Values
UNIC Library and Information Centre is committed to the following values and fully incorporates them into its work ethics.
- Impartial access – UNIC Library and Information Centre strives to provide open access to its facilities and resources to both academics and the public, regardless of ethnicity, economic or political standing, education level or age. This access is provided through user-friendly web pages, research guides, learning objects and other materials, both print and electronic, in accessible formats.
- Inclusion – the library does, and will continue to, provide an environment that meets the needs, with acceptance and respect, of an international community without discrimination for both employees and its users.
- Ethics and Integrity – UNIC Library and Information Centre functions on a solid foundation of ethical principles and professional integrity. Our actions are governed by nurturing open inquiry, provide equity of access, respect intellectual property rights, and protect the privacy of our employees and users.
- Sustainability – UNIC Library and Information Centre professional expertise and services facilitate the sustainability not only for the provision and preservation of information, support for learning, and research but for the empowering of lifelong learning principles environmental quality, and economic well-being for current and future generations.
- Empathy – UNIC Library and Information Centre consists of service-orientated professionals who strive to understand the unique characteristics and needs of those we work with or support. Thereby, enabling us to understand, through their response, how to provide our services and become more respectful in our interactions.
UNIC Library provides a pleasant environment conducive to study and learning, with individual study carrels and areas for group study. The library has a seating capacity of 200 seats, provides 20 networked PCs and Wi-Fi access within the main library area and its Lab room. Photocopy facilities are also available. The library is open six days a week during the academic year and during the exams period it opens on Sundays.