Shields Library Services

Adaptive Computer Area

As part of the Library's services to disabled users, the Student Disability Center maintains passworded adaptive computer equipment on the first floor in the Reading Room behind the Information Desk. This area is generally for the use of disabled UC Davis students registered with the Student Disability Center. UC Davis faculty/staff and public users are allowed use the equipment as long as no eligible UC Davis student is displaced or inconvenienced. Check at the Circulation Desk for access to the equipment.

24-Hour Study Room

The 24-Hour Study Room (part of the Shields Library Building) is open for use 24 hours a day. This room provides study space as well as two group study rooms. A campus telephone is also available near the entrance to this room. Access to the room is for registered students only. There is a card reader posted at the entrance which will read the Student ID card and allow access. Problems accessing the room should be reported to the Circulation Desk on the first floor of the Shields Library.

Lockers

The library has 140 coin-operated lockers available for public use. They are located near the south elevators on each floor. The security guards check the lockers frequently to make sure there are no un-charged books. The guards also note material that appears to being left for longer than a week at a time. There are 27 lockers that can be reserved for quarterly use by students only. Please visit the Circulation desk to sign up on a waiting list for the upcoming quarter.

Lost & Found

Lost and found items are turned into the Circulation Desk on the first floor. The department may be contacted at 530-752-1203. Library staff attempt to notify owners of found items whenever contact information is available.

Most items are held through one week and are taken every Friday to the UC Davis Police Department Lost and Found. UCDPD has an online Lost and Found site that lists items received including items sent from the Shields Library. Items are sorted by category and are kept for 90 days.

Copy Cards

Lost and found copycards are turned in to reference desks or the Copy Service. Library staff attempt to notify card owners if contact information has been written on the back of the copycards.

Phones

A free campus-only phone and a pay phone are located at the Shields Library entrance area (foyer). If it is necessary to use a cell phone or other audio-based communications device, please use the Shields Library courtyard, the foyer near the public telephones, or the outside plaza in front of the library.

Study Areas & Group Study Rooms

Most areas of the Shields Library are intended for quiet study. Active research and consultation may be expected in the areas adjacent to reference and service desks.

Group Study rooms are available for use by UC Davis students, faculty and staff. The rooms are unlocked and available for use whenever the Library is open. Two group study rooms are located on the second floor near the Main Reading Room; one is located on the North east corner of the 4th floor (Room 420). There are two group study rooms in the 24-Hour Study Room on the North side of the building. One of these two is designated for special auditory purposes—such as a sight-impaired person who has a reader.

Policies:

• Group study rooms are available on a first come, first served basis. Rooms may not be reserved.
• Groups have priority over individuals studying in these rooms. An individual using a room must yield to a group.
• Library policies with regard to food and beverages apply.

Study Carrels

Faculty

Shields Library has 28 faculty study carrels that are available to members of the Academic Senate and to research titles of the Academic Federation. Emeriti faculty members are eligible for carrels. Retired employees, visiting scholars, and appointees "without salary" are not eligible for carrels. Faculty carrels are assigned for library-centered projects requiring use and storage for significant amounts of library material. Faculty carrels are not intended for use as study or office space.

Assignments are made for a maximum of one year and all carrels expire June 30. Renewals are allowed if there are a reasonable number of vacancies. If a waiting list develops, those who have had carrels the longest will be asked to relinquish their carrels. Assignments are made on a first-come, first-served basis, regardless of seniority, with a waiting list kept in chronological order. Double assignments to a single carrel will be made if requested by both parties.

Graduate

Shields Library has 35 graduate study carrels available first to PhD students advanced to candidacy, then to other PhD candidates, and then to Masters students depending on availability. Students on PELP and Filing Fee are not eligible for carrels.

Assignments are made for one year to the nearest beginning of a quarter. At the end of the assignment, the occupant must vacate the carrel. Graduate study carrels may not be renewed. Assignments will be made according to the waiting list kept in chronological order. Double assignments to a single carrel may be made if requested by both parties.