Classroom Reservation and Use Policies

Reserve a library classroom

This page and the Library Classroom Request Form are for reserving a library classroom for sessions led by faculty, staff, or students, not by a librarian. If you would like a librarian to teach a research skills session for your class, please use the Instruction Request Form instead.

Bell Library has two library classrooms:

• Computer Lab 1, Room 109, is currently unavailable due to ongoing renovation.
• The Active Learning Classroom, Room 126, fits up to 50 people and includes one instructor computer. This space is primarily a Bring Your Own Device classroom, but instructors may request laptop cart check out (30 laptops) for instruction sessions. To check out the laptop cart, instructors must provide a class roster.

To request a classroom reservation, please fill out the Library Classroom Request Form or contact Lorin Flores, Instructional Services Librarian, at 361-825-2609 or lorin.flores@tamucc.edu

Library classroom reservation policy

When requesting a reservation, please keep in mind the following guidelines:

• Library classrooms can be reserved for classes or training sessions held Monday through Friday between 8am and 5pm. Evening and weekend bookings are possible, but technical support may be very limited.
• Library classrooms are available for reservation in the Fall semester after October 15, and in the Spring semester after March 15. They are available through the summer.
• The library requests two weeks’ notice for reservations. Requests with less notice will be considered based on availability.
• Only one classroom at a time may be reserved at a time, leaving the other classroom available for librarian-led instruction or student use.
• Only TAMU-CC faculty, staff, and students may reserve a library classroom.
• Bell Library has discretion to allow or deny library classroom use on a case-by-case basis.

Library classroom use policy

• All users must have an active university computer account in order to log in to library computers and laptops. Guest access for community users can be arranged in advance by contacting the library.
• All users are expected to follow university computer use and policies.
• All users must follow library food and beverage policies. No food is permitted in Computer Lab 1, and beverages in covered containers must be left in the designated area outside the Lab. Food and beverages in covered containers are allowed in the Active Learning Classroom. 
• Group work is encouraged, and the library classrooms are not guaranteed quiet study areas. Users are asked to keep noise at levels that are not disruptive to fellow users.