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Kotelawala Defence University Libraries serve students, faculty, and staff at university and beyond. Explore this section for details on:


The Borrowing and Returning Services

    Borrowing Privileges

    Kotelawala Defence University students, faculty staff and staff who have current library accounts may entertain borrowing services.


    The University ID is required for all borrowing transactions.


    Loan Period

    Category Loan Period
    Undergraduates 28 Days
    Graduate Students 60 Days
    Faculty 90 Days
    Staff 28 Days
    Affiliated Institutions 21 Days



    Renewals

    Items that have not been requested by another borrower or reached the renewal limit may be renewed using the My Library Account http://lis.kdu.ac.lk on the library system.

    Patrons may also renew by bringing materials to the relevant library.

    If the books have reached their renewal limit or are overdue, they must be brought to a library to be checked in.



    Recalls

    A recall is used when someone needs an item that another person has checked out.

    Unlike a “hold,” which lets the first borrower keep the item until the due date, a recall will sometimes shorten the due date. When a recall is placed on an item you have to checked out, you will receive an e-mail notice stating the due date.

e - service on Book Chapter Scan


    Is an item you are looking for already checked out? Contact the respective Faculty Represent


    Librarian to explore options for receiving scanned chapters or materials as PDFs


    The PDFs are created by scanning books and journals within the Libraries when available


    If we do not own the needed article or chapter, we rely on partner libraries across the world to supply PDFs from their collections through our Interlibrary Loan program


    Print materials will be scanned in accordance with in what is allowed by copyright and fair use. Large portions of a book or entire books that are within copyright will not be scanned and are more likely to be cancelled by partner libraries on ILL.


    Click Submit Request. Print materials will be scanned in accordance with in what is allowed by copyright and fair use. Large portions of a book or entire books that are within copyright will not be scanned and are more likely to be cancelled by partner libraries on ILL.


    You may contact respective Faculty Represent Librarian for any inquiries


    Faculty of Graduate Studies libfgs_services@kdu.ac.lk
    Faculty of Defence and Strategies Studies libfdss_services@kdu.ac.lk
    Faculty of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities libfmsh_services@kdu.ac.lk
    Faculty of Engineering libfoe_services@kdu.ac.lk
    Faculty of Technology libfot_services@kdu.ac.lk
    Faculty of Computing libfoc_services@kdu.ac.lk
    Faculty of Law libfol_services@kdu.ac.lk
    Faculty of Medicine libfom@kdu.ac.lk
    Faculty of Allied Health Sciences llibfahs_services@kdu.ac.lk
    Faculty of Built Environment & Spatial Sciences libsouthern@kdu.ac.lk
    Faculty of Criminal Justice libfocj_services@kdu.ac.lk

e - Service on Document Delivery


e - Teaching and e - Learning Assistance


    Are you getting the most out of your library? We provide a variety of e-teaching and e-learning assistance services to help you navigate, discover, and evaluate the vast e-collections at Libraries and beyond.


    Explore biomedicine and life sciences, bioengineering, public health, clinical care, and plant and animal science.


    We can assist with class assignments and papers, help you develop and explore new research areas, and assist you in getting the information and data you need for your project.


    Submit a quick question using our form. Questions will be acknowledged or answered within one working day by a Senior Assistant Librarian, but Librarian will follow up with additional information if needed.

Research and Publication Assistance


    Are you getting the most out of your library? We provide a variety of research and publication assistance services to help you navigate, discover, and evaluate the vast collections at Libraries and beyond.


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    Submit a quick question using our form. Questions will be acknowledged or answered within one working day by a Senior Assistant Librarian, but Librarian will follow up with additional information if needed.


    Please contact Librarian (acting), via email librarian@kdu.ac.lk for any inquiries or e-Research and e-Publication Services.

e - Training Services


    Please contact Librarian (acting), via email librarian@kdu.ac.lk for any inquiries or e-Training Services.

e - Outreach Services


    Please contact Librarian (acting), via email librarian@kdu.ac.lk for any inquiries or e-Training Services.

e - Collaborative Services


    Kotelawala Defence University Library wishes to collaborate with students, faculty staff, staff, academic programs and departments, faculties as well as community organizations to enhance e-teaching, e-learning and e-research experiences.


    You would like to collaborate with the Library,


    Please contact Librarian (acting), via email librarian@kdu.ac.lk for any inquiries or e-Training Services.

e - Resources on LMS (Faculty Staff)


    Please contact Librarian (acting), via email librarian@kdu.ac.lk for any inquiries or e-Training Services.

Service on Checking Plagiarism


    Students and researchers are facilitated by the library for checking plagiarism contents of their work under this service. They should adhere to the following procedure once they submit their work to the library for checking plagiarism.

    Procedure of checking the level of plagiarism of the Theses/ Dissertations/ Assignments and Term Papers

    1. Plagiarism level of the Undergraduate assignments and term papers will be checked only one time by the library and generated similarity report shall be given to the requested student.
    2. Students should fill an application form available in the library web site and hand it over to respective faculty liaison librarian to check the level of similarity.
    3. Faculty liaison librarians are responsible to keep all records of the soft copies of the similarity reports as well as hard copies of the submitted applications by the users.
    4. Relevant lecturers are requested to provide a list of students with title and deadline of the assignment/term papers/dissertation to the respective faculty liaison librarian when requesting to check the level of similarity.
    5. Deans are requested to make necessary arrangements to make similarity report compulsory with all assignments, theses, dissertations and term papers at the time of evaluation.
    6. Postgraduate theses/dissertations will be checked only one time by the library and request should be submitted by graduate students through the Dean/HOD/programme coordinator.
    7. Similarity report of the postgraduate theses/dissertations which are needed to submit to panel of examiners, will be generated by the library based on requests made by Deans.

    Application for plagiarism check


Interlibrary Loan Service (ILL)


    The books which are not available in the KDU library can be requested through this service. The library will make arrangement to get the book for a period of two weeks if the requested book is available in another university library in Sri Lanka.


    How to apply?


    Fill the ILL request form and send to the library email or hand over to the library.


    How long it will take?


    Usually 2-7 working days. Duration of the processing a request depends on the availability of the book.


    Notification and Hold Procedures


    We will inform you via phone or email as soon as the item is received or if there is a problem with your request. Normally library will be placed on hold items at the Circulation Counter maximum of 2 days. If the requested person cannot collect the items before the due date, the material will be handover to the particular library. Therefore, we strongly suggest that you collect the items promptly as they are on loan for a limited time duration.


    Renewing & Recalls of ILL Books


    No renewals are allowed for ILL books and also they are subjected to recall by the library. If the particular user receives a recall notice for the ILL book, please return it within two days to the library.

Photocopying Services