Library

Study Space Options

Studying options in the Library

The Library provides facilities for both group and individual study in zoned areas and in designated rooms.

Silent Areas

• Silent Study areas: Ground & Top Floors.
• Individual private study carrels: bookable daily from the Library Counter. A deposit of £5.00 is required, refunded on return of the key. Semester use carrels are also available to research and taught postgraduates. For more information see our postgraduate information page

Group Areas

• Group Study areas: Middle Floor.
• Group Study Rooms: Five rooms are available: please book these via the Library Counter.

How Group Study Room Bookings Work:

• Bookings will be taken at the Library Counter until 9:30pm of the day before the room is required.
• Each day, a list detailing bookings will be placed on the door of each room.
• No deposits will be taken and the rooms will be left unlocked – it will be your responsibility to ensure that your personal property is safe.
• On the day, you may use group study rooms without a booking unless they have been pre-booked.
• You must vacate the room at the time it has been booked for.
• All group study rooms must be vacated by 7:00am to enable cleaning to take place.

Photocopying

Photocopying

There are self-service photocopiers on all floors of the Library. The machines will copy on A3 as well as A4, and offer reduction and enlargement.

All the copiers are operated with the Keele card, which can be recharged at the service point in the foyer, or at any of the other service points on campus.

Copier 4 in Short Loan also operates with cash.

One copier at the South end of the Periodicals area on the ground floor is solely for use by staff and postgraduates.

A scanner is also available in the IT Suite; for advice on this please contact the IT Services Help Desk

Please remember that photocopying is subject to copyright legislation. Information on this is displayed near the copiers, and guidelines on copying copyright material are available.

IT Services/Computing Facilities

IT Services/Computing Facilities

• PCs are available in the IT Suite on the Middle Floor.
• Labs on the Ground Floor are Silent Study Labs.
• Labs are booked for teaching sessions but are otherwise open to all.
• Wireless networking is available on all three floors of the Library. Please note: the rear of the Top Floor, South Wing (facing Keele Hall), is a lap-top free area.
• To use the wireless network, you need a Keele IT username and password and an enabled laptop. Find out more here

Please ensure you read the Campus Library Code of Conduct (see top of page; also displayed in the Library).

Your Keele Card

Your Keele Card

• There is a Keele Card top-up point on the left-hand wall as you enter the Library. Your card can be used for photocopying, printing and to pay any fine or other charges at the Library Counters
• Your Keele Card is your Library Card - you will need it every time you borrow an item.  You should carry your Keele Card with you whenever you are using the Library.

To view the location of different parts of the building and Keele Card Service point, please view the Floor Plan.

Refreshment Area

Refreshment Area

• There are vending machines offering a choice of drinks and snacks in the Refreshment Area on the ground floor.
• Bottled drinks are permitted anywhere in the Library but please use the Refreshment Area for all other eating and drinking.
• The Refreshments area was extended in 2012 to include comfortable sofa seating - it is a great space for taking some time out from your studying without having to leave the building.

Users with Disabilities

Users with Disabilities

• Entry from Ground Floor level is available if you are unable to manage steps. Please contact the Library Administrator (ext. 33232) for details.
• There are lifts to all floors.
• There is a toilet designed for wheel-chair users on the Ground Floor. This toilet is accessed via the universal RADAR key.
• Standard PCs in the Library have software to enlarge the screen display, and to speak displayed text. Please ask at the main counter if you wish to buy headphones.

Fax/Microform

Microform readers

Microform readers are provided in the Law Library on the ground floor. A reader-printer is also available.

Fax service

A fax service is available. To use it please contact the Library Administrator (ext. 33232) to make use of this facility.