Campus Card Policy

Your Campus Card is like your bank card - if you don't have it with you, you cannot obtain the services, facilities and access it provides. A 'No Card, No Access' policy is in operation at the Bill Bryson Library and Queen's Campus Library, which means you cannot enter the Library without your Campus Card.

Campus Cards are a University initiative led by the CIS Service and have been introduced since 2002 in the interests of the University community as a whole. Access control is not something specific to the Library, but we are one of the main sites where it has been implemented. It ensures the safe and secure study environment students expect and has enabled us to extend opening hours significantly, both late at night and at weekends.

The very small part individual University members need to play in helping to ensure a safe environment for everyone is to carry their Campus Card at all times. Staffing Library entrances on several sites throughout extensive opening hours for people who have forgotten to carry their card, and putting in place alternative identify check systems is costly. This has been trialled.

We recognise that a few University members may experience short term inconvenience as a result of this approach and we apologise for that. The policy is in the interests of long term benefit for the community as a whole.

Misuse of Campus cards to access the Library may result in a card being confiscated. If you have lost your Campus Card, please report it to CIS. CIS will send you an email to confirm that you have reported your card as lost. If you produce this at the reception desk at the Bill Bryson Library or Queen's Campus Library, you will be granted access to the Library.