(The) Library Essentials Guide: Group Study Rooms

Spencer Dock Study Rooms

There are 8 study rooms available for students to book in the library - see below for more information:

Outside of the Library, there are an additional two rooms on the 1st floor of the Spencer Dock building which may be booked for group study. 

Room S1.12 for groups of 6 students, book here
Room S1.13 for groups of 8 students, book here

Select the button for the relevant study room on the left of this page or click on the links above to make a booking. 

Booking a Study Room

If you wish to use a study room during our busiest hours of 10am - 4pm (Monday - Saturday), you must book that room and wait for library staff to approve your booking. When this happens, you will receive an email telling you so (you should use your NCI student email address when booking a room). Bookings are not valid until approved by staff. You must fully complete all fields on the booking form or your request to use a room will be denied. 

If you wish to use study rooms outside of these hours, booking is not essential, however it is still possible to book a room. Students should be aware that if they use a room without booking it, and the room is booked by another student, they may be asked to leave so that the student who made the booking may use that room. Therefore, booking is still recommended if use of the room is essential during this time.

Study Rooms can be booked for a maximum of 2 hours per day per group.

If you need to cancel a booking, there will be a link in your confirmation email that will allow you to do this. If you have deleted the email, you can contact us in the library and we can cancel the booking for you. You can drop by the library desk or you can contact us via LibChat or email.

Rooms S4.08 and S5.10 may be used by single students for study purposes; for all other study rooms, a minimum of 2 students is required to make a booking.

Study Room Rules and Regulations

• Food is strictly prohibited. Students may bring covered drinks or bottles into the study room. 
• Study rooms may not be used for any commercial purposes, including grinds. 
• Study rooms may not be booked for regularly scheduled classes. 
• Doors must be left unlocked. 
• All students must be in possession of their own current student card; staff reserve the right to check student cards and booking status. 
• Bookings will be cancelled if students have not arrived after 15 minutes. For all rooms other than S4.08 and S5.10, 2 or more students must have arrived within 15 minutes of the start time of the room booking. Students must arrive on time to avoid cancellation. 
• Students must vacate the room promptly when their booking expires. 
• Conversational and noise levels should not be exceeded. The library is a place of study, as is the group study room. 
• Students are financially responsible for any damage resulting from abuse or neglect. 
• Staff have the right to ask groups or individual students to leave if regulations are not being followed.