Study spaces, updates and opening hours

• You do not need to book a study space in advance unless you are using a space within the reading rooms on Floor 5 (silent/PG areas) of the Main Library.
• Simply turn up at a study centre and find a free desk.
• You are responsible for cleaning your study space before and after you use it.

• Additional bookable rooms for group work are available to book within a Booker tile labelled ‘Study Room’. Book via the Booker platform.  
• If you cannot attend your booked study space, please make sure you cancel your booking so that someone else can use the space. Please give as much notice as possible.
• Bookable study spaces are located within the reading rooms on Floor 5 (silent/PG areas) of the Main Library. There are no walk-up desks available in these areas. There are 65 bookable spaces available to PG Students only, in the red zone on the 5^th Floor and 104 bookable spaces on the 5^th Floor, Blue zone.
• To make a booking in advance or on the day, use the SeatEd @ UoE app, or if you do not have a smartphone, you can book using the online webform.  See our main study space webpage to find this form. 
• Each student will be able to book a maximum of 20 hours a week, subject to availability. Bookings made on the same day will not count towards your 20 hour quota.
• Please remember to check in and check out of your booked study space by scanning the QR code with the SeatEd app.

If you’re having any issues booking study space, please contact our EdHelp team either online or if you are at the Main Library and King’s Buildings, visit the onsite team in person - they are more than happy to help. 

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No, from 18^th April 2022 face coverings are no longer mandatory in libraries and study spaces. However, health and safety remains our top priority. To keep us all safe we are still encouraging library users to:

• Wear face coverings 
• Use our hand sanitising stations
• Use cleaning materials provided to clean desk surfaces and computer accessories

Yes. The Disability & Learning Support Service will communicate directly with students who have provision for accessible study rooms.

For more information, contact the Disability & Learning Support Service

The Carer and Child room at the Main Library offers those with childcare responsibilities to study alongside their children, following a mandatory induction.

Library users are welcome to make a short visit to the University Library accompanied by their children under the age of 16 for the purpose of making an enquiry, borrowing/dropping off a book, or similar task. A longer stay, for example, for the purpose of study, is not allowed, other than in the designated Main Library Carer & Child Room, or to attend a pre-arranged appointment with members of University staff based in the Library. As is stated in The University's Policy for child access to the University Library.