Study Room Guidelines

The purpose of the library’s Study Rooms is to provide space for individual study and/or collaborative work. The following guidelines apply to all Study Rooms:

Availability & Access

  • Study Rooms are available free of charge during regular library hours.
  • Study Rooms A, B, F, G, H, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are reservable for Canton Public Library cardholders (standard, non-standard or purchased card types) in good standing, ages 13 years and over. (See CPL Meeting and Study Room Policy.) Other rooms (C, D, E, I, J and 1-3) are first-come, first-served.
  • Any unoccupied and unreserved Study Room may be used by patrons.

Reservation Compliance

  • Rooms may be reserved by Canton Public Library cardholders with accounts in good standing for up to two hours each session, with a maximum of three reservations per week.
  • A completed room reservation must be made at least two hours in advance of use.
  • Patrons who provide false information when reserving a room, or who fail to meet the minimum occupancy requirements for the room, may be asked to leave and may lose future room reservation privileges.
  • Patrons with a room reservation must arrive within 15 minutes of their scheduled start time.
  • After that, the reservation may be released so others can use the room.
  • If a patron fails to appear for their reserved Study Room three times, their ability to make future reservations may be suspended.
  • Patrons who have reserved a Study Room must vacate the room promptly at the end of their reservation.

Room Use & Conduct

  • Users must occupy the Study Room while using it. Items left unattended for more than 15 minutes may be considered abandoned and removed by staff. This includes reserved Study Rooms.
  • If a study room has a future reservation, current occupants must vacate the room before the reservation begins, regardless of whether the reserved user has arrived.
  • Rooms must be vacated and left clean at the end of use.
  • Study Rooms are not for social gatherings and use of Study Rooms for solicitation and/or sale of goods or services is prohibited.
  • Tables may not be moved. Chairs may not be added, removed, or substituted.

Group Study Rooms (Rooms A–J)

  • Single users may use a group Study Room if no group is waiting.
  • If a group arrives, single users will be asked to relocate if they are alone in a room for longer than 15 minutes, starting with Room A and continuing alphabetically.

Occupancy Limits

  • Room A – 10
  • Room B – 8
  • Room C – 8
  • Room D – 4
  • Room E – 4
  • Room F – 4
  • Room G – 4
  • Room H – 4
  • Room I – 4
  • Room J – 4
  • Room 1 – 2
  • Room 2 – 2
  • Room 3 – 2
  • Room 4 – 2
  • Room 5 – 2
  • Room 6 – 2
  • Room 7 – 2

Responsibility

  • The library is not responsible for personal belongings left in Study Rooms.
  • Users are expected to comply with the library’s Code of Conduct and Study Room Guidelines at all times. Violations may result in expulsion from the Study Room or the library at the discretion of library staff.
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