The library has policies and regulations in place to ensure the library is a safe and suitable study environment for all students and staff. As you are automatically signed up as a library member when you become a student, you are expected to abide by the careful guidance that has been put in place to ensure a positive working space for all when in the library. The regulations below detail the working environment of each level within the library and the expected behaviour therein. Please be mindful that the library is for the whole college community - be respectful of your fellow students.
Riverside Campus Library - all on one level
Group work, individual study, quiet study
Covered drinks allowed
No hot or cold food
No talking on mobile phones
Use of mobile phones for texting, instagramming and selfie taking
Filming for coursework permitted, check with library staff first
Laptop and headphone borrowing
Printing available
Presentation practice spaces available Individual study spaces with USB charging available
Level 3 at City Campus Library
Collaboration, group study, collective working
Covered drinks allowed
No hot or cold food
Use of mobile phones for talking, texting, instagramming and selfie taking
Filming for coursework permitted, check with library staff first
Laptop and headphone borrowing
Drop in and print area (three laptops available beside printers for quick access)
Printing available
Large cutting and crafting area
Presentation practice spaces available
Conversation and chatting is allowed, please respect your fellow students who are studying
Level 4 at City Campus Library
Some group work, individual study
Covered drinks allowed
No hot or cold food
No talking on mobile phones
Use of mobile phones for texting, instagramming and selfie taking
Filming for coursework permitted, check with library staff first
Headphone borrowing
Two flatbed scanners available
Small cutting and crafting area available
Level 5 at City Campus Library
Quiet study and silent study
Covered drinks allowed
No hot or cold food
No talking on mobile phones
Discreet mobile phone usage, only on silent
Filming for coursework permitted, check with library staff first
Laptop and headphone borrowing
Silent study room available
Individual study spaces with USB charging available
Two flatbed scanners available
Small cutting and crafting area available
No group study
General Guidance
To keep a good working environment for everyone, we encourage you to not:
• Eat in the library. This is to ensure equipment is available in a good state for all our students and that collections are not damaged and/or become unclean. You may bring drinks into the library but they must be covered.
• Make too much noise (including talking on mobile phones). Level 5 at City Campus is for Quiet Study only, it is important to be respectful of other students studying. Take any calls on your mobile outside of the library and lower or turn your phone to silent so as not to disturb any other students studying.
• Leave any rubbish. Please remove all rubbish (empty bottles, coffee cups, etc.) and place in the bins provided; we will not clean up after you.
• Do anything else that disturbs or distracts other students and staff who are studying and working in the library.
• Use your spaces in a disrespectful manner, the library team may ask you to move or leave the library if they consider your behaviour is disturbing others or you are not engaged in study or group work. If the Libraries Manager, or senior members of staff present considers your behaviour unacceptable, they can suspend you from using library services. We will assume you have read and understood the student code of conduct and report this behaviour to your Curriculum Head. We, as a library service, try our utmost to encourage students to keep noise to a minimum - please help our teams by alerting them to any unnecessary disruptions or unacceptable levels of noise. You can email us at library@cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk, call City Campus Library 0141 375 6824 or Riverside Campus Library 0141 375 5333.
