- The document provides information about the services and resources available at the KATHO Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West-Vlaanderen library in Kortrijk, Belgium. - It outlines borrowing policies for students, including loan periods of 1 month and late fees of €0.20 per book per week. - Various sections and resources are described, such as journals, newspapers, computers, printers, databases, and fiction books. Quiet study spaces and classrooms are also mentioned.

1. Welcome to the library KATHO Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West-Vlaanderen Associatie K.U. Leuven Centrale Bibliotheek Doorniksesteenweg 145 8500 Kortrijk Tel: 056/26 40 94 Fax: 056/26 40 92 [email_address] Http://www.katho.be/bibliotheekkortrijk

2. Alarm security system

3. Obligated lockers for bags

6. Loan desk, information desk

9. Journals by department e.g. Technology and Informatics (VHTI)

10. Reading corner, general magazines

11. Newspapers

12. Quiet study room

13. Computers ! Thin Clients and PC’s

14. All our computers have access to the internet. None can install extra programs (network). You can log in to our network with your own laptop. There is a free wireless connection / also there are red UTP cables were you can plug in. It’s not allowed to plug out one of our cables. If you use one of our computers : Please, choose a thin client model : Always use your own login : you can manage your own folders, no one can delete your work, you have access from each thin client, we’ll assure you the necessary back up, … If no thin client available, you can use a PC : there is no login (so no personal records, everyone can use/delete your work, no back up garantee..). On a PC you can read a CD (no writing), and use the internet. Specific databases are available : e.g Bel First , Automotive Handbook … etc).

15. Copier downstairs : copy, print, scan upstairs : copy, print

20. USB-sticks, floppy disks, CD’s

22. FICTION : Novels

25. Books classification : by subject ( in Dutch )

28. Thesis, Dissertation

29. Standards for technical design

30. Multimedia

31. Video, DVD,CD’s (Ask the staff)

32. Classrooms

34. Laptops and beamers Use in library only !