Study Rooms
NOTICE: As of July 2025, the ten individual study rooms on the library upper floor are no longer available. If you need a room for single-person study, please reserve one of the hybrid (1-4 people) study rooms.
The Neumann Library study rooms are in high demand. The following policies are in place to ensure everyone may access them.
- Study room keys may be checked out at the circulation desk by current UHCL degree-credit students, faculty and staff.
- The following rooms are currently available at Neumann Library:
- 13 rooms for group study
- 6 rooms for individual OR small group study
- Study rooms may be checked out for up to 4 hours at a time.
- At least one person in a group must present a UHCL student/staff ID to borrow a study room key.
- Most group rooms require two people to be present at Access Services desk to check out the room key. Rooms 5 and 25 require three people to be present to check out the key.
- Room renewals are not available 7AM - 7PM Monday - Thursday during the spring and fall semesters.
- Rooms should not be unoccupied for more than 30 minutes.
- Group study rooms should not be occupied by less than two people for extended lengths of time.
- Study room keys should be returned on time. Keys checked out within 4 hours of library closing time should be returned at least 10 minutes before closing time.
- Study rooms should be locked after use. Users should not attempt to occupy study rooms after their loan period has expired.
- Study room keys accrue a $5.00 fine per hour overdue. The initial fine is issued 15 minutes after time due. There is a nonrefundable $40.00 fee for lost keys.
- Rooms should be kept clean. All trash should be placed in library receptacles.
- Study rooms should not be used for University Organization meetings, Professor / Teaching Assistant office hours, events, or non-university related purposes without the express consent of UHCL Libraries.
- Failure to adhere to study room policies will result in a loss of study room privileges.