Readers' Guide
1. Please pay attention to your appearance and behaviors in the Library.
2. Please do not bring flammable or explosive materials into the Library, and do not smoke or use open flames in the Library.
3. Please deposit your belongings into the lockers but carry your valuables with you.
4. Please do not take books out of the Library unless you have completed the borrowing procedures, otherwise you may be punished according to relevant regulations.
5. Please keep quiet in the reading area and mute your cell phone.
6. Please take good care of the books and other properties in the Library. Indemnity is required in case of damage.
7. Please keep the Library clean and tidy. Do not bring food, beverage and the like into the reading areas, and do not spit or litter in the Library.
8. Please observe public order, abide by various rules and regulations of the Library of Tianjin Airport Economic Area Culture Center, and assist the officers of the Library in management.
9. In the event of emergency, please evacuate according to the guidance of the officers.
Guide on book borrowing and returning
I. Book borrowing and returning
1. Please borrow a book upon your valid reader's card. You may handle the borrowing procedures at the service desk of the book borrowing area, or through a self-service borrowing/returning machine.
2. You may handle the book returning procedures through a self-service borrowing/returning machine, or at the service desk of the book borrowing area.
3. The quantity and sort of borrowable books and the borrowing period are subject to the functions of the reader's card.
4. Newspapers, periodicals, reference books and CD can be read or used only in the Library.
II. Renewal
1. Borrowed books may be renewed once before expiration of the borrowing period. The period of renewal is subject to the functions of the reader's card.
2. It is recommended to renew the books at least one work day before expiration of the borrowing period, so that you may still handle the renewal or returning procedures at the Library in case of failed renewal.
3. How to renew
(1) Log in the website of the Center (www.taeacc.gov.cn), click “Library”, and enter “My Library” through “User Login” to renew the books;
(2) Go to a service desk in the Library to renew the books;
(3) Download the mobile library APP of the Library, log in and click “Borrowing Information” to renew the books.
4. In any of the following circumstances, you will fail in renewing your book:
(1) Wrong password of the reader's card is entered;
(2) The borrowed book has expired;
(3) The borrowed book has been renewed once;
(4) You have breached the agreement on book borrowing and have not paid relevant penalties;
(5) Other book borrowed by you has expired and has not been returned;
(6)Your reader's card has expired.
III. Defaced, lost or expired books
1. Please take good care of the books. Before borrowing a book, please check whether it is defaced or has any missing page. If yes, please report to the officers of the Library so that a seal of defacement may be affixed to the book. When returning a book, if it or its accessory is defaced or lost, the Regulations of Tianjin Airport Economic Area Culture Center on Compensation for Defaced or Lost Books will apply. In this case, please handle compensation procedures at the general service desk with your reader's card.
2. Please return the books on time. In case of late returning, you will have to pay overdue fee, the rate of which is 0.2 yuan/book/day based on calendar days. In the event that the Library is closed due to legal holidays, the days of such closing will be excluded for the purpose of calculation of the overdue fee.
3. You can no longer borrow any book if you hold an expired book. In this case, you can borrow additional books only after you return the expired book and pay the corresponding overdue fee.
4. For the purpose of payment of overdue fee, you may pay cash at the general service desk with your reader's card.
5. If you have breached the rules of the Library by failing to return a book on time, defacing a book or losing a book, and have not paid the overdue fee or any compensation within three months, the Library will have the right to suspend or cancel your reader's card.
6. If you bring a book out of the Library without handling book borrowing procedures, you will be punished as a thief.
Guide on reading in the Library
1. You may read books in the Library without a reader's card, but have to handle book borrowing procedures with your valid reader's card if you want to bring a book out of the Library.
2. You can take at most 2 books or 2 sets of newspapers/periodicals from the open shelf
3. Please put the books back to the specified positions after reading.
4. Readers younger than 14 years are required to read in the reading room for children.
5. Please take good care of the books. Relevant rules and regulations of the Library will apply in case of defacement or loss of books.
Guide on digital resource browsing
1. Adult readers of 18 years or older may browse, upon their ID cards, digital resources in the electronic reading room on the fourth floor for 2 hours a day, or log in the website of Tianjin Airport Economic Area Culture Center (www.taeacc.gov.cn) to browse digital resources free of charge. Such resources include electronic books, electronic periodicals and newspapers, multimedia learning resources, national standards, Chinese and overseas industrial standards, and so on.
2. How to browse digital resources on the website: Open the website of Tianjin Airport Economic Area Culture Center (www.taeacc.gov.cn) —— Click “Library” —— Enter “Digital Resources” —— Complete user verification to start the browsing.
Guide on video/audio CD playing
1. All CDs in the video/audio area should be played within this area and cannot be taken out of the area.
2. You may enter this area only with a valid reader's card issued by the Library. Please find your seat according to the seat number after getting the CDs and earphones from the service desk.
3. Do not play your own CD in the video/audio area. Please take good care of the CDs and equipment. Relevant rules and regulations of the Library will apply in case of damage of the CDs or equipment.
4. Please respect intellectual property and do not duplicate the CDs you get.
Introduction of reader services
I. Various activities organized for readers
1. Public-welfare lectures
Tianjin Airport Economic Area Culture Center has organized Airport Culture Lecture and Airport Health Lecture, which focus on social hot topics, history and culture, literature and art, science popularization and education, health care, and so on, aiming to build a nearby social classroom for the citizens.
2. Children activities
Children activities organized by the Culture Center cover themed parent-child reading, painting competition, article competition, group visit, summer camp, winter camp, movie watching, and so on, aiming to build a good atmosphere of learning and growth for the children and juvenile in this area.
3. Cultural salon
Tianjin Airport Economic Area Culture Center organizes salons of different themes each month, such as literature salon, recitation salon, photography salon, living salon, and music salon, aiming to provide a platform of exchange and sharing for readers and to improve their artistic appreciation.
4. Mobile library
Readers with reader's card may download the mobile library APP of the Library onto their terminals such as smart phone or tablet PC. After logging in the APP, they may search literatures, read electronic books and handle book borrowing procedures using the APP.
5. Music library
Relying on top-grade professional video and audio equipment, it can provide readers with services such as music appreciation and video/audio experiencing.
II. Routine services
1. Book reading and borrowing
The Library provides services such as reading/borrowing of common books (books in the fields of natural sciences, social sciences, literature, art, and so on), reading/borrowing of books for children, reading of reference books, reading of newspapers and periodicals, and browsing of digital resources. Readers may read books and other literatures in the Library without reader's card, but have to get reader's card if they want to borrow books (refer to the “instructions for readers on reader's card” for details).
2. Renewal service
Borrowed books may be renewed once before expiration of the borrowing period, by any of the following means:
(1) Logging in the website of the Center (www.taeacc.gov.cn), and enter the “Library” section to renew the books;
(2) Going to a service desk in the Library to renew the books;
(3) Downloading the mobile library APP of the Library, logging in and clicking “Borrowing Information” to renew the books.
3. Wireless network
The entire building of the Library is covered by wireless network, and readers may read electronic books in the Library through the wireless network.
Regulations on compensation for damaged or lost books
1. When handling book borrowing procedures, a reader should check on the site whether the book is defaced or has any missing page. If yes, the reader should report to the officers of the Library timely. Otherwise, the reader should bear compensation liability for any problem of the book found during book returning.
2. If a book is defaced but such defacement does not prevent the book from being read or borrowed later, a compensation amounting to 20% of the original price of the book should be paid.
3. If a book is lost or is seriously defaced so that it cannot be read later, a compensation equal to the original price of the book should be pad. In the case of set books, if one or more books in the same set is/are lost, a compensation equal to the original price of the whole set should be paid; however, if each book in the set has separate ISBN number and price, the compensation may also be made based on the price of single book. In the case of unpriced book, the price of comparable book should be used for the purpose of compensation.
4. In the event of defacement or loss of valuable or out-of-print books, the amount of compensation will be determined case by case based on the value of the books.
5. Ones that damage books intentionally, for example by cutting, tearing or changing books, will be sent to relevant authorities for penalty according to the Laws of the People's Republic of China on Penalties for Administration of Public Security in addition to the compensation for the damaged books.
6. Ones that steal books will be disqualified from reader's card after taking back the books stolen, and will be reported to public security organs, with relevant information included to the citizen credit system.
7. In any circumstance, the books damaged by readers will be taken back and disposed by the Library after compensation.
Regulations on compensation for damaged equipment and CDs
1. Readers should take good care of the CDs and equipment. The earphones should be placed to the original positions after use, and should never be brought out of the video/audio room. In the event of damage, compensation should be paid based on severity of the damage.
2. If a reader loses or damages a CD so that it can be no longer used, the reader should pay compensation equal to the original price of the CD, and should not use any additional CD before the compensation is made.
3. In the case of set CDs, if one or more pieces in the set is/are damaged, a compensation equal to the price of the whole set should be paid.
4. Readers are required to respect intellectual property, and should not duplicate any CD borrowed by them. If a reader violates relevant laws and regulations, he/she will be punished accordingly.
