Suggestion or Comment: - I am suggesting a "NO CHILDREN ALLOWED" SIGN for the library. There was a woman with a child who was having a temper tantrum and crying loud on the first floor, while I am trying to take an online quiz. This is the second time this has occured in this library in a month. This is not how Texas Woman's University should be represented. We are a University and our reputation is important. This should not be a University to have woman coming up here and bringing their kids to the library and including to classes. No excuses. We have young ladies here and we don't want that kind of activity around them. Please make a rule to have "NO CHILDREN ALLOWED" this is not fair!!!!

Response: The TWU Libraries are committed to providing an environment that is conducive to study as well as welcoming to all users. Because the TWU Libraries are also used as a teaching space where librarians and staff converse with users to assist them in addition to carrying on library business transactions, noise is inevitable. Technology within the Libraries (computers, printers, copiers, etc.) also produces noise. Children are welcomed in the libraries but must be accompanied by parents or caregivers. If your work is being disrupted by a noisy child you may ask for assistance at the Information desk. We try to find a balance among the variety of users.
TWU Libraries Noise Policy
Children in TWU Libraries
Level 1 of the library is usually busy with students coming and going, group work, library instruction, etc. and is often the noisiest level of the library. A better place for quiet study and test taking would be Level 3, which has been designated at a Quiet Study area where no talking is permitted. We recently added 9 computers in this area to accommodate test taking and other needs for quiet computer work. There are 18 individual study rooms on Level 3 and laptops can be checked out at the Circulation desk. The great thing is that the study rooms can be reserved in advance.

o Reserve study rooms at TWU Libraries/Study Rooms or at the Circulation Desk located on the first floor of the TWU Library in Denton.
o Study rooms may be reserved up to two weeks in advance. Reservations are accepted on a first come/first served basis.
o All study rooms are available by reservation.
o Study carrels cannot be reserved.
o Group study rooms may be reserved for use by an individual student.
o If you are over 15 minutes late for your reservation, you automatically forfeit the room.


Please let us know if you need further assistance.

Connie Maxwell Assistant Dean of Libraries