Borrowing privileges will be suspended if items are kept for 30 days or more beyond their due date, or if a recalled item is one or more days overdue. Privileges will be restored when the overdue items have been returned.
Replacement bills for the replacement and processing costs shall be sent when items are 60 days overdue. The university reserves the right recover fines from staff salaries and to hold transcripts or certificates until a user pays his/her obligations.
If a member of staff or students fails to return the item (s) on or before the due date, the first fine shall be waived. On the other hand the charges highlighted in Table bellow shall be applied to all consecutive overdue items.
Fine and Penalties for overdue and lost materials:
|
NATURE OF ITEM |
DURATION |
CHARGES |
|
|
Students |
Staff and other users |
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|
Reserved items |
Per hour |
300 RWF |
600 |
|
Open stack- items |
Per day |
500 RWF |
1000 |
|
Over-due recall |
Per day |
500 RWF |
1000 |
|
Lost item |
After 60 days |
Twice the current cost of the item and administrative charges of 40% of the item. |
Twice the current cost of the item and administrative charges of 40% of the item. |
|
Lost items which cannot be replaced eg. out of print |
N/A |
Twice the current cost of the item and administrative charges of 40% of the item. |
Twice the current cost of the item and administrative charges of 40% of the item. |
|
Item lost and found |
2 Months |
Money will be refunded by UR |
Money will be refunded by UR |