Welcome to the AU-IBT Library at Herning Institute of Business Administration and Technology (AU-IBT)
AU-IBT is an academic library which is open to the public.
The library's primary role is to serve teachers and students.
We are pleased to offer a professional and friendly library service to our library users.
Subject coverage
We cover linguistics, economics, electronics, production and textile.
The library's Collection
The library's collection comprises a loan collection of some 30.000 books, a reference collection, and a collection of Danish and foreign journals and newspapers. Besides the loan- collection includes theses, standards, company catalogues, annual reports from a number of companies, primarily Danish, videos. The library's collection is available on open shelves, except for older journals, newspapers, and some statistical year books.
Opening Hours
Opening Hours:
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 9.00 am - 4.00 pm
Tuesday 9.00 am - 6.00 pm
Friday 9.00 am - 1.00 pm
The library is closed for four weeks in July.
Any irregularities concerning the opening hours will be notified on the library's homepage and on "blackboard" under "Announcements".
Facilites
Computer There are niene computers available for information retrieval. These are to be used only for information retrieval, and not for e-mail, chat or internet use which is not for study purposes. Near the entrance you will find the issue desk where you borrow, renew, return and collect reserved materials. The staff at the issue desk will be pleased to answer any questions you may have.
At the back of the library there are four computers which give access to the office software.
Databases The library's catalogue can be used for searching books, journals, magazines, videos, that are available at the library.
The catalogue is available on the internet: www.hih.au.dk
The library subscribes to a number of databases, which our users may use free of charge. These databases can be accessed through the library's homepage.
The staff will instruct you how to use the databases.
Databases which are only accessible at AU-IBT are marked with a key
Study places At the library you will find a few tables where you may sit down and study.
If you need help with information retrieval or simply with finding materials, you are always welcome to approach the library staff for advice or assistance.
Printing All the computers at the library are connected to a printer.
Printing costs 0.50 DDK per sheet.
Photocopying There is one copying machine at the library.
To use the machine you use your study card, if you don't have one you can borrow the library's copycard and pay a price of 0,50 DDK per sheet.
Borrowing materials
The Social Security Card is used as a library card. Foreign students who have not yet received a Social Security Card can borrow books by showing valid ID.
It is very important that you let the staff at the library know if you have moved.
Loan Allowances and Loan Periods
You can normally borrow books from the loan collection for four weeks. You may borrow as many books as you like.
Theses and videos can be borrowed for 14 days and CD-ROMs for two days.
Reference books and journals may only be borrowed for an hour, and some times from late afternoon till next morning or over the weekend. Contact the staff if you want to borrow these kinds of materials.
As a borrower you are personally liable for all materials you have borrowed. If you lose or damage materials borroved from the library, you must pay a compensation fee.
Renewals
If nobody else has made a reservation, you may renew your books. It is possible to renew a book for five times.
You can renew your books at the library's homepage:
1. Select /see/renew your loans
2. Write your CPR-number and your pin code
3. Select renew all if you want to renew all your books (except for interlibrary loans)"
4. Select "view" if you want to be able to renew only some of your books.
5. Select the number beside the book that you want to renew
6. Select "remew"
7. This will bring you back to the list of your books and the date for returning the book has
been changed.
Always remember to log off
If you have problems renewing your books you can contact the library staff at the issue desk, by phone: 96296240, or by e-mail: bib@hih.au.dk
For renewing interlibrary loans or material for which the loan time has been exceeded you have to contact the library staff.
Reservations
If one of the library's books is checked-out, you can reserve the book at the library's homepage. If you have problems reserving a book, you may contact the library staff at the issue desk, by phone, or by e-mail: bib@hih.au.dk
Reserving a book at library's homepage: 1. Select the book you want 2. Select "Request" 3. Write your CPR-number and your pin code.
Always rember to log off
When the material is available we will notify you by e-mail or letter. You must collect the reserved material within 14 days from the date of the notification.
You may also make a reservation of a book that is not checked-out. You use the same procedure as mentioned above. In this case you will not be notified, but you should be able to collect the book next day. You will have to collect the reserved books within one week from the time you made the reservation.
Interlibrary Loans
Interlibrary loan is a service for exchanging materials between libraries (Danish and foreign) with the aim to provide students and teachers with access to materials which the library at AU-IBT does not possess.
You can ask the library to send for materials that the library does not possess from other libraries.
Return of Books
Within the opening hours you return borrowed material to the staff at the issue desk. Outside opening hours you may place the borrowed material in the white box just outside the entrance of the library.
Fees
If you exceed the loan time, you will have to pay a fee.
Recall of loans:
If the loaner does not return the loaned materials within the stipulated loan period, a recall fee will be charged. The fee depends on the number of material loaned: the first recall – 1-7 days: DKK 5 per item borrowed. Second recall – 8-30 days: DKK 25 per item borrowed. Third recall – 31-37 days: DKK 50 per item borrowed. If the due date of the third recall expires or if the material has been lost, the library may re-acquire the material. In cases of compensation of material, a fee of DKK 150 per date and a replacement fee of DKK 150 per unit are added.
Book a librarian
Students can get additional instruction and advice in connection with a project and an assignment. Feel free to contact the library staff for an appointment.
The library will help you choosing the relevant databases and making search strategies. Before the appointment you have to have a specific description of the questions you want to study during the process of your project or your assignment. These questions can be modified during the search process. Besides it will be a good idea to make a list of relevant search words and synonyms for these words. As a help you can use the library's dictionaries.
It is a good idea to make the appointment well in advance.
