eligibility for use

group study rooms may not be reserved for:

In general, Group Study rooms may not be used for private study space for individuals with (or without) current ACC I.D.'s, staff working on college or personal projects, or faculty seeking space to meet with students, hold office hours, or work on college or personal research. Individuals with special needs/and special needs paperwork should work through their ACC councilor and/ or the ACC OSD staff to identify appropriate, available locations outside IRT Library Services environments.

• Group Study rooms may not be used for any activities that are either "for profit" or include the collection of monetary or other donations.
• Group Study rooms may not be used for taking tests, proctored or non-proctored. This includes ACC tests or any other tests for ACC students, faculty or staff or for community members.
• Group Study rooms may not be used for formal or informal meetings between full-time or adjunct faculty and students.
• Group Study rooms may not be used for formal or informal office hours for individuals.
• Group Study rooms may not be used for tutoring.
• Group Study rooms may not be used for ACC staff to use. If ACC employees seek an exception to the rule, they should work with the campus' Head Librarian and the Dean of Library Services.

group study room conduct

• The noise level must be kept low at all times. Library cell phone policies are enforced in Group Study rooms.
• ALL door and window blinds into the room must remain open at all times.
• Lights must be kept on when rooms are in use.
• Rooms may not be locked or doorways blocked at any time.
• Students using the study rooms must abide by the library's food, drink, and tobacco policies. Violators will be asked to vacate the room.
• Group Study rooms must be left clean and in order with all trash placed in wastebaskets, furniture returned to original location and white boards or chalkboards erased. Students finding rooms damaged should report the condition of the room to the Reference Desk immediately upon arrival. Students reserving the room will be responsible for any damage to the room during their stay.
• Group Study rooms must be vacated 15 minutes prior to closing.
• Group Study users may use available plugs for charging laptops, phones, and small electronics but may not unplug library equipment to do so.
• Personal items should not be left unattended. Users are responsible for their personal belongings when in Group Study rooms.

procedures

• ACC Library Services staff monitors the use of Group Study rooms.
• If a group is discovered in a study room that has not signed up at the Reference Desk, they will be asked to register at the Reference Desk if the room is available for them.
• Groups without a reservation will be asked to vacate the room if a reservation for the room has been made by another group.
• If an individual is discovered in a study room, they will be informed that this is group study space and asked to move to another location in the Library to study.

reserving a group study room

• Reservations are recommended. Upon the Group's arrival at the Library, they must sign in at the Reference Desk.
• If a group wishes to use a room and they have not made a reservation prior to arriving at the library and there is a room available, they must check in at the Reference Desk and sign in with the faculty librarian.
• Staff will write one student's name on the sign-in sheet after checking ACC ID. To maintain privacy, students will not have access to the list of names on the sheet.
• Rooms must be reserved in person by an ACC student (who is part of the group) with a valid ACC photo ID at the Reference Desk.
• Rooms cannot be reserved by telephone, e-mail, IM, Twitter or chat because current ACC student IDs cannot be verified through those methods.
• ACC students with valid ACC IDs may reserve the study room up to one week in advance.
• Group Study rooms are available for up to two hours at one time. More time may be requested by the group after the two hours if the room has not been requested by another group.
• Group Study rooms will be held for 10 minutes past scheduled time before being reassigned to another group.
• No semester-long scheduling is available.