I am really surprised and disappointed that the individual rooms in the law library no longer have keys. I feel this was a bad idea for two reasons. Firstly, not having to pick up a key at the desk means that just anyone will come and sit in the rooms without bothering to book them. Sure, someone who has a legitimate booking can come and ask them to leave, but really we shouldn't have to do that after already having made a booking. And the reverse is happening as well: because there is no way of monitoring whether people are actually using the bookings they make, a number of rooms probably get booked and then never used, which is a serious waste of the limited space. At the very least, to fix this problem there should be some kind of check in system like there used to be with the keys, where a booking is cancelled if they are not 'claimed' at the front desk within the first 15 minutes. Secondly, the lack of key means that it is not possible to leave anything in the room if you have to leave it. Some of the rooms have very small lockers which could be used for maybe storing a book or two, but the majority of them (which used to require keys) have nothing like this. That makes them about as useful as just sitting anywhere in the library. If I have to go to the bathroom or to pick up a book from the shelves, I like to be able to leave my laptop and books and notebooks and bag all in the room set up as they were without having to pack everything up for a two minute trip there and back (not to mention having to wonder whether someone else will come and take my room while I'm gone). I have no idea why the key system was abandoned, possibly because people were not returning them, but I think the better solution is harsher punishments for the students who can't work within the rules of the system rather than getting rid of the system altogether. I hope you will consider restoring the keys for at least some of the rooms. Thanks, Tristan