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Snack Food Allowed No Food is Allowed No Beverages Allowed

The library is the information hub and gathering place on campus for individual and group learning. 
Library staff work to establish an environment that is conducive to all types of learning, productivity, and academic success.
To help with this, we have established coded Learning Zones. The purpose of these Zones is to promote the library as a space for research, reflection, discovery, and learning, while minimizing unwelcome disturbance to others.

Look for signs indicating Learning Zones throughout the library. Associated with each Zone code is a set of Expectations, Benefits, and Cautions.
We encourage students to select the Zone that best fits the needs of their library visit.

If you have questions, ask library staff for assistance or email us.


Learning Zones Codes

 
 Expectations Benefits Cautions Locations
Red Zone - Silent Study Only
Silence.
No talking, socializing, or music.
Cell phone ringers off,
no conversations.

Silent area for concentration and studying.
Zero tolerance for noise.
The entire 3rd Floor is Red, except for inside classrooms.
Also red: a computer lab on 1st and on 2nd Floor, and a section of the 4th Floor.
Yellow Zone - Quiet Study Only
Quiet study in small groups is allowed.
Cell phone ringers set to vibrate; no phone conversations.
Music is permitted with headphones and low volume.

Work productively in the presence of others with some minor noise and distraction.

Low-volume conversation is fine,
but no loud noise, music, socializing,
or rowdiness.
Academic work must be the focus.

A computer lab on the 1st Floor.
Sections on the 2nd
and 4th Floors.
Green Zone - Groupwork is Allowed
Converstation-friendly.
Interact with others;
discreet cell phone use;
music with headphones.

Socialize while working.
"White noise" for those who prefer it.

Talking is fine, but no loud noise,
yelling or rowdiness.
Academic work must be the focus.
Most of the 2nd (Main) Floor.
No Beverages Allowed.
Beverages may not be brought into this area.
Provides a clean environment for research and study and protects the collection.
Zero tolerance for beverages.
Archives and Atlas Area of 4th Floor.
Lidded Beverages Allowed.
Lidded beverages are permitted.
Provides an area for drinking non-alcoholic beverages while working.
Please tidy up after yourself
and dispose of containers appropriately.
No alcohol.
No uncovered containers.
Most sections of the library.
No Food Allowed.
No food is permitted.
Provides a clean environment for research and study.
Protects the collection and equipment.
Zero tolerance for food of ANY kind.
All computers and throughout the 1st, 3rd, 4th Floors.
Snack Food Allowed


Consumption of snack food is permitted.

See non-allowed items in "Cautions".
Provides an area for eating while working, with minimal disruption to others.

Eating snacks is fine, but please tidy up after yourself and dispose of containers appropriately.
Non-allowed items: Food that requires utensils, hot or odorous food. Deliveries of food are prohibited (except authorized deliveries for sponsored events).
2nd (Main) Floor only, excluding computers.

Computer Workstations

The 1st Floor of the Bata Library provides two computer labs: one Red Zone and one Yellow Zone.
The 2nd (Main) Floor provides computers in Green Zones in the open area, a Red Zone in BL 210 (behind the Circulation Desk), and a Yellow Zone in BL 201.
Workstations on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Floors are available for quick access to TOPCAT and library resources - no printing or saving options.

No Food Allowed. No food is allowed at any computers; lidded beverages are OK.
No Parking at Computers No parking at computer workstations. If you're leaving the computer for an extended period (more than 20 minutes), please logout and take your belongings with you. Others are waiting to use a computer.
Electrical Outlets Electrical outlets for powering Notebooks are available in all corners of the Bata Library.

 

Special Note: MaDGIC Unit

Library patrons should note that study tables in the Maps, Data and Government Information Centre (MaDGIC) are used for occasional workshops involving use of the department's collections. At these times the area is not available for study. During all other times, patrons consulting maps and atlases for academic purposes have priority use of study tables. When workshops are not taking place, QUIET study must be observed by all library patrons when in MaDGIC.

Violation of the Policy

Adherence to the Learning Zones conduct is a condition of entry to the library. Library staff monitor food, drink, and noise levels and respond to complaints. If requested, students/staff are required to present to library staff and/or Campus Security valid Trent University identification in order to track repeat policy infractions.

Repeat or serious violations will be reported as Misconduct to the Charter of Student Rights and Responsibilities, with corresponding sanctions.

Immediate sanctions may include being asked to leave the library without warning, being banned from the Library for a period of time, and being charged by Campus Security under the Ontario Trespass to Property Act, RSO 1990, cT21. Trent Security will be called when necessary.

You may report a violation by:

  • speaking to any staff member,
  • phoning 748-1011 ext. 7420 (weekdays) or ext. 7423 (evening/weekend), or
  • email (weekdays).

 

This policy is in effect starting in September, 2010.

The Learning Zones are based on systems created at University of Toronto Mississauga and the University of Western Ontario Libraries.  Some images courtesy Rayanne Tipert, Western Libraries.

 

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