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Re: Law Library after-hours access

Hi there, I'd like to start off by saying that I really appreciate the new 24 hours access to the law library - it gives students who study at night more options and convenience. However, there is something that's severely damping the attractiveness of the library at night. That is, that the big wooden doors that provide access to the library's front entrance are sometimes locked at night (not every night though, it was locked half the times I've used the law library). Whenever the doors are locked, 2 problems arise: 1. Access to the toilets is removed - this is a major problem for many users of the library. The nearest toilets are found only at the Bioscience Library (which is so far away that one might as well pack up and move there for the night if one had to use the toilets) 2. Convenient access to the car park lots just outside the Forgan Smith is removed. This means having to walk through Chancellors Place, then past the Bioscience Library, and then past the (inaccessible) side of the law library to retrieve a car parked there. This is especially a problem (as I recently found out) on rainy nights. I know that these are seemingly minor issues that do not directly relate to the substance of the library and it's ease of access as well as facilities. However, these create real problems that pose such great inconvenience that there is little incentive for one to use the 24 hour space in the law library (as opposed to the Bioscience Library). I hope that instructions to keep those big brown doors at the library's entrance unlocked 24/7/365 will be passed to the relevant parties. Cheers!

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Thank you for your feedback about amenities near the Law Library 24/7 study area. I think you make a good point. I have looked at the area and think that it should be possible to allow access to the toilets in the Forgan Smith building, rooms W211 and W212. The School of Law also support this proposal. The area will be opened pending approval by UQ Security.

Glen Dalgleish