**Updated as of 01 April 2022 

The library remains closed to the public until further notice. Temporarily, only UPB employees and students can avail of services and enter the library. Library users (students, faculty, staff) who wish to visit the library to do research are required to set an appointment by accomplishing an online appointment form. Vaccination card or RT-PCR test result, and UP ID shall be presented at the triage center upon entry.

Outside researchers are still not allowed to enter the library but may use online platforms for their request subject to existing policy for external researchers.

Standard health protocols are observed as follows: 

   » Everyone is obliged to use a face mask and face shield and must observe safe physical              

     distancing of at least 1 meter. 

   » A thermal scanner with disinfectant is installed at the library entrance to monitor temperature not   

      exceeding 37.5 degrees.

   » An online log-in system is also available where employees can log in by scanning their UP ID card          in the barcode scanner.  

   » Returned books will undergo 72-hour quarantine before re-circulation.

   » Computers and other library equipment are disinfected every after use. 

   » Everyone is required to bring and use their own writing implements when transacting. 

   » Reading areas will be available with safe physical distancing (faculty only).

   » Regular disinfection for the whole library is conducted every Thursday at 3:00PM onwards..

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

    » All books borrowed since the start of the quarantine (last March 2020) are automatically                         extended, but shall be immediately returned/renewed if all forms of quarantine is lifted.

    » Request for e-copy of selected pages or chapters from a copyrighted book (Resources On                       Demand) in the physical collections should not exceed 10% of total pages - excluding preliminary         pages.

    » Use of materials requested through document scanning is subject to the provisions of the                       Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines and the Intellectual Property Policy of the UP System. 

    » Requests made after office hours, work suspensions, and during holidays shall be served on the           next working day.

   »  The following are the suspended library services until further notice: use of library spaces,                       facilities, and equipment like the use of reading areas or discussion rooms; outside researchers;           conducting face-to-face reference services; and conducting library benchmarking tours.

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