St Mary's Campus Library: Quiet Booths Terms of Use

Capacity

Booth 1 seats two people, booth 2 seats one person.

Furniture and Equipment

Booth 1

A desk with two chairs, two plug sockets, a wall-mounted coat hanger, artwork on the wall, a comfortable armchair in the corner, and adjustable mood lighting.

Booth 2

A desk with one chair, two plug sockets, a wall-mounted coat hanger, and adjustable mood lighting.

No additional furniture, stationery or IT equipment is provided in these booths.

Booking

  • Our booths can be booked by registered Imperial staff and students, and NHS library members for a maximum of two hours per day.
  • Users cannot book for longer than two hours and are expected to leave the booth promptly once their booking has ended; library staff may ask users to leave if they overrun their booking time.
    • Imperial users: book online via Library Bookings.
    • NHS users: e-mail the library at sm-lib@imperial.ac.uk or telephone 020 7594 3692.

Use of Quiet Booths

  • Our booths can only be used for the purposes of quiet private study or work.
  • Users are not permitted to stick notices to the library door, or to block the door’s window for any reason. We reserve the right to enter the room and remove these notices and window covers once we notice them.

Accessibility

Our booth’s doors are 27.5 inches wide. Please contact us if you have any questions about accessing them.

Food and Drink

Cold non-smelly food, drinks in resealable bottles and hot drinks in a cup with a lid are allowed.

Cancellations

If you want to cancel a booking, please let the library know by e-mail (sm-lib@imperial.ac.uk) or by phone (020-7594-3692).

If you have not arrived 15 minutes after the start of your booking, the library reserves the right to make the room available for other users. By contacting the library in advance, you may be able to re-schedule for the same day.

The library reserves the right to decline any booking request.

Rooms booked after 18.00 are subject to cancellation at short notice should the library close to due to staff shortages.