Lab Reservations and Use Policies

Reserve a library classroom

Faculty and staff may request a reservation in one of two library classrooms. Computer Lab 1, Room 109 in Bell Library, has computers for 30 people, plus one instructor computer. The Active Learning Classroom, Room 216A, fits 42 people, plus one instructor computer. The Active Learning Classroom is currently a Bring Your Own Device classroom.

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

Library computer lab reservation policy

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

• A library classroom can be reserved for a class or training session held Monday through Friday between 8am and 5pm.
• 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 months.
• The library requests two weeks’ notice to make a reservation, but we will consider requests with less than two weeks’ notice based on availability.
• Only one classroom at a time may be reserved, leaving the other classroom available for research skills instruction or student use.
• Only TAMU-CC faculty and staff 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 established university computer accounts in order to access the workstations. Community users do not have access to computers in the library classrooms.
• All users are expected to abide by university computer use and policies.
• Students are required to observe library food and beverage policies. No food is permitted in Computer Lab 1. Beverages in covered containers must be left in the designated area outside of Computer Lab 1. Food and beverages in covered containers are allowed in the Active Learning Classroom. 
• Group work is encouraged; the library classrooms are not guaranteed quiet study areas. Users are asked to remember they are in the library and to keep noise at levels that are not disruptive to fellow users.