However, if the finance of the school warrants, an additional amount shall be allotted for its library development program. The engineering library shall:

1. have at least two (2) technical non-duplicate books with copyrights of less than ten (10) years old per technical subject;

2. have at least two (2) professional engineering non-duplicate books with copyrights of less than ten (10) years old for each course of the last three (3) years of each engineering curriculum in which a degree is offered;

3. have copyrights of at least 50% of the professional engineering and another 50% of the other technical non-duplicate books shall not be more than 15 years old;

4. have engineering and other technical handbooks; and

5. have a program of accessioning additional non-duplicate technical books at a rate of at least 0.1 books per full-time equivalent engineering student per year.

4.3.1.3 Periodical Collection

The library of each school/college of engineering shall have a program for the acquisition and maintenance of at least two (2) periodical subscriptions to specialized/research engineering journals and one (1) general interest technical periodical subscription for each curricular area in engineering for which a degree is offered.

4.3.2 Technical Services/Access

4.3.2.1 Accessibility

1. Control- An effective control system for users of library materials shall be established and maintained by the library staff. This control system, however, shall not restrict students’ access to the library resources.

2. Card Catalogue- a card catalogue of engineering library resources shall be maintained with author, title and subject cards. Each title heading shall be updated annually along with both a current shelf list and accession records.

3. Periodicals- Current periodicals subscriptions, along with an index of periodical available, shall be on display and readily accessible to students for browsing.

4. Physical- The library control system shall include the following provisions:

a. No more than 20% of the engineering library book collection should be on reserve at any one time.

b. No more than 40% of the engineering library book collection shall be caged, or