Neapolis University Pafos

Library

Library Committee

The Library is supervised and supported by the Library Committee which is appointed by the Rector of the University who serves as the President of the Committee as well. The LC  is composed by one representative of each Academic Department, the Director of Information & Learning Services and the Head of Library.

The duties of the committee include:

• To provide liaison between the faculty and the Library administration in all matters of Library policy
• To allocate funds, from the annual budget of the library, to individual Schools, for the purchase of books, journals and periodicals;
• To approve library policies and regulations which govern the functions of the library
• To receive the  Annual Report summarizing the activities and achievements of the library and assess the quality of the library services
• To receive annual reports on financial problems, allocation of space, facilities for research, and any other matters within its jurisdiction.

The president of the Library Committee is responsible of calling meeting at his own crisis or after one of the members of the committee submits such a proposal.

Head of Library

• Management of the  human resources of the Library
• Supervision & providence for the effective operation of Library Departments
• Compilation of Library Policies (Acquisitions, collection development, fines policy)
• Collaboration with the Accounts Department for the utilization of financial resources
• Proposal of library budget allocations
• Submission of request for purchasing library material and equipment
• Liaison between academic staff and librarians
• Maintainance of current awareness issues referring to Academic Libraries
• Representation of Library  to professional conferences and library events

Acquisitions Department

Monographs & Audiovisual material

• Collection, review and forwarding of new material orders to vendors
• Observance of acquisition procedure and update of requesters on the order status
• Receipt of new material and invoice control, Forwarding of invoices to Accounts
• Communication with vendors for due orders, damaged material etc
• Observance of acquisitions statistics and vendor evaluation
• Update of Library Manager for acquisition expenses and budget absorption

Print Periodicals

“Periodicals” is a general term used to describe publications that are issued at regular intervals (i.e., weekly, monthly, and quarterly). It includes journals, magazines, newspapers, yearbooks. The Office of periodical publications has the following duties

• Ordering receiving, processing, claiming current issues of serials
•  Assistance  in preparing invoices for the accounting department
•  Preparation of past issues for Binding
• Observance of  titles changes and update of WebOpac
• Physical weeding, shifting, and maintenance of holding records in the library's online catalog. 

Technical Services Department

• Cataloguing according to the Anglo-American cataloguing Rules 2 (AACR2)
• Subjects and classification number allocation according to Library of Congress Subject Headings & Library of Congress Classification System
• Creation of Authority Files
• Stamping, and adhesion of RFID Tags and signs to items
• Observance and maintenance OPAC

User Services Department

Reference Services

• Conduction of bibliographies according to teaching courses
• Reserve collection management in collaboration with Teaching Staff
• Search, tracking and selection of Reference material
• Indexing and management of electronic  
• Collaboration with IT Dept. for webpage design & update
• Collection of statistics and observation of service quality indicators.
• Conduction of User Satisfaction Surveys & management of user dissatisfaction
• Constant update of Library staff on new policies & regulations as well as oncurrent awareness issues referring to librarianship

User Support Services

• Circulation management  (fines, recalls, holds, pendency updates)
• Inter-library loan and document delivery services
• User training seminars (information literacy program)
• Design and publication of print and electronic library guides
• Acquaintance of users with the regulations of the library
• Registration of new library users
• Observance of library incomes and deposit to accounting department

The Neapolis University Pafos Library provides access to a rich collection of media from printed books to electronic databases. It supports the teaching and research missions of NUP University and scholarly communities.

It employs a dynamic and diverse staff who offer innovative and flexible services to library readers.

Resources

• Print material: books, reports, serials
• On-line resources: WebOpac, e-journals, e-books, scientific databases
• Digital material: academic repository
• Audio-visual material: scientific CDs & DVDs

Services

• WebOpac (On-line Public Access Catalog)
• Loan of material
• In house-use of print serials
• In-house use of Reference material
• Interlibrary loan & document delivery services
• Access to full text scientific databases
• Access to electronic journals
• Provision of research tools (e.g. bibliographic databases, RefWorks)
• Information literacy seminars (guidance to use of electronic resources)
• Seminars on the effective use of research tools and the LRC regulation
• Electronic and conventional reference services provision
• Provision of open study areas and silent study room
• Provision of audiovisual equipment for library material
• Printing and photocopying facilities

Collection Content

• Extended scientific book-collection relevant to academic disciplines
• Reference material (dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, reports)
• Limited non-academic content meeting the broader fields of interest of the academic and the local community
• Collection of organizational and government statistics and reports
• Collection of NUP dissertations and PhD Theses (repository)

Location-Access

The Library is located in the heart of the University Campus, directly after the main entrance of the University and next to the Admissions Department.
Postal address & Contact:
Danais 2 Ave.
8042 Kato Pafos
Cyprus
Tel. 00357 26843313
Email: infolib@nup.ac.cy 

Library Opening hours

Learning Resources