New Librolaws . Comments and Opinions

Riamfada

From Tuesday the Library is operating a policy whereby if you vacate your place for a period longer than 30 minutes your books, laptop , pink motorola V3 and family photos ect will be removed by library staff (librocop imo) and you place up for grabs.

I for one think this is a good move, too long have people gone on 3 hour breaks and people who actually want to do some work forced to walk around like idiots looking for a place.

Chinafoot

Happens every year around exam time.

Not sure if it's still the same, but they leave a note on your desk with the time and say that if they come back and you're still not there in 20 minutes (or whatever it was) your stuff will be removed.

Dead right too.

Vorsprung

Haven't they being doing this for years? When I was in Belfield for first year they were definitely doing it. It's a good idea, so many people used to dump their stuff on desks before their 9am lectures then come back whenever, and I'm sure it's still done.

One problem is that if people disappear, and the librocops put the "this place is up for grabs in 30 minutes" paper on the desk, any of their mates can just take the slip and bin it.

Still though, better than nothing.

Chakar

Yeah it makes sense to me too. There's way too many people leaving their stuff in the library and going off for coffee breaks for two hours.

Though I hope they're not too draconian in its implementation. The rule is due to come in effect on the 10th of April.

SirCretop

who's gonna time everyone though? like is librocop gonna be there with a stopwatch timing exactly how long you're gona for?!?!

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Vorsprung

The librocop writes on the sheet the time when he passed through, so if people know that it's pub rules 30 mins after that, all they do is put whatever's on the desk to one side or on the floor.

hullaballoo

Ah the heavenly serenity of studying in Glenomena!

Scraggs

A better policy would be to auction off the stuff they confiscate make some money for librocop and the library itself, I could do with a pink motorola v3.



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DirkVoodoo

Yeah they've always done it. Great idea, stops people coming in early in the summer to grab a desk, then spending the next 10 or 12 hours out smoking or sunbathing by the lake.

Also fond of the auction idea, the could set up an on-line auctions site, "Li-bay".

beanyb

They did this when I was in 1st year, but didnt do it last year. People left desks for hours and they were never touched.

Generally speaking, I think it's a great idea. It does get fairly impossible to find a desk around exam time, and loads of them are left unoccupied for hours. But I think half an hour is a bit short, if it's strictly enforced. Most people do in fact use their desks most of the day, but take an hour in the middle to get lunch. And coming back after lunch and having to trek around trying to find another desk will be annoying.

irlrobins

Been doing this for years and years. I was never sure how successful it was because as someone pointed out earlier, the notes were often just removed by other students. Even I did it.

As for lunch, I think they don't enforce the rule during lunch hours.

hullaballoo

So from 11-5 they're not enforced?

Stabshauptmann

Well 30 mins theory could eqivalant to 1hr in practice.

If I read the note right this came into force last tuesday (cos I saw the note "from tuesday" last monday and didnt notice a date) yet on wednesday a guy came in, put his stuff on the desk next to me and I never saw him again (I was there for another 3.5 hours before leaving) yet his stuff wasnt moved.

TBH its obvious whos gone for a smoke and whos gone for a few hours in the laptop section when you see a desk with the charger plug still there and a copy, but no bag.

Chakar

I think the lunch hours in the library are from 1pm to 2pm for the staff.

EDIT: Its from the 10th April Kaptain.

pretty*monster

Unfortunately/Thankfully enforcement of this rule is usually very patchy, presumably because the libro-cops can't monitor all the library all the time.

Time Magazine

In Trinity's libraries if you're gone for more than fifteen minutes any student can take your place.

Sangre

and how do you know they're gone for 15 minutes?

People are supposed to leave a piece of paper down stating the time they left at, similar to what people said happens in UCD. But it's the students themselves who can move the stuff to one side, not the TCD librocop.

Time Magazine

"Hi sangre, yeah this seat beside me has been unoccupied for at least an hour. Sit down beside me and let's have a hug."

Or perhaps more accurately:
"Sorry, do you know has this seat been unoccupied long?"
"Yes, at least an hour."

arbeitsscheuer

Ibid wrote:

In Trinity's libraries if you're gone for more than fifteen minutes any student can take your place.

Which is definitely the way it should be.

Garret

arbeitsscheuer wrote:

Which is definitely the way it should be.

harsh, have you never gone for a 15 minute crap?

Sangre

It has certainly taken me longer than 15 minutes to find the books/reports/journals I wanted.

Dave!

I wouldn't go off for 2 hours and leave my stuff (laptop, etc) unattended... But yeh it's a good rule.

Stabshauptmann

Chakar wrote:

I think the lunch hours in the library are from 1pm to 2pm for the staff.

EDIT: Its from the 10th April Kaptain.

Now, though you could well be right, do you realise that your post contained no new information?
Kudos on noticing an implied question, but the question wasnt "whats the date?" it was "is the date on the signs?".

darth insidiari

The only problem is that given the overcrowding in the library at this time of year even the simplest things can take more than 30 mins. I've often gone looking for a book/printing out an article/photocopying a chapter etc... and it's always taken a lot longer than it needs to. The photocopy facilities are a particular problem. There just aren't enough of them but it's also the fault of inept people who don't mark the pages they want before hand or can't figure out how to resize a page. Perhaps there should be photocopying tutorials on weekly. It took me a while to get the hang of all the photocopier functions but i didn't decide to figure them out with a 10 person line waiting behind me.

funktastic

Are you sure this has been going on for years? I'm in UCD 6 years and I've never heard of this.There's always been loads of complaining about people going off on 4 hour lunches though.

Vorsprung

funktastic wrote:

Are you sure this has been going on for years? I'm in UCD 6 years and I've never heard of this.There's always been loads of complaining about people going off on 4 hour lunches though.

It was definitely there in 2002/2003.

irlrobins

Def there in 1997 too...

stolenwine

How much more of our dignity do u.c.d library want? :rolleyes:

gubbie

Its such a waste of money... they have them on coloured sheets... COLOURED

fullstop

arbeitsscheuer wrote:

Which is definitely the way it should be.

Don't be such an idiot. How should it be that if you take more than 15 minutes for lunch your place should be gone:rolleyes: