As a place to gain knowledge, Universitas Gunadarma provides a library that is equipped with a variety of library materials consisting of literature books both in Indonesian and in English, magazines, scientific journals and other scientific books.
Universitas Gunadarma library facilities have been used by students, lecturers, employees and alumni of Universitas Gunadarma.
In accordance with the advancement of communication and audio-visual technology, an audio-visual library has been developed in Universitas Gunadarma. The audio-visual library is equipped with television equipment and educational
videos. For the provision of film and educational video modules, the library is equipped with a studio to make films and educational modules in the form of slides
and video recordings. In the planning, educational films and videos will be produced for each course given at Universitas Gunadarma. Students, lecturers, employees and other interested parties can take advantage of these facilities to support the implementation of teaching and learning activities.
The library supports the Three Pillars of Higher Education with its function as a source of information for the implementation of the teaching and learning process, research and community service. Every Universitas Gunadarma student, automatically becomes a member of the University library. The legality of library
membership is stated by the Student ID Card.
Universitas Gunadarma Library can be accessed virtually through http://library.gunadarma.ac.id. The username used to access this digital library is the student’s studentsite account. The physical library can be visited at Campus H, 5th floor, Jalan Akses UI Kelapa Dua.
Library Services
The services provided by the Universitas Gunadarma Library are:
Borrowing library materials for members
The borrowing of library materials is only intended for members. Library materials that can be borrowed are text books for students and lecturers/staffs, as well as lecture textbooks for lecturers/staffs. Those who are entitled to borrow books are active library members. The library implements a closed service system, in which if a visitor wants to read/borrow a book, the visitor must first ask the officer for it, not take it directly from the bookshelf.
The procedures for borrowing books are:
1. Find the call number of the book you want to read through the book catalog or computer searching. For computer searching, searches can be made by title, author and subject.
2. See the details of the search result catalogs on the computer, if it matches the book you want to read, note the call number.
3. Hand over the note of the call number to the librarian together with the Student ID Card. The maximum number of books read is 2 (two). The librarian will get it for you.
4. After you receive the book, you cannot take it home yet. You must submit the book to be recorded as your borrowing transaction. When finished, you can take the book home.
5. The length of the borrowing for students is 2 (two) weeks and can be extended 1 (one) time so that the total borrowing plus borrowing extension is 4 (four) weeks. The length of the borrowing for lecturers is 6 (six) months.
6. See the borrowing limit at the back of the book.
7. Lateness in returning books will be subject to a fine of Rp. 100, – per day of for students and Rp. 200, – for lecturers.
8. The maximum number of take-home books is 2 (two) copies for students and 5 (five) copies for lecturers.
Borrowing Extension
1. Hand over the book you want to extend along with your Student ID Card, tell if you want to extend the borrowing of the book. The librarian will see the book borrowing transaction data.
2. If you have extended the borrowing of the book, then you cannot extend the borrowing of the book again and the transaction is considered a return.
3. If the borrowing period has passed the length of time of the borrowing, then you will be subject to borrowing fines. Hand over the fine amount stated by the librarian
4. When the transaction recording process has been completed, the librarian will hand over the book with your Student ID Card.
Book Return
1. Hand over the book you want to return along with your Student ID Card, tell the librarian if you want to return the book.
2. The librarian will see the borrowing transaction data and calculate the late fee.
3. If the borrowing period has passed the length of time of the borrowing, then you will be subject to borrowing fines. Hand over the fine amount stated by the librarian.
4. The librarian will return your Student ID Card.
Library Administration
This service includes the making of Letter of Book borrowing Clearance and Receipt of Book Donation. The administrative process is carried out by students who will and have conducted thesis exam. This activity consists of 2 types: book borrowing
clearance and book donations.
Letter of book borrowing clearance is a letter stating that the student concerned does not have borrowing at the Universitas Gunadarma Library. Therefore, students who have made letter of book borrow clearance have been considered out of Universitas
Gunadarma Library membership and cannot borrow books and register for
membership. This letter is made as a registration requirement for the graduation
exams (Scientific Research for Diploma or Undergraduate Thesis/Non-thesis for Bachelor). Book donations are made by students who have conducted thesis exams, either
Scientific Research exam (Bachelor or Diploma) or Undergraduate Thesis or NonThesis. This
process will produce receipt of book donation that is used to collect certificates or Letter of Graduation.
Reference Room Visit
For students who are carrying out scientific writings or theses, they can visit the reference room. In this room, journals, magazines, scientific writings, theses, and internet access are provided.
A reference room visit is students visit to the reference room in order to find resources for their scientific writings/theses. This activity is carried out when students have an obligation to make a Scientific Writing or a Thesis. The facilities provided in the reference room are: The scientific writing/thesis collections of students of Universitas Gunadarma, the collection of magazines/journals from various departements, inside and outside Universitas Gunadarma, computers which are connected to the internet and other reference collections. Due to limited rooms, student visits for the reference room will be limited to 8 visits for each semester and each visit is limited to 1 hour. The procedure for a visit to the reference room is as follows:
1. Students come to the reference room based on the shift schedule that is available, by submitting their current Study Plan Card (KRS) which contains information that the students are conducting a Scientific Writing/Thesis.
2. The library staff will hold the Study Plan Card (KRS) and give the locker key, students are not allowed to carry the bag while they are inside the reference room and the bag must be put in the locker.
3. If the shift time is over or the students want to leave before the shift ends, the students must hand over the locker key after taking their bag/belongings from the locker and the library staff will return their Study Plan Card (KRS).
4. During the peak period of the visits, students sometimes have to queue to be able to enter the reference room. So, students are suggested to book the reference room first at least 1 hour before the shift which they want to use/visit.
Service Hours
for Borrowing book
Monday – Friday: 09.00 – 14.00 WIB (Break Time: 12.00 – 13.00 WIB)
Saturday: 09.00 – 12.00 WIB
Reference Visits, Returns and Administration
Monday – Friday: 09.00 – 15.00 WIB (Break Time: 12.00 – 13.00 WIB) Saturday: 09.00 – 12.00 WIB
2. Audio Visual Library
Audio Visual Library of Universitas Gunadarma is a part of the library of Universitas Gunadarma. This library specifically collects non-book library resources, namely video tapes, audio tapes, and other non-book library resources. Besides collecting non-book library resources, basically this library will become the media center of Universitas Gunadarma later. The plan for that activity has been designed since the library was opened namely by producing the educational video media.
The main activity in the audio-visual library is providing the facilities of independent learning for lecturers and all students of Universitas Gunadarma. This independent learning activity is carried out using a 14-inch TV set with a video tape recorder and earphone, so that learning can be truly independent without disturbing other students. For example, students of English literature, if they want to learn
about British cultures independently, it will be accomplished by learning through video tapes about how Britain and its cultures are. With the power of Video and
Audio which are the characteristics of the video media itself, the independent
learning activities about British cultures are more real. So students are not difficult
to imagine how British cultures are; or students of architecture want to learn about Dutch colonial architectures in Indonesia, they can see a video showing how Dutch colonial architectural buildings in Jakarta and Bandung look like, so they can get clear pictures of the material learned. It also occurs for other courses and for all students in this campus.
Besides for the student independent learning activities, the audio-visual library room which is equipped by a projector and a big screen can also be used by lecturers who want to use video media as a necessary part of lectures in the classical teaching and learning process. By using certain learning strategies and the right media, the teaching and learning process using the audio-visual library room becomes more worthwhile. Besides the production of educational media in the form of videos, the audio-visual library is currently developing the production of individual learning materials in the form of “Computer Assisted Instruction” (CAI)/computer-assisted learning materials too. This computer-assisted learning materials are interactive, so that the learning process is expected to become more worthwhile and can help
students to increase their understanding about the lecture materials.