INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTRE

UTP Information Resource Centre (IRC) was established in July 1997 as a support centre for academic activities of the university. Housing an approximately 183,000 volumes of items, the collection comprises of wide varieties of printed and non-printed materials ranging from books, periodicals, in-house reports, audiovisuals and multimedia. The collection also includes an expanding range of electronic resources such as interactive CD-ROMs, e-books, e-journal and online databases. With intent focus on the field of engineering and technology, IRC aims to provide adequate and up-to-date information resources to cater the increasing demands of the clientele, which has different levels of information needs for their researches, self-teaching or multi-learning environments. In line with rapid IT development, IRC is committed to incorporate high-tech and up-to-date IT infrastructure. At present, IRC is equipped with integrated library system known as Millennium (by Innovative Inc.) to promote efficient information retrieval thus enables users to explore not only resources at IRC but also from all over PETRONAS Group-wide Resource Centres.

Milestone

Rules and Regulations

All users should adhere to Rules & Regulations set by Academic Resource Comittee Members. Any infringement of the rules and regulations will results certain penalties by the Information Resource Centre management. The rules and regulation are as follows:

1.     Membership card must be worn at all times within the Resource Centre premises. 

2. Conduct prejudicial to the proper use of the Resource Centre is forbidden. Particularly, silence must be observed at all times in or within the Resource Centre premises. 

3.     Eating, drinking & smoking is prohibited in the Resource Centre. 

4.   Use of handphones is not allowed in the Resource Center. Users must switch of their handphones before entering the Resource Centre area. 

5.   Personal items such as bags, umbrellas, parcels, cases, etc. are not allow to be brought into the Resource Centre except for the files & books.

6.  Users of Resource Center should be properly attired. Sandals, slippers, shorts, singlets & tight-fitting garments are strictly prohibited in the Resource Centre. Resource Center staff has the right to ask/demand any users who is considered improperly dressed to leave the Resource Centre. 

7.     Caps, hats, helmets or pets are not allowed in the Resource Centre. 

8.   Resource Centre does not supply telephone service for users & does not accept any incoming calls on their behalf. 

9.    Seats in the Resource Centre may not be reserved. Unattended books, files, bags or other personal belongings left on the tables may be removed by the Resource Centre staff to make room for other readers. 

10.Cleanliness must be maintained at all time in or within the Resource Centre premises.

11. Users should use Resource Centre facilities & equipment with care. No Resource Centre materials may be removed from the Resource Centre unless the Resource Centre staff has properly issued them.

12. Resource Centre books should be placed on trolleys, while newspapers and journals on their designated racks & places after being used. 

13. All books and personal belongings must be shown to the staff at the Resource Centre whenever required to do so. 

14. Users must adhere to all rules & regulations governing photocopying and shall be fully responsible for any breach thereof. 

15. All Resource Centre books & materials must be returned to the Resource Centre before their respective due dates & before any academic & non-academic staff goes on sabbatical or annual leave. Any late due will be fine RM0.20 per day per book. 

16. Resource Centre staff have the right to ask any user who is considered causing disturbance to leave the Resource Centre. Sleeping is not permitted in Resource Centre. 

17. Resource Centre will not be responsible for any loss, damage or misplacement of user belongings. 

18. Resource Centre has the right to suspend or terminate the users' membership or borrowing privileges for any infringement of Resource Centre rules. 

19. Lost of Resource Centre membership card must be reported immediately to avoid irresponsible/illegal usage of borrowing privilege. Students/staff are to bear all costs incurred if such facility is abused. Resource Centre will not entertain any complaint whatsoever as users is fully responsible for the safety of their membership cards.