Services and Library Regulations

Registration and service provision to Library users in all Library units.

All members of the University community as well as other citizens of the Republic of Lithuania and foreign countries can become the Klaipėda University Library users.
Users have the right to read all documents stored in the Library's Collections and to use the services provided according to the Library's established procedures. 
It is regulated by Klaipėda University Library and Research Information Center Use Regulations.

University students, lecturers, and staff are served upon presenting one of the following valid personal identification documents:

• Lithuanian student ID;
• a valid personal identification document;
• international student ID card (ISIC).

Other individuals who are not members of the University community are served only with a valid personal identification document.

Members of the university community are granted the right to use the Library and the Scientific Information Center upon signing a contract with the University: students sign a study agreement, and employees sign an employment contract, in which they commit to complying with the University's internal regulations and Library rules. Library services are provided only after familiarizing oneself with these regulations.

Please confirm that you have read the Library and Research Information Center Use Regulations and agree to comply with them: 

• Student's agreement to comply with the Library's regulations;
• Employee's agreement to comply with the Library's regulations.

• Provision of information about all the KU Library holdings and services (face-to-face, by phone, online):
• Consulting on information:
  • how to make search in:
    • KU Virtual Library;
    • KU DSpace-CRIS (KU Research Management System);
    • Lithuanian Virtual Library;
    • iBiblioteka (Information Resources of Lithuanian Public Libraries);
    • in subscribed databases, in the resources of open access, and other kinds of information resources;
    • on the bibliographical description of publications and compiling lists of publications.

• Documents from Collections stored in all Reading Rooms are not lending for the reading at home.
• The Terms of Lending of Documents

Books can be borowed by users for:

• semester,
• month,
• a week,
• for 3days.

Borowing term may be extended by user's request if the documents are not requested by other users.

• If the borrower fails to return the documents on time the fine will be charged:
  • 0,05 for each delayed day of each document when documents were lended for a week, a month or a semester;
  • 0,90 for each delayed day of each document when documents were issued for 3 days;
  • user-debtor has the right to use KU Library's services only after paying the fine.
• Last working day of the month is the day of internal service. Library's services for users are not provided.

Service is providing at the Faculty Libraries.

• non-colour printing:
  1 A4 – €0,10
  1 A3 – €0,20
• colour printing:
  1 A4 – €0,50
  1 A3 – €1,00

Laminating of documents
Library of Natural Sciences (84 Herkaus Manto Street, V building, Room 319)

• A4 – €2,00
• A5 – €1,70
• 7,5 x 10,5 – €1,00

Binding of documents
Library of the Social Sciences and Humanities (5a S. Nėries Street)

<100 pages – €3,00
>100 pages – €4,00

Introducing users groups to:

• the information system of the KUL;
• services provided by the KUL;
• search of information and data in the subscribed databases and open access resources.