• The John Rylands University Library
• Our services
• How to use the Library
  • Who can use the Library?
  • Borrowing
  • Accessibility
  • Acquiring Library resources
  • Main Library zoning
  • Vacation access
  • Widening Participation
  • New students
  • Membership

Share

In this page:

• Zoning
• Code of Considerate Behaviour

The following documents are available to download:

• Main Library Zoning (PDF, 135 KB)
  
• Code of Considerate Behaviour (PDF, 141 KB)
  
• Zones (flyer) (PDF, 33 KB)
  

Zoning

The Main Library provides over 1,800 study spaces. There are three categories of study space: the Silent Zone, the Quiet Zone and the Social Zone - each having their own 'code of conduct'. The Zones are:

Silent Zone	Purple 2 Purple 4 Red Area Orange Area Muriel Stott
Quiet Zone	Purple Ground Green Ground Green Ground Green 1 Green 3 Blue 1 Blue 3
Social Zone	Blue 4 relaxation Area Green 2 (Group Study Areas) and Blue 4 Group Study Area staircases in Blue, Red and Green Areas

Customers who use any of the facilities within the Library are expected to comply both with a general 'code of considerate behaviour' and the rules applying to the particular Zone they are working in. Any customer whose behaviour is deemed unacceptable by a member of Library staff may be asked to leave. He or she will only be admitted again the following day.

In the Silent Zone no talking is allowed. Phones and all other electronic equipment must be turned off or switched to silent mode.

In the Quiet Zone customers may talk softly but as in the Silent Zone phones and other equipment must be turned off or switched to silent. Customers wishing to use their phones should move to the nearby staircase areas.

In the Social Zone talking and the use of electronic equipment is permitted. Customers can also eat and drink.

In the Silent and Quiet Study Zones, only bottled water is allowed.

There is a cafe on the ground floor which serves hot drinks, soup and cold snacks. There are also vending machines in the main Relaxation Area on Blue 4. Customers can eat their own 'packed' meals here.

Code of Considerate Behaviour

We want you to enjoy using the study facilities in this Library. To ensure all our customers can study without hindrance we ask you to comply with the following:

• Consideration and courtesy is shown to fellow library users and Library staff at all times
  
  
• Library property including books, equipment and furniture is treated with respect at all times
  
  
• Items or activities which may be causing an obstruction to an aisle, staircase or bookstack or which might be restricting access to learning resources must be removed on request
  
  
• Food can be consumed only in the Social Zone; cold food only is permitted
  
  
• Bottled water only is permitted in Silent and Quiet Zones
  
  
• Put litter in bins
  
  
• Blankets or bedding are not permitted; sleeping is actively discouraged
  
  
• Customers should be dressed appropriately at all times

Library staff implementing this code and other library policies must be treated with courtesy and respect at all times.

Customers who breach this code may be asked to leave the Library and could be temporarily excluded from all the libraries of the John Rylands University Library for at least the remainder of that day.