Metaphor system (individual and collective)

Individual loan

A library member who has renewed his subscription, and does not incur any fines or penalties, can borrow 5 books for 14 days, and he can renew the loan for another 14 days by coming, contacting the lending department by phone, or through the  library catalog website.

Library holdings that are not loaned: Individual loans of reference books - dictionaries, encyclopedias, periodicals, audio-visual materials, multimedia, and work tools - are not permitted.

Group loan

The Egyptian Public Library is unique in providing the group loan service, which is a free service provided by the library to government schools, agencies and institutions. The service is provided for an amount of 40 pounds to foreign schools. Under this service, a number of books are lent to participating parties, ranging from 30 to 100 books at a time, and it applies to... This service has the same rules for individual lending in terms of the loan period, renewal, late fines of a quarter of a pound per book per day, and loss fines according to library policy.

Subscription to this service is done upon the request of the entity wishing to subscribe and its information shown in the form prepared for this purpose, and the nomination of one of its employees to carry out the task of selecting books and carrying out borrowing procedures, then returning them to the library on the responsibility of this entity.

Download the collective loan form. Download the file

Delay

In the event that the member is late in returning the books loaned to him on time; He is obligated to pay a late fine of 50 piasters per book for each day of delay for individuals, and 25 piasters for bodies.

Reserve books

A member of the main library or branch can reserve the book that he was unable to borrow because it was loaned to another member. This is done from within the library or through the library’s catalog website, and the book reserve is notified immediately upon returning the book to the library by phone or by SMS on the phone. Mobile.

loss

If a book is lost; The member is obligated to bring a recent copy of the lost book or pay its price according to the library’s discretion. In both cases, he will also pay 20% administrative expenses for each book