Does your university have a 24 hour library?

bluenoxid

See the thread title. Mine does not.

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Reply 1

bunthulhu

Nope.

Reply 2

puppy

Nope. Well there are some college libraries that are, but mine isn't, neither is my faculty library or the university library. My college one is open 9am - midnight in Michaelmas and Lent term and then 8am - 2am during Easter term when everyone goes mental over their exams. I don't see the point in a 24 hour library- people shouldn't be encouraged to work crazy hours like that.

Reply 3

bananamoonbeam

Ours opens 24 hours in exam periods...and now we got a new one (Information Commons) that is open 24 hours throught the year - go Sheffield!!

Reply 4

cpj1987

Ours is open 24 hours, yup. Love 3am-5am library sessions!

Reply 5

Phoenix Wright

Ours is half open; you can't access the stacks, but you can study in parts of it that are open all night.

Reply 6

happydinosaur

The library shuts at 12pm in terms 1 and 2. During summer term (3) it shuts at 2am. All year round though there is the 24hr learning grid but that is far more informal (you can eat, talk etc) and has only key books.

Reply 7

L i b

Nope, but the times are fairly good all the same.

Apparently happening in the next coupla years though, ie when I'm gone...

Reply 8

Andy Peters

We have 3, 2 of which are open 24 hours term time - apart from Friday and Saturday night.

Reply 9

shady lane

Yes--open 24 hours all year except during summer holidays (LSE).

Reply 10

LaRma-lee

De montfort, open 24/7, once i had to do somework to hand in, done it all at around 5-8 am , handed it in then went 2 sleep and missd all of the lectures that day :smile:

Reply 11

sexysax

My uni doesn't as far as I am aware.

Reply 12

nikk

At Plymouth, the open access computer section of the library is open 24/7 all year round.

Reply 13

Talya

bunthulhu

Nope.

Mm, but Soton does open til Midnight all term (all year? I am not sure) and til 2am during exam time.

Reply 14

bunthulhu

iTalya

Mm, but Soton does open til Midnight all term (all year? I am not sure) and til 2am during exam time.

Yes, but that's not 24 hour :wink:

Reply 15

Carl

24 hours computer rooms, but no libraries. Most in Cardiff Uni are open 8.45am-9/10pm Mon-Sat and 10-5 on Sun, which is much better than Bordeaux, which was 9am-5pm Mon-Fri for my école, and 9-9 Monday-Fri and 9-12 Sat, closed Sun in the Uni libraries.

Reply 16

kellywood_5

No, but according to our student newspaper, it'll be undergoing a massive refurbishment over the summer and 24 hour opening might be one of the new features. At the moment, it's open from 8.30am-10pm Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm Saturday and 2pm-8pm Sunday.

Reply 17

puppy

I don't see the point in a 24 hour library- people shouldn't be encouraged to work crazy hours like that.

I kind of agree with that, but I guess the people who are going to work all night wil do so regardless of where they do it, may as well give them all the resources they need.

Are the people who have 24hour libraries at campus based universities? It doesn't seem very practical, not to mention safe, to be travelling to and from a library in the early hours. Unless you go in a group, though that sounds even less practical.