The Library Guidance Department is responsible for providing library patrons with individual and group guidance on the use of the library and its reference services. Instruction includes: finding their way in the library, using the library catalog, using the library’s electronic resources and bibliographic computer programs

Bibliographic Computer Programs

The programs assist students and faculty to organize bibliographic sources necessary for writing reports and articles. Patrons of the Hebrew University Library enjoy access to the F1000 and EndNote Web programs through all university computers and by "distant access" from other computers.

Patrons can also use, without payment, other bibliographic programs such as Mendeley or Zotero.

The Library extends a warm welcome to all who enter.

A special terminal for searching the catalog is open to the general public.

Access to the digital services of the library is limited to Hebrew University students and faculty.

The library is connected to an open Wi-Fi network known as "Huji Guest".

The use of library electronic resources by way of personal computers requires connecting to the university server ("distant access"), and identifying oneself with a user name and password.

Any questions or requests should be directed to the Library Staff.

Contact us:

Telephone:  02-5882415

E-mail:          arch.lib@mail.huji.ac.il

Preparing Bibliographies

Different systems are in use for quoting bibliographic sources. It is recommended to consult course instructors on the system they prefer.

The main systems for quoting sources used in the Humanities and Social Sciences are:

• APA – American Psychological Association
• MLA – Modern Language Association
• Chicago Manual of Style

Books are lent on the basis of presentation of an up-to-date reader’s card. A student card serves the purpose.

Readers are responsible for checking their reader’s card as to whether their book loans are still valid.

Updating or changing personal information requires the reader’s presence at the Circulation Desk.

If a reader’s card is lost, the Circulation Department should be notified immediately and a new reader’s card ordered through the university’s Student Tuition Department.

Contacting the Circulation Department

Circulation Desk:  02-5882415

E-mail:                     arch.lib@mail.huji.ac.il

Book Borrowing Privileges

Lending Policy

Books may be borrowed for up to 3 days, with automatic extension each day by one day, unless another reader requests it.

Books that may NOT be borrowed from the library:

• Books from the Assyriology collection
• Reference books
• Archeological excavation reports
• Term papers
• Rare books
• Journals

For more information, please consult the library staff.

Extension of Book Loans

Books that have been borrowed for up to 3 days or up to 7 days will normally be extended automatically for up to one year.

Circumstances under which the loan period will not be extended:

• Another reader requests it
• The reader’s card is no longer valid
• The reader owes money to the library

The reader will be notified by email if the book cannot be extended beyond a certain date

Book Requests

Books may be requested, only if all copies of the book are listed in the catalog as having been borrowed. The reader must order a copy through the catalog. If, for some reason, the book cannot be ordered through the catalog, the request should be referred to the Circulation Desk.

When the requested book has returned to the library, an email notice will be sent to the reader who requested it.

Textbooks will wait for pickup at the circulation desk for 3 days while academic books will wait there for 7 days. After that they will be returned to the shelves.

Book Returns

• Readers are responsible for the books they borrow, including keeping up-to-date on when it must be returned, through the reader’s card.
• Readers who hold books they no longer need are requested to return them to the library.
• The library is entitled to demand the return of a needed book even before its listed return date.
• A reader who declares that the borrowed item has been lost or returns it damaged will pay its cost plus NIS30 handling cost. The reader is entitled to acquire an identical and undamaged copy and present it to the library instead.
• During library hours, books must be returned to the circulation desk of the library from where it was borrowed.

Fines

Late book returns will be fined, as follows:

• Books from the general collection that were specially requested – NIS 10 for every day that a book is returned late, including Fridays, Shabbats, holidays, and days that the university is closed according to schedule.
• Reserve books – NIS 3 for every hour of delay, or NIS 30 for each day a book is returned late.
• Books that were borrowed by special permission, and were returned late, will be treated the same as books that were specially requested.

The Library Authority is entitled to update the schedule of fines, as it sees fit.

Recurring late returns, late returns which harm other students, or unpaid fines will be treated as follows:

1. The reader's card will be blocked
2. Service will be refused to the reader

Inter-Library Loans are handled by the Mount Scopus Library of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Contact details

Reception hours: during library hours
When the department is closed, please contact the shift advisor at the circulation desk in order to collect your book/article
Tel. 02-5881123
msinl@savion.huji.ac.il

• The service is provided free of charge.
•  For research and teaching purposes to students, researchers, teaching faculty and administrative employees. 
•  “Free Listeners” enrolled through the Magid Institute and external readers need to pay for this service.
• If the library holds an electronic version of the book, but the reader wishes to obtain a print copy, the reader needs to pay for the order (see prices at the bottom of the page)

How to order?

•  Interlibrary loan orders can be ordered by means of an online form in the library’s catalog under the tag "interlibrary loans".

 Before filling out an order please identify yourself in the library system with your ID and personal code (the code used for the other university systems)

• For instructions on how to order a physical book or a scan of a chapter from a book click here
• For instructions on how to order a scan of an article from a journal click here
• Upon arrival of the item, the reader will receive notification by email. The book will be kept in the office up to one month from its date of arrival; articles will be sent by email.
• When the department is closed, please contact the circulation desk staff, who will bring you the requested book.

What can be ordered?

• Books from other university libraries, from college libraries, from other Hebrew University Library Authority libraries (not on Mount Scopus Campus) and from abroad (currently this service is inactive due to Covid-19 restrictions) if they are loanable in the lending libraries for a minimum of a week.
• Articles from other university and college libraries in Israel and from abroad
• DVD's, films and microfilms cannot be ordered.
   

• For scans of articles from the Mount Scopus Library collection during the Covid-19 pandemic please fill in an online form

 Returning Books

•  Return books to the return box at the entrance to the Interlibrary Loan Department. The return date is 8 weeks following arrival, without extensions.
•  If the book is requested sooner, the reader will receive a message.
• A reader who does not return the book on time - will have his/her library rights blocked.
• A reader who has lost a book will be charged a price determined by the lending library. Until payment is settled, lending and renewal rights in the library will be blocked.

Pricelist for those who are not entitled to the free service.

A book order from Israel
An order from other universities - 16 NIS
An order from other Hebrew University Library Authority libraries (not on the Mount Scopus campus) - 10 NIS
An order from college libraries - 25 NIS
An order from libraries abroad - the cost of the loan + delivery fees

A scan of an article from other universities in Israel or from Hebrew University Library Authority libraries not on the Mount Scopus campus

20 NIS (up to 50 pages), 50 NIS (for more than 50 pages)

A scan of an article from an electronic book or journal from other universities in Israel or from other Hebrew University Library Authority libraries not on the Mount Scopus campus

20 NIS

A scan of an article from college libraries in Israel
25 NIS

A scan of an article from abroad
25 NIS handling fee + the cost of the article (determined by the library from whom the photocopy was ordered).

Payment options: budget number or credit card. We cannot accept cash.

Copyright Restrictions

Orders are subject to copyright law. According to the provisions of the law, it is absolutely forbidden to photocopy, print or scan substantial parts of copyrighted works, without permission from the rights holders except for photocopies, scans or prints under the framework of "fair use" for the following purposes: self-study, research, critique, review, journalistic reporting, prefaces, teaching and an examination by an educational institution. The library reserves the right not to accept an order that, in its view, violates the copyright restrictions law.

Anyone who photocopies, scans or prints contrary to these directives violates the law.

Study Room Reservation

Network Services
Remote access to the University libraries’ electronic resources (which include databases, ejournals and e-books) is available to the University community.

OneHUJI - Access service to the library resources

Access electronic resources directly via the Library Website or the Library Catalog.
You will be prompted to login to HUJI  - no need to run VPN!

Remote Access to the University Internet Servers:
Use your personal account and password to connect to the Remote Access VPN service, the eduroam secure wireless network and library resources that don't use OneHUJI.

Remote Access (RA) Registration
Register for a remote access (RA) account at http://rap.huji.ac.il.
Instructions for opening a Remote Access Account (RA) / The University Division for Computation, Communication, and Information ( = the Authority for Computation).

VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Rumba WebVPN service      Additional information, including client installation / The University Division for Computation, Communication, and Information.
Support e-mail: vpn@savion.huji.ac.il
The older Samba service is still available.

Connecting via Wireless (Wi-Fi)

• HUJI guest – An open network for guests (does not allow access to databases).
• Eduroam – An international project that allows access to networks in any university by identifying yourself by your Hebrew University username and password. Connect to eduroam with [RA username]@huji.ac.il . DO NOT USE [username]%ra
• HUJI-Dorm – An open network that is available in some dorms.

Public computing. See: Reference services

Remote access to public computers: MyPlace
Hebrew University students can connect remotely to software installed on computers located in the computer centers and access their personal drive.
You must have an AD account and a password to access public computing.

Technical support at the Division for Computation, Communication, and Information.

Printers, photocopiers, and scanners are available in all the libraries. Scanners are free but there is a slight charge for the use of the printers and photocopying machines.

Printers

It is possible to print directly from the library computers and also, using “cloud printing”, to print from laptops and smartphones.

Payment is through credit cards or print cards issued by Sherut Hamafil Ltd.

It is best not to use a debit card.

Printing price list:

15 agorot for a regular black and white page and for the first side of a page printed on both sides.

13 agorot for the second side of a page printed on both sides.

Color printers charge 25 agorot per page and do not print on both sides.

Photocopy price list

A4 page = 16 agorot

Unloaded photocopy cards cost NIS 4.

Cloud Printing – Printing from Mobile Devices

Cloud printing /mobile printing allows one to email, from anywhere and from any mobile device, to be printed by those Hebrew University printers open to the public.

The printer will identify the sender by email address. Files to be printed should be sent to one of the addresses in the following table. The files will be available for printing for 2 hours after being sent and will then be wiped out automatically.

The library has a photocopy machine (A4) that uses credit cards.

Outside the library there is a printer which also uses credit cards.

Several scanners, both stationary and mobile, are available for use at no charge.

Books can be taken outside the library to be photocopied in the Student Center, upon deposit of an ID card.

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Disabled Access to the Library
The Archaeology Library is located in the Institute of Archeology on the Mount Scopus Campus.
It is accessible by wheelchair from the main entrance to the Institute building.
The elevator in the Institute building is wheelchair accessible.
All service areas of the library are accessible to the mobility challenged.

Services for the Disabled
There is a disabled toilet in the restroom on the third floor of the Institute of Archaeology.
The library staff will be happy to assist with any request and help to locate material in the library’s catalogue, shelves, and electronic resources.