24 hour library learning spaces

In order to ensure fair access for all Hallam students to bookable library spaces, Hallam library uses a system called MyPC for all library learning space bookings. Please make sure that you have read and understood the library learning space booking policies before making a booking.

If you are not currently a Sheffield Hallam student or Sheffield Hallam member of staff and want to use our library spaces, please see here for further guidance.

How many bookings can I make?

• You can book a library learning space up to 14 days in advance.

• You can have 14 advanced bookings in the booking system at a time.

• The minimum booking duration for one booking is 1 hour, the maximum booking duration for one booking is 2 hours. You can make multiple bookings if you need to book for more than 2 hours.

• During peak times (9am-6pm Monday-Sunday) you can make 5 hours of bookings per day on bookable resources. From 6pm-9am Monday-Sunday you can book for as many hours as you like on the resources that are available.

• You can book one space to use at a time, multiple bookings made for the same date and time are not permitted.

Arriving for your booking

• Please arrive on time for your bookings. If you have booked an IT space, please login to the computer within 15 minutes of your booking start time, otherwise your booking will automatically cancel and the space will become available for others to book.

• If you have booked an IT space, you must be the person to login to that space. If you log out of the computer during your booking, the remaining booking time will be cancelled.

• If you log in to a computer and do not use it for more than 30 minutes, the system will automatically log you out and your remaining booking time will be cancelled.

• If you are automatically logged off a computer your work will not be saved.

• During peak times (9am-6pm Monday-Sunday) any time used for bookings that you cancel or that are automatically cancelled will still be available for you to use for another booking that day.

At the end of your desk space booking

• If you have booked a space without IT, please consider other library users and ensure that you leave the space promptly at the end of your booking. 

• Alternatively, you can check the booking system and make another booking (if the resource is still available) to extend your stay in that space.

At the end of your IT space booking

• If you have booked an IT space, at the end of your booking the system will remind you that your booking is coming to an end. This happens at 20 minutes,10 minutes and 5 minutes before the end of your booking. 

• Please ensure that you save any work regularly as the system will automatically log off at the end of your booking.

• Please consider other library users and ensure that you leave the space promptly at the end of your booking.

• If there are no bookings when your booking is due to end, you will be prompted to extend your booking for one hour.  

Please make sure to read all of the library learning space booking policies before making a booking so that you are aware of how advanced bookings work. You can make an advanced booking using the MyPC booking system here: https://mypcbookings.shu.ac.uk 

To find out which library learning spaces are bookable please see: Where are the different study spaces located? 

How to book a library learning space

1. Log in with your SHU username and password

2. Use the menus at the top of the screen to select where you want to book, what kind of resource you want to use, and on what date

3. Scroll down the page to the specific library resource you want to book e.g. L2 Zone 2B Quiet - PC 024

4. Scroll across the booking grid to the time of day you would like to book (this is in 24 hour time so 9am is 9:00 and 9pm is 21:00)

5. White space on the booking grid means that the resource is available to book at that time. Blue or red blocks mean that the resource is already booked at that time.

6. Click on the white space and fill in the pop-up box with a start time and an end time, and click ‘Save’ to create your booking.

7. You will receive an email to your Hallam email account confirming your booking. Please make sure that you have read the 'arriving for your booking' section before your booking begins.