Library
Membership
Rules:
Required
Documents
and Membership
Rules:
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Annual
Membership
Fees:
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Age
Category
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Membership
Fees
(In L.E.)
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Family
Membership
Fees(In
L.E.)
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| From
3-20 years |
15
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10
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| More
than 20 and up to 30 years |
25
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15
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| More
than 30 years |
35
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20
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| More
than 60 years |
20
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20
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Circulation
System:
Borrowing:
A
library member, who has renewed his/her membership
and has no overdue fines or penalties, may borrow
up to five books for a period of 14 days. Borrowed
materials may be renewed for another 14-day period
by contacting the Loan Division or through our
web catalog catalog.mpl.org.eg
Overdues:
A
library member, who does not return borrowed materials
by the due date shall pay for each overdue item
a fine equal to 25 Piasters for each overdue day.
Lost
Items:
In
case a borrowed item is lost, the member should
bring to the library a new copy of the lost item,
or else reimburse its price according to the library's
price assessment. In
further, the member shall pay an administrative
fee of L.E.
2.00 for each lost book.
Items
that are not for loan:
The
following materials are available for internal
use only and not for loan: Reference books, A/V
and multimedia materials, government publications,
special collections, and work tools and guides.
Group
Borrowing:
The
Group Borrowing service is a free service that
is exclusively provided by MPL
for the schools, organizations, and other establishments.
Any
institution subscribing to this service may borrow
up to 200 books at a time. The
same regulations for individual loans are also
applied for group loans, in terms of borrowing
and renewal periods, and fines collected for overdue
or lost items.
To
subscribe to this service, the interested institution
submits a request on a special application form,
including all its pertinent information, with
the nomination of one of its staff members to
be in charge of selecting the borrowed materials,
completing the loan procedures, and returning
the borrowed items back to the library on the
responsibility of the institution in question.
Group Subscribtion.
Membership
and Circulation Policies.
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Visits
by Non-Library Members:
Non-library
members are allowed to visit the library free
of charge every Monday
and Friday
of each week, from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m., in order
to make a tour of the library and get acquainted
with its holdings, and the various activities
and services it provides. Non-members are also
allowed to spend a full day inside the library
against a daily charge of two Egyptian
pounds. These
visits are suspended from October
to the end of May.
Library
Usage Rules:
MPL
is asking its members to kindly abide by the following
rules:
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- Comply
with the library opening hours: Daily from 10:00
a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Tuesday
closed)
- Show
the library membership card upon request.
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Renew the
membership card before its expiration date,
or submit the expired card to the security
officers or to the staff in charge of the
membership and circulation desks.
- Do
not show up in places that are not open to library
members.
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Children
under the age of eight should always be taken
care of by a permanent escort during their
presence in the library. They
should never be left unattended in any place
inside the library.
- Smoking
is forbidden inside the library.
- Food
or drinks may not be taken outside the cafeteria.
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The library
holdings, equipment, and furniture should
be maintained intact and prevented from any
damage or spoilage. This
goes equally for the book holdings, the A/V
and multimedia collection, and the viewing,
listening, and computer equipment, as well
as the garden area surrounding the library
building.
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Abide by
the rules pertaining to the use of the Internet
unit, the A/V and multimedia units in the
Adults Division, the Activities room in the
Children Division, and the Computer Training
Center, especially with respect to the required
advance reservation and the specified time
span for their usage. (Please refer to the
relevant regulations that are posted at each
of the referenced locations)
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Computer
equipment in the library should only be used
within the limits of their specified purpose.
It
is entirely forbidden to bring into the library
and operate any outside floppy disks or CD's.
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Compliance
with the book circulation rules adopted by
the library, especially those that relate
to the loan period, overdue and loss fines
(Please review the Library Membership and
Circulation Regulations).
- You
shouldn't go back to the library reading areas
with borrowed materials.
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Verbal complaints
and/or suggestions should be presented to
the relevant Division head. Alternatively,
written complaints should be inserted in the
appropriate complaints & suggestions box,
which is available in each of the library
floors.
- Attempts
to exit the library with any of its holdings
that is illegally taken off the shelves shall
expose the offender to serious consequences
that may lead to the cancellation of library
membership.
Organization
of the Library Holdings:
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- The
library uses the open shelves system.
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It uses the Anglo-American Cataloguing
Rules, 2nd edition (AACR2),
which are compatible with the International
Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD)
and the Machine-Readable Cataloguing Rules (MARC).
The bibliographic data description used in the
library includes the following MARC fields:
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The
Library's Adults Division uses the Dewey
Decimal
Cataloguing
system (DDC)
to organize its holdings. According to this
system, the spectrum of human knowledge is
divided into ten major categories. Following
is a description of the names of those categories,
along with the classification numbers that
designate them:
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Each of these
categories is divided into ten additional divisions,
which are further divided into other subdivisions,
and so forth until the minutest subjects are reached.
A decimal number designates each subject. Books
may be retrieved in the Adults Division through
their Call Number, which is composed of the corresponding
Dewey classification number, in addition to two
letters of the alphabet (the first letter of the
author's name, and the first letter of the book
title). Great
consideration is taken to form various "Interest
Collections." An
Interest Collection includes books that address
some specific topic, which is selected such as
it would comply with the users' needs.
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Books
in the Children and Youth Division are subdivided
according to the following age categories (3-6,
7-10, 11-15). This Division employs a special
system for organizing its book collection; namely,
through the use of a number of subject entries,
which include:
Linguistic Concepts, Mathematical Concepts,
Scientific Concepts, Stories (Arabic-English-French-German),
Poetry & Songs, Theater, Simplified Sciences,
The World Around Us, Games & Entertainment,
History, Famous Personalities, Science, Hobbies,
Arts, Handicraft, Countries of the World, Customs
& Traditions, Sports, Religious Education,
Languages.
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Children
information media in Zaytoun
Branch Library are organized according to
the same system used in the children's library,
through a special arrangement that uses the
following subject entries:
Religions (Islam,
Christianity,
and other religions), Household Education
(Knitting, Cooking, Home Economics), Health
(Nutrition, Medical Literacy), Arts and Decoration
(Decoration, Drawing, Handicrafts, Ornamentation,
Sculpture), Celebrities, Sports & Games
(Physical Fitness, Entertaining Games, Intelligence
Games), Languages and Computer, Social Subjects,
Politics and Economics, Agriculture World
and Botany, Animal World and Birds, Behavioral
Sciences (Personality, Success, Children Rearing
and Upbringing, Dreams, Psychological Problems),
Environment, History (Pharaonic Egypt, Modern
Egypt, Islamic Civilization), Cities and Travel
(Geography, Travel Literature, Maps), Technology
& Electronics, Entertainment Arts (Cinema,
Theatre, Photography, Music, Zodiac Signs),
Management & Training (Skills Development),
Sciences (Biology, Mathematics, Chemistry,
Library & Information Science), Education,
Culture and Intellectual Thinking, Reference
Works (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries).
Collection
Development Plan and Policies.
Library
& Information
Services:
MPL provides
the following library and information services:
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Availability
of print and non-print information sources,
which include books, reference works, government
publications, periodicals, audiovisual and multimedia
materials, E-points, the Internet, and a Digital
Library.
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Guidance:
Guiding and directing users to the locations
of the appropriate information sources, inside
and outside the library.
- Reference
Service: Answering reference queries from print
and non-print sources
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Bibliographic
Searches: Searching the computerized bibliographic
database through the use of the authors' names,
and/or titles or subjects of the materials in
question, and displaying the search output on
the computer screen, or saving it electronically,
or sending it to the inquirer by e-mail, or
printing it on paper.
The relevant library divisions perform the function
of preparing special bibliographies pertaining
to the various cultural activities, or interest
collections, or current events on both the national
and international levels.
- The display
of Interest Collections on current events and
issues of the hour.
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E-points:
This is a new and exclusive service provided
by MPL.
It is based on the idea of collecting the
various electronic information sources pertaining
to some specific subject area, and making
them available through a personal computer
located between the print materials.
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Digital
Library: A number of digital sources are available
through the MPL
Website on the Internet. These include recordings
of the seminars and lectures that were arranged
by the library, in addition to various hyperlinks
through which a number of digital materials
may be accessed through the Internet.
- The Internet:
The Internet service is available to MPL
users through the Internet Unit located in the
Adults Division in the second floor of the library
building.
More information about the Internet Unit.
- Current
Awareness of New Acquisitions: A list published
every three months that includes information
about the library's new acquisitions, which
have been made available during that time period.
Current Awareness on New Acquisitions.
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Core Collection
List at MPL:
This is a list of basic collections of books,
and audiovisual and multimedia materials that
are highly demanded by the library members,
in addition to selections from the works of
cultural, literary, intellectual, and scientific
icons, as well as selections of materials
on historic and national events. This list
should be useful to the libraries that wish
to build, develop, or update their collections.
It is available through MPL
either in printed format or stored on CDs.
- Photocopying
Service.
- Book Loans.
- Group Borrowing.
- Circulation
Rules.
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Automated
Search and Users Services:
MPL is
using the Integrated Automated System for Libraries
(UNICORN), which
is a multilingual, international standard system
that enables the use of Arabic
language along with English language. The system
provides a number of office functions and applications,
such as acquisitions, cataloguing, periodicals
and reports management, the most important of
which is the searching capability of the online
library catalogue, which is known by the acronym
"OPAC."
The user
may access the online library catalogue from inside
the library or from anywhere in the world through
the MPL
Website at: www.mpl.org.eg
Usually,
a searcher would use the library catalogue to
locate any of the following: A specific title,
a work by a specific author, the works available
in the library by a specific author, the various
media available on a specific topic, etc.
The searcher
writes the required term in the relevant search
space. The term could be either a Keyword, a Subject
heading, an Author name, the Title of the work,
the Publishing data, or the Classification number.
The advanced search option makes use of the Boolean
logic operators (AND, OR, NOT) and other more
complicated operators.
After
keying in the search term(s) and executing the
search request, a brief bibliographic list of
available materials appears on the screen, including
the item's call number, title, and author name,
as well as information on the item's circulation
status, and when it is due back to library. In
case the full bibliographic record of the item
is selected, the remaining data will appear on
the screen, which include the edition number,
imprint data (i.e. place of publication, publisher's
name, and publication date), series title, location
of the item (Main or Branch Library, or both),
subject headings relevant to the item, number
of copies available, and the circulation status
for each copy.
The item's
Call Number is considered the principal piece
of information required to locate the item on
the library shelves. This number may take different
forms:
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1. Call number
+ two alphabetical letters representing the first
letter of the author's name, and the first letter
of the book's title: This is used for the information
media that are arranged on the library shelves
according to Dewey Decimal system, as in the Adults
Division in the Main Library.
2. Subject
Entries: This is used in case of the information
media that are displayed on the library shelves
according to their subject entries, as in the
Children Division and Zaytoun Branch.
3. Age Groups:
As in the Children Division in both the Main and
Branch Library. In this case, the subject area
of the item in question must be known.
4. Serial number
that is preceded by the item's code: As in the
case of audiovisual and multimedia materials.
Services available
to the users through the automated system include
the following:
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Graphic
Search Guide (Find it Fast): Assists in conducting
a quick search through the use of thumbnail
images representing a number of main subject
categories and their subdivisions. The search
is executed upon clicking on the relevant image
icon.
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Need Materials:
Enables library members to request the purchase
of new materials or increase the number of copies
available for a particular item.
- Knowledge
Portal: Provides accessibility to a number of
international information resources from the
library end.
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My Account:
Enables a library member to review and check
his/her library account / change the password
/ extend the loan period / change the mailing
address.
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Contact
Us: Enables library members to send their queries
or suggestions electronically to the library,
and receive the corresponding replies.
- Users services
available through the system include as well
a highlight of the items with the highest circulation
rate.
In order to
make use of these services, a password should
be collected from the Circulation Division, on
the library's first floor.
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Cultural
Activities:
MPL
role is not only restricted to the provision of
books and other information media, but extends
to comprise the cultural activities that cover
a variety of interest domains, whether in the
form of high-light activities that address current
issues from a political, economic, or social perspective,
for which the library hosts renowned personalities,
or in the form of normal activities, such as seminars,
poetry evenings, scientific and literary gatherings,
film and theatrical showings, and arts exhibitions;
as well as the sponsorship of the Theatre Group,
the Volunteers Group, and the Literary Club.
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Activities Program for Adults
Children activities
enjoy great attention as well, especially during
the summer season, during which different artistic
workshops and contests are arranged, and various
entertainment and educational games are made available.
That MPL
endeavors to provide a variety of activities for
both the adult and the child, is because it is
actually a cultural center that aims at developing
intellectual thinking and creativity.
Cultural
Activities Program for Children
It is worth
noting that the cultural activities at MPL
are the product of joint cooperation between the
Public Affairs Division, the Adults and Children
Divisions, and Zaytoun
Branch, under the supervision of the Deputy Library
Director.
Public
Affairs Division
Training
MPL
provides several types of training programs, such
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o Basic
training programs for library professionals.
o Advanced
training programs for library professionals.
o Training
the students of library & information science
departments.
o Summer
training for a selected number of graduates
and students:
Each year,
the library makes an announcement about this
type of training during the month of May. Applications
are accepted from graduates and final year students
of Library and Information Science Faculties,
as well as Kindergarten, and Arts and Art Education
Faculties. Preference among the applicants is
in accordance to the library need. The training
is arranged during the summer season and the
"Reading
For All Festival," from June 15 to September
15 of each year. Each trainee is granted a monthly
remuneration and a training certificate, in
addition to a free library membership card.
o Training
courses on the use of computer and its applications,
and the Internet.
Current
Training Programs
Services
Fees:
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o Photocopying:
The
current fees for the photocopying service are
15 Piasters per page.
o The
Internet:
- The
current fees for the Internet service are One
Egyptian
Pounds per hour. Those who want to make use
of this service require advance reservation
and compliance with the relevant usage regulations.
- The
current fee for printing Internet pages is 50
Piasters per page (black and white).
- To
save the Internet output data on a floppy disk,
the disk must be purchased inside the library
at the price of L.E. 2.50. It is not allowed
to use floppy disks that are brought from outside
the library.
o Database
Searching:
The
fees for this service shall be determined at
a later stage, once the appropriate databases
have been made available for searching.
o Library
Visits by Non-members:
The
daily fee is L.E. 2.00 per person. These visits
are suspended from October
to the end of May.
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The
"Reading For All Festival":
The
"Reading For All Festival" is considered
one of the important cultural projects that was
launched by Mrs.
Suzanne
Mubarak,
and is held every year under her auspices during
the students summer vacation, from June 15 to
September 15 of each year. During the festival,
cultural activities directed to children and youth
are intensified, and new works pertaining to "The
Family's Library" project are published.
In fact, thousands of libraries and millions of
Egyptian
families benefit from this latter project, which
provides an opportunity to acquire important works
by renowned writers and icons of culture and intellectual
thinking that cover different fields of knowledge
at a symbolic price. During the festival, all
segments of the Egyptian
people are encouraged to read and acquire knowledge
under a variety of constructive mottos, such as
"Read For Your Child."
In view of the big success that this festival
has achieved on the national level for more than
ten years, it was decided this year to transform
the "Reading For All Festival" from
the Egyptian level to the Arab level under the
auspices of the F.L.,
and under the umbrella of the "Arab Organization
for Education, Culture, and Sciences."
"The
Family's Library" publications:
The
publications list of "The Family's Library"
for the year 2003 include the following works:
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- Wonders
of Imprints in the Biographies of News (Ajayeb
Al-A'thar fi Tarajim Al-Akhbar)/ by Abdul-Rahmaan
Al-Jabarty.
- Description
of Egypt /
written by the scientists of the French campaign
to Egypt;
translated by Zohair
El-Shayeb
(the remaining volumes, with a total of 37 volumes).
- The
Complete Poetry Works / Ahmed
Abdel-Moaty
Hegazy.
- Hearts
and Minds / Ragaa
El-Nakkash.
- The
Wedge / Khairy
Shalaby.
- Stories
from Fadlalla
Osman / Ibrahim
Aslan.
- Water
Chords/ Mohamed
El-Makhzangy.
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The Open Door / Lateefa
El-Zayyat.
- With
Me: A Biography
/ Shawky Deif.
- Lifetime
Leaves / Louis
Awad.
- Men
and Women Whom God Mentioned in the Qur'an /
Dr. Abdul-Rahman
Emeira.
- The
Third Universal War / El-Sayed
Yassin.
- The
End of Man / Ahmed
Mostageer.
- Weapons
of Mass Destruction / Mohamed
Zaki Eweiss.
It
has also been decided to publish the following
two series:
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- The
Egyptian
Woman Creativity
Series:
Highlights the creativity of Egyptian women
writers through 14 different works.
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Autobiographies
of Great Writers and Thinkers: Comprises 14
books and thinkers, including Dr.
Shawky Deif,
Dr. Louis
Awad, Nabaweya
Moussa, Dorreya
Shafik, Mustafa
Sadek El-Rafei,
Ahmed Amin,
Tawfik El-Hakim,
Ahmed Hamroush,
Shokry Ayyad,
and Dr. Taha
Hussein.
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Extension
of the opening hours for library members to start
at 10:00 a.m., instead of 11:00 a.m.
- Opening
the library after 7:00 p.m. on Friday evening in
order to present artistic and entertaining programs.
- Acquiring
a large number of various information media in different
subject areas.
- Intensifying
the cultural programs for adults, children, and
youth.
- Opening
new services locations inside the library, such
as the multimedia room in the Adults Division, and
the audiovisual room in the Children Division.
- Updating
the services locations. For example, the complete
renovation of the audiovisual room in the Adults
Division.
- Intensive
training programs on the use of computer & its
applications, and the Internet
- Intensifying
the cultural contests for library members of different
age groups, and donating awards to the winners.
- Donating
awards to the children and youth among the library
members, who achieve an outstanding rank and superiority
in the different educational stages.
- Train
a number of graduates and students during the period
of the Festival.
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Programs for Adults
Cultural
Programs for Children
Cultural
Programs at Zaytoun Branch Library
Training
Programs on the Use of Computer & its Applications,
and the Internet
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