All lockers are emptied each day when the library closes. Library staff can insist on being shown the contents of files, bags and lockers. Readers should behave in such a way that does not disturb the work of others in the library. Please do not have loud discussions, play radios, cassettes or CDs, or use mobile phones. The use of laptops is allowed.
Smoking is forbidden in all library rooms.
Eating and drinking is allowed, but only in the Common Room. The GHIL library is on open-access shelving, so readers have unrestricted access to all books, and also newspapers in the basement rolling stacks. Books cannot be taken out on loan, they can only be used in the library. In the event of a reader damaging a book e.g., by scribbling or other means, then the reader must pay for a new replacement of the book, or in the case of unavailable books, pay for a bound copy. In such a case the library retains the right to ban the reader from further use of the library.