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Petition to extend the RockLib opening hours during the examination period and to install a photocopier
Published by Danielle Tobin on Mar 12, 2010
| 187 Signatures |
Target: Malcolm Grant, President and Provost, University College London
Region: United Kingdom
Background (Preamble):
- The RockLib, where the English collections are located during the refurbishment of the Main Library, operates significantly shorter opening hours than the Main Library, and is closed on Sundays;
- English students would normally expect to have access to books 24 hours a day during the examination period;
- English students are required to engage in extensive
independent book-based study, and are particularly reliant on the texts available in the Library;
- A photocopier is a basic necessity in a library. It is vital that students are able to photocopy extracts from books, particularly reference books, without the inconvenience of having to carry them to another library and back;
- Students feel it is unfair and unacceptable that they will not have access to the expected resources;
- Staff and student representatives have written to Paul Ayris, Head of Library Services, and received a wholly unsatisfactory response;
- UCL is highly renowned for its English Department, and these cuts during such a vital period are detrimental to this reputation;
- UCL is currently seeking to enhance the student experience, and these cuts run counter to this aim.
Please state whether you are a member of staff/ student and year group.
- English students would normally expect to have access to books 24 hours a day during the examination period;
- English students are required to engage in extensive
independent book-based study, and are particularly reliant on the texts available in the Library;
- A photocopier is a basic necessity in a library. It is vital that students are able to photocopy extracts from books, particularly reference books, without the inconvenience of having to carry them to another library and back;
- Students feel it is unfair and unacceptable that they will not have access to the expected resources;
- Staff and student representatives have written to Paul Ayris, Head of Library Services, and received a wholly unsatisfactory response;
- UCL is highly renowned for its English Department, and these cuts during such a vital period are detrimental to this reputation;
- UCL is currently seeking to enhance the student experience, and these cuts run counter to this aim.
Please state whether you are a member of staff/ student and year group.
Petition:
We, the undersigned, seek longer opening hours of the RockLib during the examination period and the installation of a photocopier.
The Petition to extend the RockLib opening hours during the examination period and to install a photocopier petition to Malcolm Grant, President and Provost, University College London was written by Danielle Tobin and is in the category Education at GoPetition. Contact author here. Petition tags: ucl english rocklib library opening hours examination period



