We used to have quite a lot of bother with people eating & drinking in the
library. We are a residential college & have 24 hour opening, but the staff
are only around until 10pm. We have mainly solved the problem by allowing
sealed bottles of water into the library (water containers with a top on).
This has greatly reduced the amount of sticky food & drink being brought
into the library. It never seems to stop it, but at least the fish & chip
shop at the bottom of the road has now closed down!
Rhona Watson
Jesus College, Cambridge.
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Subject: Re: Refreshments and book damage
Is it realistic or even possible to stop students eating and drinking in the
library these days?
At least if you provide a "zone", you are being reasonable in that there is
a defined, contained area where they can get refreshment if needed, and
staff would then be more than justified in clamping down more firmly in
other areas of the library...
Rachel Bell
University of Nottingham
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