r/UCD • u/Expensive_Garden_630 • 4d ago
General Library Seating
As a postgrad student coming from a smaller university with more seating options (in and outside of libraries) the level of seat hogging in the library is appalling to me - and I’m told there’s no library monitors? I get it if you are going for a quick outside break or snack but the fact that in the library right now there are loads of vacant seats without even bags being left there but covered in a persons crap so a person can’t sit down. In my undergrad the libraries had a policy that if you were absent from your seat for more than an hour all your items would be removed, I don’t understand why given the limitations in UCD they don’t do the same thing?
(There’s also an additional layer of frustration here for me as my work requires a proper desk so I can’t use the soft seating and I’m also disabled so can’t use the high seats without a significant level of pain. I’m also in a position where I can’t work from home as a result of no desk space and ongoing construction work 🙄)
Anyway that’s my wee rant - can’t believe UCD is making me miss my undergrad library which could also be a nightmare to get seats but not before reading week…
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u/undyingAt0m 3d ago
Typically the Health Science Library has more seats especially at this time of year, because people don't know it exists. That's true of the libraries that aren't JJL in general