The Jane Bancroft Cook Library’s primary mission is to serve the educational and research needs of the students, staff and faculty of the University of South Florida and New College of Florida. Library facilities are limited with minimal public access computers, copiers, printers, and group study rooms. Due to these limitations, having even small groups attempting to use the Library as a classroom or meeting space severely impacts the ability of a NCF or USF student to access the Library’s resources.

For this reason, under no circumstances may outside institutions hold classes or meetings in the Library. Questions regarding this policy should be referred to the Director of Information & Access Services at (941) 487-4409, or to the Library Administrative Office, (941) 487-4300 / 487-4401.

Any group attempting to use the Library to conduct classes or meetings without the permission of the Director of Information & Access Services / Library Dean or other appropriate authority, will be asked to leave the building. Should the group refuse or ignore the request to vacate the building, library staff members are authorized to ask Campus Police to intervene.

This policy is necessitated by abuses of the Library’s resources by proprietary institutions and outside organizations. We are obligated to make every effort to create a quiet study environment and provide access to library resources to our own students and faculty. While the library does not restrict the use of library resources to individual non-students, it does require that library policies be observed by all users at all times.