed for use outside the library. The loan period depends on the borrower category. The collection is located on the first floor and ground floor of the library.

Short Loan

The collection is made up of items that have been reserved by lecturers because of heavy demand. The collection comprises of prescribed or recommended books, lecturers' personal copies, photocopied material or past examination papers and handouts.

Reference

This is a collection of sources of information that is meant to be used as quick reference like dictionaries as well as for more in-depth reference, for example, encyclopaedias, atlases, bibliographies, etc.

Audio-Visual

This collection include cassettes, audio cassettes and CD ROMs and  it is housed in the Media Centre.

Continuing Resources

This collection consists of the printed journals and newspapers to which the library subscribes. It is housed in the Periodical Section and usage thereof is subjected to the regulations of the section.

Contact Detail:

• Daphney Sebelebele @ (012) 382-0703

Library Contact Detail

Library Head

Fatima Darries @ (012) 382-0672

Ga-Rankuwa Campus Circulation Desk

Thipa Ntja @ (012) 382-0674