Library Closing Policies & Procedures

Library Closing Policies & Procedures

Fondren staff will flash lights and ring closing bells a half hour and a quarter hour before the library closes. Patrons should bring all short term loan items (study room keys, battery chargers, computer chargers, cables, etc.), to the Circulation desk no later than 15 minutes before the library closes, so items are properly discharged from accounts.

Patrons should exit the library through East or West exit doors. 

Rice community patrons remaining in the library after the library closes will be issued a trespassing citation by Campus Police, and will notify the Student Judicial Program. Non-Rice community patrons remaining in the library after the library closes will be issued a trespassing citation by Campus Police. Repeat citations for non-Rice community patrons will result in being barred from campus.