The Library Information Center (LIC) of Azerbaijan University of Technology was established in 1970 and is included to the library system for higher education institutions.
There are over 350,000 printed items in the library fund. Their list includes books, brochures, informational publications, scientific journals, patent literature, newspapers, lecture texts, electronic aids.The major textbooks, teaching aids and scientific literature are both in Russian and Azerbaijani languages in the LIC fund and embraces textile, light industry, food, mechanical engineering, ecology, ICT, tourism and other sectors of the economy. There are also a number of rare books in the LIC fund.
There are library intermediaries in LIC in order to fully and comprehensively meet the needs of the readers. Currently, the number of readers of the LIC is nearly 3,000.The latest version of the "IRBIS 64 UNICODE" (Automated Library Information Management System) program is applied in LIC. More than 3,000 articles, 10,000 books, bibliographic descriptions with up to 300 abstracts, and more than 1,000 readers` survey have been already included in the "Electronic catalog".
LIC gets acquainted with the university`s curriculum, educational programs and scientific research topics, and periodically informs the Departments with a list of newly acquired books.
I. General rules
1.1 The library is available to the faculty,researchers, students, undergraduates, doctoral students of the university.Outsiders can only use the reading rooms.
1.2. Readers of the library are given books,magazines, newspapers, lecture material, electronic resources. At the request of readers, books can be requested from other libraries.
1.3. Registration to the library is conducted on student ID cards and employee IDs.Temporary library cards are issued to outsiders
1.4. The readers are registered annually. They are required to submit the books at the end of the school year,and then order and receive them again.
1.5. If the reader stops using the library he must take all the books back registered in his name.
1.6. In case of a change of workplace or study the reader is obliged to return the books within ten days.
II. Rules for the use of literature
A - Loan services
2.1. Scientific literature is issued for the year in the following quantities
2.2. Rare and handwritten publications,dissertations, abstracts of the house are not issued.
2.3. In case of non-return of the book in time, the reader is deprived of the right to use the library for one month, and in the second case - for two months.
2.4. Books issued from other libraries are issued for one month.
B - Reading rooms
2.6. Permanent users can take the necessary literature as required for 10 days. The correspondence students use the reading rooms throughout the session.
2.7. It is prohibited to take books out of the hall, in case of leaving the hall, the book is returned to the employee of the reading room.
2.8. In the reading room, users are obliged to follow the rules approved by the library.
III. The reader should know that
3.1. Care should be taken with library publications;
3.2. Upon receipt of the book, the reader must examine it and report possible defects. Otherwise he will be responsible for damage to property;
3.3. It is not allowed to make any marks, tear pages or copy content;
3.4. In case of loss or damage to the library book, the reader is obliged to prov idea similar copy or pay the cost often fold.
Azerbaijan National Library named after M.F.Akhundov
The Central Library of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
The Library of Baku State University
The Library of Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University
The Republican Scientific and Technical Library
Moscow, the State Public Scientific Technological Library
Moscow, the Library in the Central Polytechnic College
Moscow, Scientific and Technical Information Center of Russia
Moscow, the Russian State Library
Ufa,the Library of Bashkir State University
The National Library of Latvia
Library of Tashkent Polytechnical Institute
Turkey, Trabzon-Black Sea Technical University