The UWI St. Augustine Campus remains closed to students, and by extension The Alma Jordan Library (AJL) also remains closed to students. Therefore, in general, our collections, facilities, and services are currently not accessible (from within the building) during this period. However, the Library’s staff is working diligently, both on-site and remotely, in order to support your education and research needs.
Please periodically monitor the Library’s website, COVID-19 Resources & Services Guide (here), and Facebook page for updates on our wealth of remote resources and services.
Request and Pick Up Service
The Alma Jordan Library will be accepting requests for the loan of library materials from current staff and students for pick up. Refer to the following guidelines (for a downloadable flyer with the same, click here).
Please click on a link to jump to relevant section: Request | Pick Up
All requests should be emailed to CAS@sta.uwi.edu with the following key information:
Note: Students, you must be currently registered (inclusive of financial clearance) in order to access this service.
The following information must be provided for each title.
Note: You may copy and paste this information from UWIlinC.
Items may only be collected upon notification from the Library to do so. Kindly adhere to the guidelines and the COVID-19 health and safety protocols. Masks, social distancing, and UWI ID cards are required.
Starting at the Scotia Bank, St Augustine - located at the corner of St John’s Road and the Eastern Main Road, St Augustine
Turn onto St. John’s Road and proceed in a northerly direction, until you see the UWI Open Campus building site on the left
The SAL Hall is the light pink painted building on the right – the entrance to the Hall is a little further from the corner
For comments, questions and concerns, kindly contact us via email at CAS@sta.uwi.edu or telephone at (868) 662-2002, exts. 82132, 84030, or 82336.
Please click on a link to jump to relevant section: Returns | Returns (Overdue) | Fines
Students
The Alma Jordan Library will be accepting the return of library materials. Refer to the following guidelines (for a downloadable flyer with the same, click here).
Starting at the Scotia Bank, St Augustine - located at the corner of St John’s Road and the Eastern Main Road, St Augustine
Turn onto St. John’s Road and proceed in a northerly direction, until you see the UWI Open Campus building site on the left
The SAL Hall is the light pink painted building on the right – the entrance to the Hall is a little further from the corner
Please deposit your books in the bins provided at the location.
The books will be placed in a mandatory seven (7) day quarantine, after which they will be cleared from your name.
Kindly adhere to the guidelines and the COVID-19 health and safety protocols. Masks, social distancing, and UWI ID cards are required.
Staff
The UWI staff may return materials on Campus via the Library's Book Deposit Chute.
For comments, questions and concerns, kindly contact us via email at CAS@sta.uwi.edu or telephone at (868) 662-2002, exts. 82132, 84030, or 82336.
Patrons are required to return all overdue materials (AJL) to us no later than Thursday 15th October, 2020. The stipulated fines will be applied to items not returned by that date. For a downloadable flyer with the same, click here.
Kindly note that this applies to staff and students currently based in Trinidad and Tobago.
For comments, questions and concerns, kindly contact us via email at CAS@sta.uwi.edu or telephone at (868) 662-2002, exts. 82132, 84030, or 82336.
General
For specific fines (14 & 28 day General Loan items; Reserved Loan items [3 & 7 days; 3 hours; Overnight]; Recalled items), visit here and refer to the Fines tab.
Verification
After returning your overdue library books, please contact the Circulation & Access Services Division -- via email at CAS@sta.uwi.edu or telephone at (868) 662-2002, exts. 82132, 84030, or 82336 -- to confirm your fines before proceeding to make your fine(s) payment. For a downloadable flyer with the same, click here.
Kindly note that only Tablets are currently available for loan.
Refer to the following guidelines. For a downloadable flyer with the same, click here.
Once your request has been approved, you will be contacted by The Alma Jordan Library (AJL):
Only registered and financially cleared students will be allowed to borrow a Tablet
Tablet loans will be for twenty-eight (28) days initially, with the option to request a renewal thereafter via an email - CAS@sta.uwi.edu
Students who have requested a Tablet will be required to sign a loan agreement
Students are asked to present their valid UWI ID when collecting Tablets
All Tablets are to be returned with all the device's peripheral parts including the original box
Please remove all your personal files and data stored on the device, before returning it
Kindly return the Tablet in the same sanitary condition in which it was loaned
Overdue Tablets incur fines of $20.00 per day
A replacement cost will be applied to lost and damaged Tablets, including all peripheral parts
The Alma Jordan Library (AJL) will be facilitating loans and returns of these devices from off-site:
Starting at the Scotia Bank, St Augustine - located at the corner of St John’s Road and the Eastern Main Road, St Augustine.
Turn onto St. John’s Road and proceed in a northerly direction, until you see the UWI Open Campus building site on the left.
The SAL Hall is the light pink painted building on the right – the entrance to the Hall is a little further from the corner.
For comments, questions and concerns, kindly contact us via email at CAS@sta.uwi.edu or telephone at (868) 662-2002, exts. 82132, 84030, or 82336.
To request Library clearance (as it relates to the refund/transfer of caution money), please go to: https://libraries.sta.uwi.edu/libraryForms/view/5. Complete and submit the online form. For a downloadable flyer with the same, click here.
For comments, questions and concerns, kindly contact us via email at CAS@sta.uwi.edu or telephone at (868) 662-2002, exts. 82132, 84030, or 82336.
The AJL provides off-campus access to thousands of full-text electronic books, journals and more.
If you are in need of assistance with locating materials, do:
As our on-site collections are currently not accessible, do also consider alternative, complementary resources (e.g. subscribed databases with enhanced content, free or open-access sources). The following research guides may be of interest:
If you are in need of assistance with locating materials, do:
Persons with queries are encouraged to contact West Indiana and Special Collections (WISC) by telephone at (868) 662-2002, exts. 83361, 84244 or email at wimail@sta.uwi.edu.
Useful links:
If you are in need of individual assistance with locating materials, do:
Please click on a link to jump to relevant section: Consultations | Instructional Sessions
For more detailed queries, students and faculty may request individual appointments with the Divisional Librarians. Appointments will be offered in a range of web-based tools inclusive of, but not limited to: Blackboard Collaborate, Google Hangouts/Meet, Skype, and Zoom. To request an appointment, do:
For guidance on locating, using and evaluating general and subject-specific information resources, students and faculty may request group instructional sessions with the Divisional Librarians. Sessions will be offered in a range of web-based tools inclusive of, but not limited to: Blackboard Collaborate, Google Hangouts/Meet, Skype, and Zoom. To request a session, do:
The Library scrutinises postgraduate theses to ensure that students comply with the requirements (format and arrangement) of The University's Thesis Guide (2015) and conform to the designated (by Faculty) Style Manual. These consultations will be offered by the Divisional Librarians using a range of web-based tools, but not limited to: e-mail, Google Hangouts/Meet, Skype and Zoom.
To request a thesis consultation, do:
