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Monash University Calendar

Statutes



Chapter 5


Statute 5.1 - The university library

1. In this statute or in any regulations or rules made hereunder unless the contrary intention appears:

'library materials' means books including e-books, serials bound, unbound and electronic, electronic data bases, pamphlets, microcard, microfiche, microfilm, films, slides, film strips, gramophone records, audio tapes in cassettes or open reels, video tapes in cassettes or open reels, floppy disks, optical disks, magnetic tapes and any other electronic media, maps, photographs, index cards, manuscripts, prints items in the library’s digital repositories and any other materials, including electronic resources, in possession of the library;

'the university library' (in this statute called 'the library') means the area and precincts of buildings or parts of buildings called libraries and includes all branch libraries of the university (designated as branch libraries) both collectively and severally as the case may be having regard to the context in which the expression is used.


2. The university librarian shall be responsible for the overall supervision and conduct of the library.

3. A person shall not use the library materials except in accordance with this statute and any regulations and rules made hereunder.


4. Any student who contravenes this statute or any of the regulations or rules made pursuant to this statute shall be deemed to have committed an act of misconduct for the purposes of Statute 4.1 - Discipline.


5. The university librarian may, in accordance with and subject to any regulations and rules made hereunder, withdraw the right of any person to enter the library or to take its library materials on loan or both.


6.1 The Council may make regulations for and with respect to the use of the library including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

6.1.1
prescribing the extent to which and the conditions on which any library materials may be used by any class of persons;

6.1.2
prescribing the fees for late return or compensation payable for the late return of or failure to return any library materials that have been taken on loan from the library;

6.1.3
prescribing the requirements to be met by any person wishing to take on loan any library materials pursuant to this statute or regulations or rules;

6.1.4
prescribing rules of conduct to be complied with by persons using the library;

6.1.5
prescribing the conditions upon which the university librarian may withdraw the right of any person to enter the library or to take its library materials on loan or both;

6.1.6
prescribing or providing for any other matter or thing for which it is necessary or expedient to prescribe or provide for the purposes of this statute; and the Council may make regulations amending or revoking such regulations.

6.2 Regulations made under this statute must be promulgated on the Monash University Calendar website and after being so promulgated must remain on the website for at least 14 days.


7. This statute and any regulations made thereunder do not apply to or in relation to a library on a campus outside Australia.

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