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Services

 Loans, Online Renewal and Reservation

Most books are allowed borrowings, except the Reference and special collection such as dissertation / theses and conference
proceedings. The library-computerized system allows online renewal by the individual by each patron; and also reservation of
books when materials on loan to other user.
 Inter-library loan and Document Supply Services

Inter-library loan facilities and document delivery services are available for postgraduate students, researchers and academic
staff of the Faculty of Built Environment. Requests to these services are facilitated via the Library interactive portal, which can be
submitted to the Library management electronically. A special budget is allocated for this purpose with deposit accounts
established at the British Library (U.K) and National University of Singapore (Singapore).

 Access to Other Resource Centres in Malaysia

Registered students and academic staff of the University Malaya are allowed to visit and use (for reference only) other academic
/ public university libraries in Malaysia, as a part of the resource sharing programme.

 User Education Programme

Special user education programme is conducted at the beginning of each session for new students to familiarize them with the
use of library resources and library catalogue (Pendeta WebPAC) and other library facilities.
Postgraduate students, academic staff and researchers of the Faculty are given special Information Skills workshop; to cater for
information needs at a regular basis.

Facilities

 Self-Photocopying Machines

Photocopying services operated by commercial contractors are provided in the Library. Card-operated machines are available.

 Computers (PC)

Computers with Internet connections are provided for use in the Library for searching information from Library resources and
other online databases subscribed by the Library.