I have tried in vain over the course of the last week to find space for my group to study in Perkins’s new group study rooms. On each occasion every room was occupied and at least a few of the rooms were occupied by individuals studying (not in a group).
Could the library put up some sort of policy guidlines stating that groups have priority in the group rooms? It would only make sense.
Also, I tend to scan a lot of documents and the scanning computers in Perkins are seemingly always in use by people that DONT need the scanners. Could you put up signs stating that people wanting to scan documents have priority??
thanks.
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Right now, there is no official written policy on this, but there is a de facto policy that groups have priority in these rooms. (Actually, there’s a clearly worded statement on the door of Bostock 312, but not on other group study rooms, nor, it seems, on our website.) If you contact a librarian, they will ask a single person to leave so that a group can use the room. We do need to advertise and post this policy more, so thanks for the reminder.
There are priority statements on the scanners in Bostock, so thanks for reminding us about the need for such statements in Perkins. (Once again, you can ask a librarian to intervene on your behalf.)